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** Reply to note from raven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thu, 25 Mar 1999 23:36:17 +0100
> >_X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for localhost
> The error message says that there is a problem in resolving the hostname
> 'localhost'. I don't know if this is the real reason for this error. But
> try the following: Try as user and as root if a DISPLAY enviroment
> variable is set. ( echo $DISPLAY )
I typed in echo $DISPLAY and nothing was returned. Just a blank line.
>IF you want to connect to the X-Server
> on your machine this should not be necessary. look in your /etc/hosts
> file. There should be an entry for localhost: --snip # # hosts This file
> describes a number of hostname-to-address # mappings for the TCP/IP
> subsystem. It is mostly # used at boot time, when no name servers are
> running. # On small systems, this file can be used instead of a # "named"
> name server. # Syntax: # # IP-Address Full-Qualified-Hostname
> Short-Hostname #
>
My 'hosts' file has a number of entries in there, and the first entry is:
127.0.0.1 localhost.
(with the period)...
Ted Gervais 03/25/99 07:08pm
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