On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Scott Souter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ . Can you tell I'm pretty green? > > # This is my best guess... > > echo "192.168.0.50 localhost mythtv" >> /etc/hosts > > localhost is special and generally means 127.0.0.1. One of your > problems is that you probably have both 192.168.0.50 and 127.0.01 as > local host on your mvpmc. You should probably have: > > echo "192.168.0.50 mythtv.mydomain.org mythtv" >> /etc/hosts > > That may mean defining a host name on your mythtv box... > > Hmmm may need some guidance here. I think that I can set the hostname where > I setup the NIC eth0 info, but I'm not sure about my domain name. I use a > basic Dlink wireless router for my dhcp. Do I set up the domain name in it? > Note that I am on Mandriva 2008. I may need some pretty basic instructions.
Domain name should not matter. You really just need something other than localhost for the 192 address. You could try the host entry with just mythtv (no domain name) you might not need to change the server config... Tim ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
