-----Forwarded Message----- From: Merlin Zener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Newbie - Mandrake Linux list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [newbie] unable to ping to/from my windoze box Date: 03 Feb 2004 17:45:13 +0700
On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 21:49, Anne Wilson wrote: > [...snip] > > > > Here is what's in /etc/hosts atm: > > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > > > 192.168.0.20 localhost.localdomain localhost > > > > I presume that 192.168.0.20 is your linux box? That should be > something like > merlin.yourworkgroupname merlin > Hello good people, I'm trying this ***yet again***. . . You may remember I couldn't edit /etc/hosts before with kedit; someone suggested I try gedit - that didn't work either because it wasn't there. Well now, after finally managing to stay connected long enough to download it and the dependencies it still won't work. Here's what I got, just now: [EMAIL PROTECTED] merlin]# gedit /etc/hosts Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified (gedit:3156): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] merlin]# I don't understand why this is so hard. First, I am running KDE as a desktop - I thought kedit was the KDE editor? And gedit is the Gnome one? Do I have to be running Gnome for gedit to work? [I don't see how it would make any difference - I'm starting it from the text box anyhow...] And what's so special about this hosts file that I need to edit it with a special program? Isn't it just plain text? Or is there some other issue - do I have to shut down the network first before editing that file? [I don't know - I'm clutching at straws here...] If so, how do I do it? What I really need, is a clue... -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618
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