> A shot in the dark: What does your /etc/hosts file contain? Make sure > you have a definition for localhost: > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > I ran gnumeric while sniffing with ethereal and saw no network traffic > (FC2T1/RH9). > Bob... i do have that line in /etc/hosts (it comes by default) and among the rest of lines i appended is not the culprit where gnumeric hangs - 128.189.137.yy (mine is 128.189.137.xx and both are on that dhcp lan).. it's weird because it always goes to the same ``yy''.. might be there smth gnumeric needs (say a printer, etc)?.. i was thinking of adding a rule with iptables to deny gnumeric access to eth0, but the string option is not implemented in my kernel (i assume i have to recompile it).. regards, gabriel
