On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 12:18:05AM +0200, Erik P. Olsen wrote: > I have suddenly begun to receive the following message box at log on. It > happens for any user except root: > > Could not look up internet address for epohost.epo.dk. > This will prevent GNOME from operating correctly. > It may be possible to correct the problem by adding epohost.epo.dk to > the file /etc/hosts. > > The domain name has all the time been in /etc/hosts, so I suspect the > problem has come after applying a recent update. I think I updated an > ip<something> package just before I first saw the message pop-up. > > Am I right in assuming that /etc/hosts functions as a sort of local DNS > which in this case would associate epohost.epo.dk with 127.0.0.1? > Because this would also explain why hylafax has stopped sending faxes > whereas it can easily receive faxes. > > Have others also experienced this problem and perhaps designed a fix or > circumvention for it? > > Regards, > Erik P. Olsen Well this is a matter of some uncertanty but I would associate: 127.0.0.1 with localhost and localhost.localdomain and epohost.epo.dk with the ipaddress of your machine. -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
