zeroconf

[Sam Tygier]

hello

i have a powerbook(ti, G4 1ghz, 15", ati) and a via epia MII both run fairly uptodate hoary. they are on a wireless network using dhcp on a linksys router. i'd can ssh from the powerbook to the epia and run rhythmbox so that the powerbook is like a big remote control (or the epia is like a big airport express). the trouble is i need to know the ip address of the epia. i have used macos x, and it seems to use zeroconf or rendezvous as they (used to) call it, to let you give each computer a hostname (titania and flute in this case) and use titania.local or flute.local as domain names that expand to the dynamic ip address. i have installed mdnsresponder (this seems to be something to do with it) as on both machines, but still can even ping flute.local. 

what am i doing wrong/ missing out? is this even possible

sam

ps

both machines seem to run ubuntu very well. the powerbook sleeps when i close the lid, the brightness and volume work, the processor speed scaling thing works. yellowdog are playing catch for ones.