Any reference on /etc/network/*

[NoOp]

On 08/12/2008 04:00 PM, Brian McKee wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Chris Mohler <cr33dog at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Brian McKee <brian.mckee at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 11:23 AM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>> An easy way to view the man pages is to simply us F1 (System|Help...) -
>>>> or from the terminal: yelp
>>>>
>>>> When help comes up: Advanced Topics|Terminal Commands...|Configuration
>>>> Files|Interfaces etc.
>>>
>>> Thats the easy way ?
>>>
>>> If you're running Gnome, hit Alt-F2 to bring up the run box, then type
>>> man:interfaces
>>> Don't forget the colon.
>>> It'll get you to exactly the same place NoOp is sending you, without
>>> using the rat-tailed clicking thingy....
>>
>> Odd -  typing 'man:interfaces' into the 'Run' box gives me this:
>> The requested URI "man:///interfaces" is invalid
> 
> Well I'll be durned.
> 
> You know, I do test these things.  And I did this time too.  And it
> works exactly the way I described, using Debian testing.... :-(
> 
> But I swear I've done that in Ubuntu before too!  Does anybody have a
> gutsy box handy to try it on?  Maybe behaviour changed?
> 
> Brian
> 

On Gutsy from the terminal:
$ man:interfaces
bash: man:interfaces: command not found
$ uname -a
Linux gg2xp 2.6.22-15-generic #1 SMP Fri Jul 11 19:25:33 UTC 2008 i686
GNU/Linux

However, from Alt-F: man:interfaces
works. On Hardy I get the "The requested URI "man:///interfaces" is
invalid" error.