Any reference on /etc/network/*

[Chris Mohler]

On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 6:36 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 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.

Hmm, can someone running Gutsy open a Nautilus window and <ctrl-L>
(or 'Go->Location') and enter 'man:///'.  Maybe it's a
change/regression in Nautilus.  In Hardy I get a message like
"Nautilus cannot handle man:/// locations".  Just a guess...

Of course we've wandered a bit from the topic ;)

Chris