Any reference on /etc/network/*

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:43:16 -0500
"Chris Mohler" <cr33dog at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> 

Sorry, but in Gutsy, the Nautilus locations command gives me
"man:///interfaces is not a valid location. Please check the spelling
and try again." Brian's method did work, though.

Good luck,

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