Another WIFI Issue Involving WMP54G & /etc/hosts

[Leonard Chatagnier]

Ok. Thanks for the clarification and the answer I
wanted to hear. I have a backup in my home folder for
all of /etc from a new install so the issue shouldn't
come up again and we can forget the whole issue.
Appreciate your comeback and thanks,

--- Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:

> Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> 
> > --- Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> > 
> >> Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> >> 
> >> > No, not in this case. Sometimes a person
> needing
> >> help
> >> > just needs a simple straight forward answer to
> a
> >> > direct question for him to make progress.
> >> 
> >> If you want a straightforward answer, you have to
> >> ask a straightforward
> >> - and answerable - question.
> >> 
> >> The question you asked made no sense, because (a)
> it
> >> _is_ the
> >> default /etc/hosts you would get in a brand new
> >> installation and (b) you
> >> didn't bother to tell us why you felt it was
> causing
> >> a problem.
> >> 
> > Here's where we differ.  It was not the default
> hosts
> > file. I myself have modified it several times.  
> 
> OK, it's true that I can't actually tell that it was
> the original.  However,
> I can tell that it is _structurally_ exactly like a
> default /etc/hosts.
> 
> > answer to the question.  Don't take offense
> because
> > this is the facts from by insight and viewpoint.  
> 
> I'm not taking offense to the question, I'm pointing
> out that nobody _could_
> give you the answer in the way you wanted it. 
> There's nothing wrong with
> your hosts file.
> 
> > So, I'll ask straight forward again, will rming
> the
> > /etc/host/ file regenerate the original first
> install
> 
> No.
> 
> > version or at least a correct rendition, if not
> how?
> > 
> >> fwiw, I think you're barking up the wrong tree
> ...
> >> again.  There's nothing
> >> in that /etc/hosts to affect your WIFI
> 
> ibid
> -- 
> derek
> 
> 
> -- 
> ubuntu-users mailing list
> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
>
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
> 


Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net