Unable to resolve host by name

[Bob Cortez]

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Leonard Chatagnier
<lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

>
> --- On Tue, 11/25/08, Bob Cortez <rjcortez at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Bob Cortez <rjcortez at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: Unable to resolve host by name
> > To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <
> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 5:58 PM
> > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Leonard Chatagnier
> > <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > --- On Tue, 11/25/08, Bob Cortez
> > <rjcortez at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: Bob Cortez <rjcortez at gmail.com>
> > > > Subject: Unable to resolve host by name
> > > > To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for
> > general discussions" <
> > > ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > > > Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 5:19 PM
> > > > Connecting two computers on a local network, both
> > running
> > > > intrepid.  Had
> > > > this working in 8.04.
> > > >
> > > > The server is media contents of /etc/hosts
> > includes
> > > >
> > > > 127.0.0.1  localhost media
> > > > 127.0.1.1  media
> > > >
> > > I think part of your issue is in the above hosts file.
> > IINM, media should
> > > only be in the 127.0.1.1. I only have localhost in
> > 127.0.0.1 and my
> > > hostname in 127.0.1.1.  HTH,
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the suggestion Leonard, made the change with no
> > change in
> > results.
> >
> As NoOp said, I was wrong.  Maybe because I don't kn ow anything about
> RDP.-:) Anyway, my /etc/hosts file is as I suggested and works fine and have
> no problem connecting to computer in my lan.  But NoOp knows way more than I
> do; so listen to what he says.
>
> Leonard Chatagnier
> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
>

I checked the /etc/hosts file on my laptop and it was as you described so I
made the change as you suggested.  It's still that way and I'm able to
access it with VNC now, so I'm making progress.  So many times when
troubleshooting things like this it's a combination of little things that
end up being the whole answer.  You weren't "wrong" and I appreciate your
help and welcome any other thoughts you may have.

Bob
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