Unable to resolve host by name

[NoOp]

On 11/25/2008 04:44 PM, Bob Cortez wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 3:11 PM, NoOp <snip> wrote:
[snip]
>> Make sure that you can actually ping 'media'.
> 
> 
> Well I'm unable to ping media, so I guess I need to start with that.  I
> assigned a static IP of 192.168.0.109 to media and I can successfully ping
> the IP.
> 
> When you say "open RDP" I'm not sure what you're referring to.  Are you
> talking about a terminal command or a GUI.  I don't know the terminal
> command, and none of my GUI applications seem to have those options.

No terminal command; Sorry I should have been more clear. I have two gui
applications (Applications|Internet|Remote Desktop Viewer (Remote
Desktop Viewer 0.5.1) and thought that was what you were referring to.
The other is 'Terminal Server Client' (that's the one I use most often).

> 
> I am able to use the Terminal Service Client with the IP and VNC as the
> protocol to access and control the media desktop now.  Thanks NoOp.

Cool. Given that you have set a fixed IP for 'media', go back and modify
your /etc/hosts file to include the IP. Example:

127.0.0.1  localhost media
127.0.1.1  media

192.168.0.109 media

(I'm assuming that 'media' is the host name).

And then try pinging 'media'

ping media

> 
> But it still seems like I don't have something set up correctly because I
> should be able to access it with "media" using RDP.  The other issue I'm
> having is that I'm no longer able to share disks on media over the LAN.

Ah. That's a problem. Try doing so after you modify /etc/hosts to
include 'media' & let us know if there is any change.