Unable to resolve host by name

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Tue, 11/25/08, Bob Cortez <rjcortez at gmail.com> wrote:

> Leonard Chatagnier
> <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
> 
> >
> > --- On Tue, 11/25/08, Bob Cortez
> <rjcortez at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > PM, Leonard
> Chatagnier
> > > <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
> > >
> > > > > 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
> > > > >
Snipping all I can. What a pita.
> > >
> > 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.
> 
Here I am butting in again but just on a hunch, Bob, do you have both gnome-rdp and xrdp or rdesktop installed. Dependencies should handle it all but sometimes not.

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net