<div dir="ltr"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 8:06 PM, NoOp <<a href="mailto:glgxg@sbcglobal.net">glgxg@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">On 08/10/2008 03:33 PM, nathan bahn wrote: > Hello everyone-- > > When I go to *"Applications"* --> *"System Tools"* --> *"Configure > Network >>>> Card"* I get the following message: >>> >>> > *"Unable to start the network configuration tool. Please setup Sudo > first!" * > > Does anyone know precisely what this is referring to? I don't have a > clue. > > --N.B. > > </div></div>Please use the terminal: Applications|Accessories|Terminal (in fact right-click that application and put it on your panel, you will need it in the future as well) and provide the output of: cat /etc/hosts Some installations screwed up /etc/hosts by putting a workgroup name in <a href="http://127.0.1.1" target="_blank">127.0.1.1</a> in the file, example: $ cat /etc/hosts <a href="http://127.0.0.1" target="_blank">127.0.0.1</a> localhost <username>.<hostname/workgroupname> <a href="http://127.0.1.1" target="_blank">127.0.1.1</a> <username>.<hostname/workgroupname> it should be: $ cat /etc/hosts <a href="http://127.0.0.1" target="_blank">127.0.0.1</a> localhost <username>.<host/workgroupname> <a href="http://127.0.1.1" target="_blank">127.0.1.1</a> <username> If it is the same as the example (<a href="http://127.0.1.1" target="_blank">127.0.1.1</a> <username>.<hostname/workgroupname>) modify it using: gksu gedit /etc/hosts then save & reboot. Sudo should work then. -- </blockquote><div>Hello NoOp, This is what I get: <blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote"> bill@bill-desktop:~$ cat /etc/hosts <a href="http://127.0.0.1">127.0.0.1</a> localhost <a href="http://127.0.1.1">127.0.1.1</a> bill-desktop # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts bill@bill-desktop:~$ </blockquote> </div></div>Will typing: <div style="margin-left: 40px;">gktsu gedit /etc/hosts </div>resolve the issue? </div>