[xubuntu-users] Help with hosts file

[Ged]

Stoos, Ralph wrote:
>
> All,
>
> I am having a problem with Xubuntu not recognizing my host name. I 
> just loaded Xubuntu this morning and did all the updates etc. The 
> system worked fine when I used DHCP to supply an address but, when I 
> switched over to a static IP, I got this message:
>
> “Could not look up Internet address for lugx. This will prevent Xfce 
> from operating correctly. It may be possible to correct the problem by 
> adding lugx to the file /etc/hosts on your system.”
>
> I am behind a firewall and the proxy information is entered properly. 
> This host file issue seems to be causing the network interface to not 
> come up.
>
> Any help would be appreciated. I really don’t want to reload the system
>
> *Ralph H. Stoos Jr.*
>
I had this error message. A friend told me to make ged-desktop the same 
as localhost, so in my etc/hosts file I have this now:

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 ged-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

I don't remember what was there originally but it worked. I don't know 
if it will help you.

Here's hoping
Ged.