[xubuntu-users] Could not find internet address

[Daan Hoogland]

Hello David,

Thank you for helping me.

To start with your last question; no, I cannot browse with firefox.

The contents of the file sources.list can you find in the attachment.


It may be that I managed to change the addresses 127.0.0.1 and
127.0.1.1 into:

IP address laptop: 192.168.2.100
gateway address: 192.168.2.1

I am not sure because I can remember a message saying that the file
couldn't be changed/I had no permission to open the file.


These adresses work with my Windows pc. When I switch the network
cable to the laptop I hoped I could establish internet access also on
the laptop. However, so far without success. Even the menu item
Network Manager has disappeared from the menu. Therefore I use the
Terminal window instead for giving in commands and receiving results.

Because I am new to Linux this output does not bring me much further.
Also I am not familiar with the available commands in Linux/Xubuntu.

Thank you again for your help, kind regards, Daan


David Collins wrote:
> Daan,
> 
> I suggest you take the error message suggestion literally - try changing
> your first 2 lines to -
> 
> 127.0.0.1 <http://127.0.0.1> localhost
> 127.0.1.1 <http://127.0.1.1> daan-laptop.werkgroep daan-laptop
> 
> But why is it trying to find 'daan-laptop' on the Internet?
> Maybe you should send the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list.
> Also, can you browse the Internet successfully with firefox?
> 
> Regards,
> David Collins
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 12:00 +0000,
> xubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
> 
>> >>         Could not look up internet address for daan-laptop. This will
>> >>         prevent
>> >>         Xfce from operating correctly. It may be possible to
>> correct the
>> >>         problem by adding daan-laptop to the file /etc/hosts on your
>> >>         system.
>> >>
>> >     The /etc/hosts file looks as follows:
>> >
>> >     127.0.0.1 <http://127.0.0.1> localhost
>> >     127.0.1.1 <http://127.0.1.1> daan-laptop.werkgroep
>> >
> 
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