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aardwolf

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2005-07-23

Posts: 304

Xfce4 says it can't look up internet address.

When I boot up, Xfce4 says:

Could not look up internet address for A1700.
This will prevent Xfce from operating correctly.
It may be possible to correct the problem by adding
A1700 to the file /etc/hosts on your system.

I'm typing this post here using the internet and Xfce4, so apart from the above message there isn't really a problem...

The contents of /etc/hosts is this:

#
# /etc/hosts: static lookup table for host names
#

#<ip-address>    <hostname.domain.org>    <hostname>
127.0.0.1        localhost.localdomain    localhost
# End of file

Do I need to add something like "127.0.0.1 A1700" to it? That was never needed before!

Allan

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From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

Posts: 11,393

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Re: Xfce4 says it can't look up internet address.

So "A1700" is the HOSTNAME you gave you computer in /etc/rc.conf?  If so, your /etc/hosts should look like

#
# /etc/hosts: static lookup table for host names
#

#<ip-address>    <hostname.domain.org>    <hostname>
127.0.0.1        localhost.localdomain    localhost A1700
# End of file

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