Re: Re: XWin won't work

[jreis23 at clix dot pt]

Yes I can.
Thanks for the keeping in touch.
José 
> José,
> 
> Can you still ping the both the address and the hostname after changing 
> hosts?
> 
> Harold
> 
> jreis23@clix.pt wrote:
> 
> > After I add the line 'n.n.n.n hostname' to the 'hosts' file in win2K,
no
> > matter what type (numeric or name) of address I give to 'xwin -query',
XWin
> > don't pass from the busy pointer.
> > If i remove the libe from 'hosts' file XWin works with the name
address.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > José (sorry about the personal reply)
> > 
> > 
> >>If you are really adding the line as you say, it should not be causing
a 
> > 
> > 
> >>problem when accessing the host via the numeric address.
> >>
> >>I think you must be doing something else that are not noticing or 
> >>thinking is significant.  Any ideas on something else you might be
doing 
> > 
> > 
> >>that could have an effect?
> >>
> >>Does XWin -query hostname work?
> >>
> >>By the way "hostname" is probably not a valid hostname... I hope that 
> >>isn't what you are using in hosts.
> >>
> >>Harold
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > 
>