[DGD]gethostbyname: no file or directory

[Neil McBride]

> This is where i guess i'm lost. I tried doing a man 3 gethostbyname,
> which  led me to the /etc/hosts file. The 127. whatever ip is there for
> the local  host, and my hostname SKIPPY.rr.com is there, but no ip is
> next to it inside  the ""

RedHat never did do a good job of network config. I assume it's carried on in 
Mandrake.  Anyway,  take out the line with your hostname next to it (assuming 
you don't have an internal network besides from your cable modem) and add it 
onto the end of the localhost (127.0.0.1) line.

The problem is that it's trying to use your hostname as a reference to determine 
IP address.  Of course, if there's no IP address beside your hosts name, it has 
problems.

DGD should start up okay then.

Neil.

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