I solved this problem. I noted that the Dim4600 connects to the internet via a shared ADSL modem, and is connected to the modem via a hub. A second PC called "localhost alpha" running RH7.2 that is connected to the hub lists a previous PC (sold some time ago) called "localhost beta" in its etc/hosts file. hosts reads: 192.168.100.5 localhost.localdomain alpha localhost 192.168.100.4 beta.home.net beta 192.168.100.5 alpha.home.net alpha As a result alpha tells the Dim4600 that its localhost.localdomain name is beta. When I edited /etc/hosts on Dim4600 and inserted the line 192.168.100.4 localhost.localdomain beta localhost (this is what alpha was looking for) the problem was solved, ie localhost is no longer bad. This means lpd now works. alpha can now ping the Dim4600. The other issue about the canna.server was resolved by looking at the Gnome menu Server Settings/Services. I found a list of services and canna was ticked - removing the tick solved this problem. sorry about this unnecessary noise! Greg When starting Gnome as root there is this message: "Could not look up internet address for localhost.localdomain. This will prevent GNOME from operating correctly. It may be possible to correct the problem by adding localhost.localdomain to the file /etc/hosts." I have done that (added the one line localhost.localdomain), however the above messages persist. I have set up the network adapter and ADSL internet connection which work fine (I documented this saga in a number of earlier posts). ifconfig shows appropriate values for eth0 and Io ------------------------------------------------------- -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
