[NTLUG:Discuss] Newbie Question re: LPD Initialization and Local Host Bad Message

[joseph beasley]

Assuming that your isp requires your hostname to be
set to the mac address of your nic, you can add an
entry to /etc/hosts for your mac address.  


127.0.0.1               x1-6-00-90-c9-04-42-7e


--- Fred Hensley <fred.hensley at attbi.com> wrote:
> Greetings All,
> 
> After a few months of immersing myself into the
> Linux world and meeting
> several of you at the last few NTLUG meetings, I am
> finally at wits end
> on one problem whose solution escapes me.  Neither
> my brand new "Running
> Linux" book nor some net searches have helped thus
> far.  This latest
> issue has also caused strange 3-d images to appear
> on my forehead
> curiously resembling letters and outlines from my
> keyboard... <g>
> 
> Two weeks ago, on good advice from some of you, I
> punted on my Debian
> Woody installation, and installed RedHat 8.0 (with
> kernel
> 2.4.18-24.8.0).
> 
> My PC is locally connected, via LPT1, to an HP
> Laserjet 4.  Also, I
> utilize AT&T as my cable internet provider, and am
> dynamically assigned
> a new IP address on each system reboot.
> 
> The issue centers around two seemingly related
> symptoms as follows:
> 
> 1.  Upon startup, LPD does not initialize, but
> instead give me the error
> "Host Name x1-6-00-90-c9-04-42-7e bad".  Therefore
> the line printing
> daemon cannot start, and my printer is effectively
> offline.
> 
> 2.  When starting Gnome2 (a.k.a. Bluecurve), I
> receive the following
> error: 
>      "Could not look up internet address for
> x1-6-00-90-c9-04-42-7e. 
> This will prevent Gnome from operating correctly. 
> It may be possible to
> correct this problem by adding
> x1-6-00-90-c9-04-42-7e to the file
> /etc/hosts."
> 
> I have checked /etc/hosts and noted that the only IP
> address listed is
> "127.0.0.1".  Although the above address doesn't
> resemble an IP node, I
> have added it to the file without success.
> 
> I suspect that I'm missing something relatively
> obvious, and ask for
> some guidance from my new peers.
> 
> Question 1:  Am I simply missing something in one or
> more local
> configuration files to straighten out Gnome and LPD?
> 
> Question 2:  Once item one is fixed, is there a
> simple way, via the
> console, to independently confirm that the OS
> recognizes my LPT1 port?
> 
> Question 3:  What's your favorite linux
> reference/tutorial for
> ex-Windoze users?
> 
> Many Thanks in Advance,
> 
> Fred Hensley
> Ex-Windoze Guru, Brand New Linux Disciple
> 
> ------ "When you come to a fork in the road, take
> it..." Yogi Berra ----
> 
> 
> 
> 
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