Unable to resolve host by name

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Tue, 11/25/08, Bob Cortez <rjcortez at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Bob Cortez <rjcortez at gmail.com>
> Subject: Unable to resolve host by name
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 5:19 PM
> Connecting two computers on a local network, both running
> intrepid.  Had
> this working in 8.04.
> 
> The server is media contents of /etc/hosts includes
> 
> 127.0.0.1  localhost media
> 127.0.1.1  media
> 
I think part of your issue is in the above hosts file. IINM, media should only be in the 127.0.1.1. I only have localhost in 127.0.0.1 and my hostname in 127.0.1.1.  HTH,

> Remote Desktop Preferences on server media
> 
> [x}Allow other users to view your desktop
> [x]Allow other users to control your desktop
> 
> no other restrictions.
> 
> When I use "Remote Desktop Viewer" from the
> client mystic-laptop it finds
> "media.local::5900" when I click on connect, the
> program simply closes with
> no error message, just shuts down.
> 
> When I use Terminal Server Client to access media using RDP
> I get the error
> "address or service unknown"  when I use VNC I
> get the error message "unable
> to resolve host by name".
> 
> I know it has to be something simple I'm overlooking,
> but I've been banging
> my head on these keyboards for three days trying to figure
> it out.  What am
> I missing?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your assistance.
> 

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net