From: Michele Andreoli (m.andreoli@tin.it)
Date: Fri Sep 15 2000 - 22:45:06 CEST
On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 11:03:18AM +0200, Michele Andreoli nicely wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 02:41:05PM -0800, Michael Berrisford nicely wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > when i enter vnc start, i get:
> >
> > TRANS(SocketINETConnect)()can't get address for mulinux
> > TRANS(SocketINETConnect)()can't get address for mulinux
> > Fvwm-95: in function main: <<ERROR>> can't open display mulinux:1
>
> Try to use the ipaddress, instead of hostname "mulinux". Are you
> connecting from another machine? If yes, the name "mulinux" is not
> known outside.
>
Sorry, I understand now what you are quering.
Please, edit the file /etc/host and put "mulinux" on the same row
you see the number 127.0.0.1. Xvnc wish to resolve your hostname.
A this point, starts the server:
# vnc start
If you has problem, looks in the file /var/log/vnc.log.
Michele
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