Re: some help setting up ppp, please...

["arnie sherman" <arnie diac com>]

> >>>>> "as" == arnie sherman <arnie diac com> writes:
> 
> as> hi all,
> as> i've been trying to set up ppp to dial my isp. i am using the
instructions
> as> from the 'ppp setup tips' from redhat's web site. it says to enter :
> as> 	export DISPLAY=<your machine name>:0
> as> 	netcfg &
> as> i have two initial questions:
> as> 1) how do i find and/or set the machine name ??
> 
> Just issue the command 'hostname' which should give you this info.
> 
well, this is as i thought, & the hostname is 'frenomulax'
by the way, what is the ' :0 ' for ?

> as> 2) when i run netcfg after exporting what i think is my machine name
it
> as> says it cannot identify the machine name. when i run netcfg w/out
exporting
> as> DISPLAY, the netcfg tool locks up as soon as i click on the 'add'
button
> as> (under interfaces). any suggestions ??
> 
> Don't know about this, how about adding your hostname then give us
> some error messages, by running netcfg from a xterm.
> 
well the complete error message is:

_X11 TransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for frenomilax
Tk_Init Error: couldn't connect to display "frenomulax:0"
Traceback (Innermost last):
File "/usr/lib/rhs/netcfg/netcfg.py", line 24, in ?
	from rhtkinter import *
File "/usr/lib/rhs/python/rhtkinter.py", line 52, in ?
	e = Entry(  )
File "/usr/lib/python1.4/tkinter.py", line 1150, _in_init__
	Widget.__init__(self, master, 'entry', cnf, kw)
File "/usr/lib/python1.4/tkinter.py", line 882, in_init__
	Widget.setup(self, master, cnf)
File "/usr/lib/python1.4/tkinter.py", line 858, in_setup
	_default_root = Tk( )
File "/usr/lib/python1.4/tkinter.py", line 634, in_init__
	self.tk = tkinter.create(screenName, hostName, className)
TclError: couldn't connect to display frenomulax:0

thanks,
arnie sherman
arnie diac com
http://www.diac.com/~arnie
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