Re: Printer problems

[James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj acm org>]

Art Ross wrote:
> 
> James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> 
> > Art Ross wrote:
> > >
> > > I have a RH 7.1 box that has some problems with printing.  I have a
> > > local printer and a remote Samba printer configured that worked at one
> > > time.  When trying to print a document a couple of days ago, I was given
> > > an error.  Thinking that something had changed, I deleted the two
> > > configurations and re-entered them.  When trying to print a test page, I
> > > receive the following error;
> > >                               Get_local_host:     Hostname "Galileo'
> > > bad
> > > Obviously, I have something out of wack with the hostname, but I don't
> > > know where to proceed.
> >
> > What is in your file: "/etc/hosts"?
> >
> > JRT
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> JRT,
>   I don't have the hostname in the host file because I'm using DHCP to
> receive an IP.  If this is the case should I return to the hostname as
> localhost.localdomain rather than 'Galileo'?

That would seem like a reasonable try at trouble shooting the problem.

I don't know a lot about networks, but one thing is certain, if you are
using an alias for your system, somehow something is going to need to
know what it is and I don't think that anything looks at the "HOSTNAME"
file except the rc scripts.

JRT