New User

[A. Paul LeBarron II]

Hello, try to disable the firewall in Redhat.  You can do this by starting a
terminal (it's under system tools or something, look around) and type setup.
At the set up menu go to firewall configuration and disable the firewall.
Also check your proxy settings in whatever web browser you are using.  To
stop that error message you are getting about  "Could not look up internet
address . . ." you will want to add your hostname (it will be something like
112.buf.adelphia.net) to your /etc/hosts file.  Do this while logged in as
root.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Isom" <jsi at adelphia.net>
To: <nflug at nflug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 10:56 PM
Subject: New User


> Hi,
>
> I'm new to Linux.  I just installed redhat 9 on my machine.  (I'M SICK
> OF WINDOWS ME AND DON'T WANT TO PAY ALL THAT MONEY FOR AN UPGRADE!!!
> I'LL TRY ANYTHING AT THIS POINT.)  I did the standard installation, and
> I seem to have most everything going okay so far except for a couple of
> issues.
>
> I have Adelphia Powerlink.  As you can see, I've got my EMAIL going okay
> once again.  And I can go to any site under redhat.com.  However, if I
> try to go anywhere but a redhat site, I get a "connection refused"
> message.
>
> Also, when I first log in to redhat at the gui, I get the following
> message:
>
> "Could not look up internet address for dhcp-124-6.  This will prevent
> GNOME from operating correctly.  It may be possible to correct the
> problem by adding dhcp-124-6 to the file/etc/hosts."
>
> This "dhcp-124-6" seems to be the host name that was automatically set
> when I did the installation.
>
> I feel like the problems I'm experiencing are probably elementary in
> nature, but I can't find what to do in the "Redhat Linux 9 Bible," which
> is the only resource I have right now.
>
> If you are wondering how I found out about NFLUG if I can't go anywhere
> but redhat.com, I did the research from my work computer.
>
> Also, I'm interested in possibly going to the next NFLUG meeting.  Is it
> still the same time and location as what is listed at the NFLUG website?
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Joe Isom
> East Amherst
>