resolving localhost

[François Patte]

Selon GV <kpkp at gmx.net>:

> I have an FC2 dual boot notebook (Dell D505) and when plugged in in my
> network (getting a dynamic IP) I can access localhost via my browser
> without any problem. This doesn't work in case I have no LAN connection
> (offline).

You maybe have set a host name for your laptop in your lan... put it in
/etc/hosts file:

127.0.0.1               localhost.localdomain localhost name-on-lan

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François Patte

Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient - Pune - Inde
Université René Descartes - Paris 5
UFR de mathématiques et informatique
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