Mldonkey hostname ??

Paulo Cavalcanti promac at gmail.com
Sun Jan 27 12:29:28 UTC 2008


> > > My localhost name is CASE (the name of my computer).  I believe it is
> > > set up correctly; in every other program that asks for my hostname
> > > substituting CASE works.
> > >
> > >
> > Looking at the error message, it looks like mldonkey is looking for
> > case, not CASE. It is unusual to see an uppercase host name.
> >
> My original attempt at configuration was 'case'.  CASE was only my last
> attempt.  I have also tried 'localhost'.
>
> 'host case' (or localhost, or CASE) returns:
> Host case not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
>
> I am somewhat confused by the warning. "change the 'hostname' option to
> the correct IP address of the host running mldonkey".
>
> In this instance, is hostname the same as host?  And what does IP
> address have to do with it?  Do they want my Internet Provider?  I
> thought that was 'ISP'.  I am assuming 'case' or localhost is the host
> that is running mldonkey.  That is where I downloaded and installed
> mldonkey.  And that is where I find it with the locate mldonkey command.
>
> I downloaded mldonkey because it seems to be the livna substitute for
> Limewire.
>
>
The livna version (2.7.6) is almost two years old (May 22, 2006). The
current version is 2.9.2.

I would pick a newer version somewhere, and see what happens.

-- 
Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
LCG - UFRJ
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