[ale] Name resolutoin in the WM (fixed)

[Drag0n]

I am not certain why that was chosen, but I do know through 
experimentation, the entire 127.0.0.0/8 subnet is a loopback address. I 
have always found this to be a waste of a good block of addresses, but 
its the standard.


Drag0n

Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> Christopher Fowler wrote:
>   
>> I added this line to /etc/hosts:
>>
>> 127.0.0.1               ze1250.linxdev.com ze1250
>>
>> Now programs start immediately.
>>
>> I'm not too crazy about this gnome "feature".
>>
>>     
>
> In mine, I have:
>
> 	127.0.0.1       localhost
> 	127.0.1.1       pepper
>
> Anybody know what the 127.0.1.1 is there for?  The file was
> automatically generated by the setup program... but it is not associated
> with any addresses on any interfaces, and yet answers pings from
> localhost.  Confused.
>
> 	- Mike
>
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