Re: [Playerstage-users] Playerv not working

[Brian G. <br...@ge...>]

On Mar 2, 2008, at 5:50 PM, sudarshan22 wrote:

>
> sudarshan@Gutsy:~$ playerv -h Gutsy --position2d --laser
> PlayerViewer 2.1.0rc1
> Connecting to [Gutsy:6665]
> playerc error   : gethostbyname failed with error [Connection timed  
> out]
> playerv : error in playerv.c
>  gethostbyname failed with error [Connection timed out]

Your machine appears not to know its own name.  The DNS lookup on the  
hostname 'Gutsy' failed.  You can fix this by adding a line like the  
following to your /etc/hosts:

127.0.0.1 localhost Gutsy

In general, it's a bad thing to assign a hostname that won't resolve  
to a valid IP address.

>
> Furthermore, is it necessary to always enter the exact path to the
> configuration and world files ie /usr/local/share/stage/... I was  
> wondering
> whether it was possible to launch stage or player from anywhere.

You can launch player (with or without stage) from anywhere.  However,  
you must specify the full path to the .cfg file that you give to Player.

	brian.