-----Original Message----- From: Pascal Dutilleul To: Date: 29 July 1999 10:00 Subject: Re: [lazarus] Zip file -- problems with CVS/WIN95/NOVELL >I haven't found a host-file , but I found the 'lhost' The "lmhosts" is for windows filesharing. Start up notepad and put in: 134.58.81.164 tflily.fys.kuleuven.ac.be Then save it as c:\windows\hosts Notepad might save it as hosts.txt even if you leave out the extension. To make sure, go to the dos prompt and type in: c: cd \windows dir host*.* This should show you what it is at the moment. If you see it is named hosts.txt or something, type in the following: ren hosts.txt hosts Then retry the cvs. You shouldn't need to reboot for the hosts file to take effect. You should be able to type "ping tflily.fys.kuleuven.ac.be" and it should find the IP address and try to ping the machine. Depending on your firewall, you may or may not be able to ping the machine, but it should definitely find the IP address from the hosts file. >I've tried turning of proxy-server, but it still don't work. The proxy server shouldn't have any effect. >Has anybody another idea ? Well, the problem you have described is a DNS problem. The hosts file should fix that. There could be another problem, though. If you are behind a firewall, it's possible the firewall will not allow CVS through. If the machine can get the IP address when you try to ping the CVS server, then just try CVS and see if it works. If at that point you get an error like "Can't connect" or "no route to host" or something like that, it might be a firewall problem. >The system at my office is : WIN95 + NOVELL network. Novell shouldn't really affect long as the network runs TCP/IP it should work. Hope this helps :) -- Michael Wood | Tel: +27 21 762 0276 | http://www.kingsley.co.za/ | Fax: +27 21 761 9930 | Kingsley Technologies

-----Original Message----- From: Pascal Dutilleul To: Date: 29 July 1999 01:25 Subject: Re: [lazarus] Zip file -- problems with CVS/WIN95/NOVELL >Hi, > >First of all thanx for the information. No problem. >Apparantly it works. The only problem I have now is a timeout (with >ping and with cvs), but I think this is more or less normal. Well, this could be caused by your firewall (if you have one) in which case you'd have to get someone to update the zip file for you (as you initially asked) or talk nicely to your system administrator :) As far as I know, CVS uses TCP port 2401, so if your sysadmin can let that port through the firewall (maybe just between your machine and the CVS server) that might sort out your problems. Of course he might not want to punch a hole in the firewall. >> Novell shouldn't really affect long >> as the network runs >> TCP/IP it should work. > >They have also installed 'Novell Client Trust' on my office machine. >Does this hurts ? I don't know what that is, but I don't think it should affect Michael Wood | Tel: +27 21 762 0276 | http://www.kingsley.co.za/ | Fax: +27 21 761 9930 | Kingsley Technologies