[Mono-list] MonoDevelop doesn't start

[Ben Motmans]

On 8/2/05, analyzer <analyzer2 at gmx.net> wrote:
> Here is the command line output:
> 
> [root at dhcppc10 bin]# monodevelop
> ...
> System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by
> the ta rget of an invocation. --->
> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: No such host is known in <0x0009f>
> System.Net.Dns:GetHostByName (System.String hostName) in <0x00066>
> System.Net.Dns:Resolve (System.String hostName) in <0x00081>
> ...

this is because your hostname 'dhcppc10' cannot be resolved to an IP
address, you need to make sure your hostname is added to the file
/etc/hosts

for example:
tremor at desktop:~$ cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost desktop

-- Ben