[omniORB] Echo invokes dialer

John Gagnon jgagnon@technologist.com
Fri, 3 Jul 1998 09:40:29 -0400


Rats! That didn't seem to do it. I even tried the 'set
OMNIORB_USEHOSTNAME_VAR' described in the online documentation, to no avail.
I've also noticed that the dialer is invoked when the implementation for the
Echo object is invoked. I wonder if that's a clue?

John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-omniorb-list@orl.co.uk
> [mailto:owner-omniorb-list@orl.co.uk]On Behalf Of John Gagnon
> Sent: Friday, July 03, 1998 8:50 AM
> To: omniorb-list@orl.co.uk
> Subject: RE: [omniORB] Echo invokes dialer
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> I'm running this on a laptop with a PCMCIA network card, connected to my
> home network. It has an IP address assigned, and, as far as I can
> remember,
> it was offline when I first set up the naming service. I'll try
> that anyway,
> and let you know how it works out. I have noticed that OmniNames fails if
> the network card isn't installed.
>
> John
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-omniorb-list@orl.co.uk
> > [mailto:owner-omniorb-list@orl.co.uk]On Behalf Of Jim Redman
> > Sent: Friday, July 03, 1998 7:05 AM
> > To: omniorb-list@orl.co.uk
> > Cc: John Gagnon
> > Subject: Re: [omniORB] Echo invokes dialer
> >
> >
> > I think that this depends on whether you were on-line when you first
> > invoked omninames.  If you were then it will try to dialup, if not, you
> > will not be able to start onminames while you're on-line.
> >
> > If you delete the ominnames log and bak files then restart
> omninames when
> > you are not on-line and always start it that way everything
> > appears to work
> > correctly.
> >
> > I'm sure that in the world of Window's networking there is a rational
> > explanation for this behavior.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > At 08:48 PM 7/2/98 -0400, John Gagnon wrote:
> > >I'm testing the 3rd Echo implementation, using the COS, and it causes
> > >Win95's dialer to be invoked every time. Is there some way to
> prevent it
> > >from doing this? If it's in the manual, I'll find it shortly.
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >John Gagnon
> > >
> > >E. John Gagnon Consulting
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