Re: gpsfake - update log file while running?

[Andreas B]

Gary,

Thanks.

I checked /etc/hosts and localhost is there.
No big problem, just curious.

Thanks again!

Best,
Andreas

On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 9:10 PM Gary E. Miller <gem@rellim.com> wrote:
>
> Yo Andreas!
>
> On Mon, 24 Jul 2023 21:05:08 +0200
> Andreas B <panden@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I ended up using socat, which seems to work nice.
>
> A popular choice.
>
> > I first tried connecting gpsd to 'localhost', without any luck
> > ("connection refused", see log entries below).
> > When I tried '127.0.0.1', it connected successfully.
> >
> > Any thoughts why connecting to 'localhost' does not work?
>
> Well, localhost is the DNS name for 127.0.0.1, so that would be a DNS
> problem.  Maybe a issing entry in /etc/hosts.  Maybe a resolver problem.
>
> RGDS
> GARY
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