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I replied via email to the poster with a suggestion and found that it was the  
correct solution, so I'm posting my reply here:

In article <009652A7.0C3D0EF4@VIOLET.CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU>  
citdem@VIOLET.CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU writes:
>Emacs3.0 (and prior versions) always displays a "unknown host "(my
>host name)"" message in the minibuffer when I start it.  The mouse
>cannot be used to control the cursor.  The menu FILE and EDIT options
>do nothing.  All other .apps work just fine.  So what's wrong here?

I had the same problem when I first installed Emacs 2.0.  (I'm running
Emacs 2.1 now -- I'm waiting to upgrade to NextStep 3.1 rather than
3.0).  My memory is a bit hazy, but the problem had to do with Emacs
trying to get my IP address through my hostname.  Since I'm not on any
networks, I just added an entry to the hosts directory in netinfo
giving my hostname the IP address of localhost.  I left localhost in
there since some programs expect it to be there.  The resulting file
looks like this:

        $ nidump hosts .
        127.0.0.1       biff
        127.0.0.1       localhost
        255.255.255.255         broadcasthost

(Biff is my hostname.)  But since you're on a network, I think you
would have to put your real IP address in there, instead of 127.0.0.1.
But I assume you had to do that to get SLIP to work.

I hope this helped at least a bit.  I don't think your problem is with
SLIP itself.  Good luck.


The poster used HostManager to add his system as a host, and now Emacs works  
fine.

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Dwight Everhart
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