* Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080617 02:00]: > > Perhaps dictd is not running? How can I check to see? > > 'sudo nmap localhost' on my PC shows inter alia: > > 2628/tcp open dict > > or > > ~$ ps aux | grep [d]ict > dictd 4929 0.0 0.2 95752 4276 ? Ss Jun02 0:00 dictd > 1.10.11: > > If it is not running, try /etc/init.d/dictd restart. You can also > check your /var/log/daemon.log for messages about dictd.
Thanks again, but both nmap and ps show the daemon to be running. /var/log/daemon.log shows nothing regarding dictd. Again, it is the slow response (several seconds, because of other network traffic on my DSL connection) upon which I base my conclusion that the dictionary client is going out to dict.org rather than obtaining definitions locally. Perhaps I need to do something other than clicking the "localhost" button in the EDIT -> PREFERENCES menu of Dictionary 2.14.0. The design of the dialogue scheme of Dictionary appears to be rather poor; to change the parameters associated with the dictionary source it is necessary to click on the "add source" button. When you click on "add", a second dialogue box opens; the second box has a "transport" menu and an "advanced settings" menu. The "transport" menu initially is blank, but if you click on the arrow, the only menu item is "dictionary server"; and that item disappears if you click to open the "advanced settings" menu. When you click on "advanced settings", the dialogue box expands to show a "database" menu and a "strategy" menu; but both of these menus are blank. It appears to me that the user interface of Dictionary 2.14.0 is in need of repair. Regards, RLH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
