[PD] Start Pd 0.51-4 without internet connection

[hans w. koch]

> /Applications/Pd-0.51-4.app/Contents/Resources/bin/pd ; exit;
seems to indicate, that this is on mac.
not wanting to allege anything, but there once was a hack to the hostconfig file to prevent a pirated copy of adobe from phoning home.
i´ve had people in workshops, who were unable to launch pd because they had applied this hack overzealous and nuked localhost altogether.

@maurice, i´d suggest to use finder to navigate to /etc (go to folder) and look up the host file.
on my mac mojave it looks like this:
##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1	localhost
255.255.255.255	broadcasthost
::1             localhost 

hope this helps
hans

> Am 15.07.2021 um 00:20 schrieb Dan Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com>:
> 
> I believe it's a macOS system but the suggestion is still useful. If there is a firewall or application like Little Snitch running, it should add Pd to the whitelist otherwise the Pd core cannot communicate with the Pd GUI.
> 
>> On Jul 15, 2021, at 12:16 AM, Josh Moore <kh405.7h30ry at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On windows he will need to allow pd thru the firewall
>> 
>> On Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 2:04 PM Dan Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Something is weird with your system. In general, localhost should *always* be available.
>> 
>> What happens when you run the following in Terminal with wifi off? Press CTRL+C to stop once it's running.
>> 
>> ping localhost
>> 
>>> On Jul 6, 2021, at 9:55 AM, pd-list-request at lists.iem.at wrote:
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>>> Hello,
>>> When I have no internet connection I can start Pd 0.52-2 (iMac Mojave) with
>>> the Terminal by going through Contents/resources/Bin/pd.
>>> But it does not work with Pd 0.52-3 and Pd 0.52-4.
>>> This is what the Terminal reports :
>>> 
>>> Last login: Tue Jul  6 09:30:01 on ttys000
>>> mauricemoncozet-1:~ moncozetmaurice$
>>> /Applications/Pd-0.51-4.app/Contents/Resources/bin/pd ; exit;
>>> localhost not found (inet protocol not installed?)
>>> nodename nor servname provided, or not known (8)logout
>>> Saving session...
>>> ...copying shared history...
>>> ...saving history...truncating history files...
>>> ...completed.
>>> 
>>> [Op?ration termin?e]
>>> 
>>> What setting should I make?
>>> Thank you for your response.
>> 
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