Recently, I've started having strange problems while browsing. Some of the websites simply cannot be browsed for eg. kbfx.org, as I get an error message that says:
An error occurred while loading http://www.kbfx.org/: Unknown host www.kbfx.org "host -dv kbfx.org" produces the following output: Trying "kbfx.org" Host kbfx.org not found: 2(SERVFAIL) Received 26 bytes from 192.168.0.1#53 in 14 ms And "dig kbfx.org" produces the following output: ; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> kbfx.org ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 29789 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;kbfx.org. IN A ;; Query time: 23 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.0.1#53(192.168.0.1) ;; WHEN: Sat Jul 21 20:03:25 2007 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 26 This is what "/etc/nsswitch.conf" contains: ------------------------------------------------------ # Begin /etc/nsswitch.conf passwd: files group: files shadow: files hosts: files mdns dns networks: files protocols: files services: files ethers: files rpc: files # End /etc/nsswitch.conf ------------------------------------------------------ "/etc/resolv.conf" contains: ------------------------------------------ # Generated by dhcpcd for interface eth0 nameserver 192.168.0.1 ------------------------------------------ As I'm on DSL with a dynamic ip, I've configured ifup to run dhcpcd. I also have named running "chroot-jail"ed. I've tried disabling named to no avail. I haven't upgraded any of the packages related to dhcp, network etc. except upgrading kde from 3.5.5 to 3.5.7. The only other thing I've installed is a firewall utility guarddog. Prior to that, I was using a customized iptables script. I don't think firewall would have any effect on this. Just to get things cleared up, I cleared the iptables and tried the above commands which, produced the same result. At the moment, I'm a bit lost as to what more info is required. Please let me know if there's any other info needed. Thanks for any help. Kevin -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
