Jos� Albores wrote:
> I read 'Net-3-HOWTO', 'Ppp-HOWTO' 'Serial-HOWTO' and 'Dns-HOWTO' both in
> english and in spanish and couldn't setup my ppp connection. I tried
> later with many of the 17 Ppp-faq with same results for almost a month,
> and I am still NOT connected to my ISP. Same after posting lots of
> e-mails in different mailing lists, and I really appreciate all the
> hints I received...
> I don't understand lots of terms but of course, I'm not a 'computerist'.
> Yesterday, without knowing why or how, I could navigate with netscape
> for linux. But today -and without touching anything- again Netscape says
> that it cannot find a DNS entry...
Did you login as root yesterday and as a regular user today? If so, maybe
/etc/resolv.conf is not readable. Plase check that
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 73 Aug 31 12:59 /etc/resolv.conf
If not, make chmod a+r /etc/resolv.conf. It seems that you can start ppp,
but cannot access the DNS.
Of course, I am assuming that you wrote the DNS address of your ISP in
resolv.conf. If you didn't, it won't work.
> My two questions are:
> - Is there ONE AND JUST one file or howto or book that explains
> 'really-how-to' get connected???
ppp-howto should do the job. But this was not the case for me also, and I
scanned lots of docs. One of the books in LDP has a chapter on getting
connected, and it helped me much, though I don't remember which. It can be
the installation guide or network admin guide.
> - Is this the usual learning/training curve for newest Linux users or
> just a matter of incompatibility between 'him' and me and I should stop
> this issue and go back to easier Operating Systems?!
> TIA and excuse me for my plea...
It is harder to learn, but do not give up trying. It worths.
>
> --
> J.M.Albores
