John Aldrich wrote:
>
> On Fri, 03 Dec 1999, you wrote:
> > >%_Hi
> > I am very new to Linux and I've installed Mandrake 6.0 yesterday. I am trying to
>use Netscape without success since it couldn't >find any URL. Seems it can't resolve
>DNS.
>After dialling with KPPP I can ping and telnet any IP and login too.
So you can ping IP's, but not URL's ?
>I couldn't also use my e-mail client since am getting an error message and SMTP also
>doesn't work. Is there any FAQ available or any >setup I should do to get my
>Netscape and e-mail client up and running?
> >
> >
> Please switch to "plain text" email.
I agree :-).
> Second, what does your /etc/resolv.conf look like? Do you have your
> ISP's DNS servers in there? Here's mine -- Make your /etc/resolv.conf
> look like this if you don't have it (substituting YOUR ISP for mine,
> and their DNS for mine, as well <G> Oh, and all this needs to be done
> as "root.")
>
> search chattanooga.net
> nameserver 209.54.120.2
> nameserver 209.54.120.3
At least with current kppp versions (as in mdk 6.0 and up) /etc/resolv.conf
maybe empty. It must exist, so do "touch /etc/resolv.conf" as root.
Add the DNS IP-numbers in the kppp setup dialog box. kppp will write this
numbers to resolv.conf dynamically and it will remove them when offline.
This way kppp can support many different ISP's and DNS entrys.
> Also, there's supposedly a checkbox to "set hostname" or some such in
> kppp. Do NOT check that.
Be sure to uncheck it.
> If neither of those helps, get back to us for more suggestions.
> John
Peter
