I'm encountering an intriguing problem with a recent set of RH
installs. The problem is occurring with the RH7.3 and RH8.0
platforms. Let me describe the situation.
The machine I'm using for the RH7.3 and RH8.0 installs is a DELL
Inspiron 8000. I've had no problems with this laptop when
running RH7.1 and RH7.2 but now its decided to be difficult. During the
process of trying to isolate the problem, we've successfully
made the laptop work with the full version of RH7.3 from downloaded ISOs
but not with an ISO version of RH8.0 and a RH7.3 version that came with
the RH7.3 Bible textbook. Now here the results of many tests with the
none working
installs.
* The working version of RH7.3 can access members of the home network
and websites by name.
* The nonworking version of RH7.3 can access members of the home
network and cannot access websites by name. This leads me to
believe that the hosts lookup is working fine.
* The nonworking version of RH7.3 can ping machines on the home
network and on the web by IP numbers successfully.
Here are some actions taken thus far that may shed some light on my
situation.
* I've taken the /etc/hosts/, /etc/nsswitch.conf and /etc/resolv.conf
files from the working version of RH7.3 and copied them to the
nonworking version of RH7.3. Also, the routing table in the
working version of RH7.3 is replicated in the nonworking version of
RH7.3. These efforts changed nothing.
* The machine which I'm working with has the same fixed IP address on
my home network for all installations of Linux.
* None of these identical installs are ever simultaneously operating
on the network.
* The RH8.0 version that will not work on my home network with a
fixed IP, but works just fine on the network at my employers. The
differences are that the employers network uses a DHCP server. The
machine works just fine when configured to DHCP.
At this point any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm still
brainstorming but running out of ideas.
Best Regards,
Art
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