On Tue, 2002-11-05 at 21:05, Barry Mathieu wrote: > I've been frustrated for a long time about a problem I'm having with DNS > lookup. The first time I try to initiate internet connection with pppd I > consistently receive the following type error: > > barry@debian:/etc/ipmasq$ ping pop.mindspring.com > ping: unknown host pop.mindspring.com > > -or- > > fetchmail: couldn't find canonical DNS name of pop.mindspring.com > fetchmail: Query status=11 (DNS) > > On a second attempt to initiate the connection, the error always goes > away. I do believe this is some type of DNS error with pppd, but I'm not > adequately knowledgeable about networking & DNS to understand. I'm > running Debian 3.0, with 2.2.20, and ppp 2.4.1.uus-4. > > I'm in the midst of trying to get ipmasq working and I think this problem is > preventing from achieving success. I'm a very frustrated newbie. > > My /etc/resolv.conf file: > domain debian > nameserver 207.69.188.185 > nameserver 207.69.188.186 > > How can I troubleshoot? >
Try adding: search mindspring.com above your first nameserver entry in /etc/resolv.conf Also, if fetchmail is being started from pon.d try adding a sleep statement to the beginning of the fetchmail script to allow a few seconds for the connection to settle down before fetchmail is started. G -- Configure your Email to send TEXT ONLY -- See the following page: http://expita.com/nomime.html gvl2 (Gerald) AirBall the Rolling Basket Case (1969 Standard Beetle) LifeSaver (1974 Bay Window Bus) http://www.phorce1.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]