On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Tom Berger wrote:
> Hi!
> I experienced something strange:
> When I set the MOZILLA_HOME variable to Netscape's installation directory, it
> becomes unusuable for offline use because it constantly tries to access a DNS
> server. Unsetting the variable removes that prob.
> Trouble is that without that variable Netscape doesn't seem to load plugins
> (npflash).
> So what I need is:
> either advice to turn off the DNS requests even if the variable is set
> or
> someone to tell me how to get that modules loaded without the variable.
>
> Anyone?
Check the archive, Steve answered this one about 5-6 months ago
export something_DNS_something 0
> Thanks
>
> tom
>
> P.S.: It might of interest that I currently use kppp for dial in. My
> /etc/resolv.conf contains the line
> search localdomain
> (don't know what program had put this line in there, presumably kppp). Since I
> use different providers I can't add anything useful to it, can I?
search just tells it were to look for one word hostnames, you could add
all your isp's domains.
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