Timur Aydin <t...@taydin.org> writes: > Hi, > > I have synced my ~x86 system yesterday and after it completed, the > resolver doesn't work for some programs anymore. For example, ping > <hostname> says "unknown host name". It doesn't even contact the dns > server, which is running on the same host. But dig <hostname> works > fine. Also, using the IP address directly, I can access the internet. > > I am suspecting that the new glibc 2.10 is causing this. Anybody else > having this issue?
I experienced similar problem when I upgraded to glibc-2.10, but the only thing I had to do was change from 'server' to 'nameserver' in /etc/resolv.conf (as told by my 'man resolv.conf'). I don't know why I had only 'server' before, perhaps that was allowed with earlier glibc. -- Christer
