On 27-Jul-99 Ray Anderson wrote:
> I am new to Linux, but mine did the same thing. Mine did not have a file
> called resolv.conf in the /etc folder.
>
> The resolv.conf has the domain name and nameserver info for your ISP. When
> i added that file it worked fine.
>
> Mine was like this....
>
> domain nashville.com
> nameserver 207.65.180.114
> nameserver 207.65.180.115
>
> Hope this helps...
> Ray
Thanks... we did give her a resolv.conf with DNS servers though; one thing I
forgot to mention is that we know she can resolve IP addresses because doing an
nslookup works fine for her.
I'll check and make sure she has the 'domain' line just in case though..
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Thomas J. Hamman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 12:36 AM
> Subject: [newbie] Problem with PPP connection
>
>
>> I'm trying to help someone else get Mandrake to work, and she is having a
>> problem with her PPP connection.
>>
>> Basically, her modem seems to work fine, and apparently she can connect
> fine to
>> her ISP without any trouble. However, she cannot connect to anything else
> (or
>> at least not receive any transmitted data from anything else). For
> example if
>> she tries to retrieve a webpage with Netscape, she gets to the 'contacted
> host,
>> waiting for reply' (or something like that) message and then gets nothing
> else.
>> Results are similar with other programs (like telnet).
>>
>> Does anyone know what would cause this, and how to fix it?
>>
>> Note: During the install LILO failed to install in her MBR, and the boot
>> disk creation failed also, so I have her using loadlin to boot Linux...
> but
>> otherwise her installation seems fine.
>>
>>
>> -Tom
