I think most of us sensed that your comment was to let us know you had *nix
experience and were not a complete newbie, so as to not get too simple of
an explanation to your problem or a run-on sentence like this one.
Brian ;-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Richards, Donald D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To those that offered suggestions, many thanks. I followed all of them,
and
>a bunch that I got from the web, to no avail. Probably what I did was
>follow so many that I combined things that wouldn't work together. What
>solved the problem, sort of, is that I ran into the problem of the file
>systems that wouldn't unmount at shutdown and ended up having to
re-install
>Linux. On a hunch (yes, newbies get them sometimes) I opted not to
>configure the local network, then I followed the instructions provided by
my
>ISP for the umpteenth time, and this time it worked! So, the problem must
>lie in some unresolved conflict between the local network and the setups
for
>connecting to the ISP. Even though I did put the correct info the
>resolv.conf file, perhaps there's something else that's needed?
>Suggestions?
>
>
>Oh, by the way... to the "gentleman" that wondered what would possess me
to
>post such a question to this list:
>
>Actually, I made the mistake of not specifying that I was using the
Mandrake
>version of RH6. So sorry. Even so, what would possess me is that,
>obviously, there are more than a few folks on the list who are more
>interested in helping people than in making useless comments like yours,
as
>evidenced by the number of helpful (including yours), if not successful,
>responses
>
>Have a nice day!
>
>Thanks,
>
>Don
