On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> >%_Good day,
> I am having a problem with Netscape while running Linux Mandrake 6.5. I
> have set up my ppp and can connect to my ISP. After clicking to open
> Netscape I get the nice "Welcome to Mandrake Linux" Screen, but when I
> attempt to go to the Netscape Home, or any other site, I get the following
> error message.
> -----Unable to connect to the server. Perhaps there is a problem with your
> name server? If your site must use a non-root name server, you will need to
> set the $SOCKS_NS environment variable to point at the appropriate name
> server, It may (or may not) be necessary to set this variable, of the SOCKS
> host preference, to the IP address of the host in question rather than it's
> name.----
> I have set the hosts.allow to my ISP's server and the Host.deny to ALL.
> I have searched for the socket files that might contain a reference to
> Netscape but have not found anything.
> I am running a stand alone 100MHz Pentium with a USR 33.6 external modem
> on ttyS1 (have tried the cua also). Localhost name remains the same as
> installed and so is the address 127.0.0.1.
> Thanks in advance.
> James
>
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James...the first thing you need to do is turn OFF the
HTML. That teeny-tiny text is VERY difficult to read. :-)
Second, have you configured /etc/resolv.conf?
It should look something like this:
search chattanooga.net
nameserver 209.54.120.2
nameserver 209.54.120.3
Replace "chattanooga.net" with the domain name of your ISP,
then replace the IP addresses of the name servers with the
name server addresses of your ISP.
**YOUR** resolv.conf should look like this:
search mindspring.com
nameserver 207.69.200.210
nameserver 207.69.200.211
You'll have to make the above changes as "root."
John
