[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I sent this message once before but received a sending-mail error message. I
> don't know if it went out the first time so if you've already seen it, I
> apologize for the re-send.
>
> Hello all,
>
> I am running Mandrake 7.0 and I cannot get on the internet with Netscape. I
> have a PCMCIA card and usually connect through a cable modem or DSL line. I
> have received some suggestions and followed them:
>
> I went to /etc/resolv.conf and entered
> nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxxx
>
> but this didn't work. Here is the error message I received when trying to
> connect:
>
> "warning the following hosts are unknown
> home.netscape.com
> home6.netscape.com
> internic.net
>
> Perhaps there is a problem with your name server? If your site must use a
> non-root nameserver, you will need to set the $SOCKS_NS environment variable
> to point at the appropriate name server. blah blah blah"
>
> I am very frustrated and would appreciate some help.
>
> thanks,
>
> Andrew
I tried hand editing that file and got errors. I used linuxconf to set the DNS
numbers and now it works.
