Re: [newbie] Internet connection issue.
On Saturday 25 December 2004 01:20 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What does /etc/resolv.conf look like? Did you by chance install tmdns when you were adding packages? This sounds like a DNS problem. It may be that one of the name servers in resolv.conf is not returning valid IP addresses, but is returning something. (No responce form a name server would resultiung in a delay of about 90 seconds while it times out, plus however long the next one takes...) Mikkel When I do /etc/resolv.comf from root, I get a message saying bash: /etc/resolv.conf: Permission denied How can I see what it contains? The lack of connection is not a time out issue; that is an error message is returned immediately rather than after a pause. I have bind installed, but not tmdns. Are there any other programs which may be causing conflicts? Thanks, Collin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Internet connection issue.
/etc/resolv.conf is a configuration file, not an exectutable. What is in it? -Original Message- From: Collin White [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Dec 26, 2004 9:31 AM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] Internet connection issue. On Saturday 25 December 2004 01:20 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What does /etc/resolv.conf look like? Did you by chance install tmdns when you were adding packages? This sounds like a DNS problem. It may be that one of the name servers in resolv.conf is not returning valid IP addresses, but is returning something. (No responce form a name server would resultiung in a delay of about 90 seconds while it times out, plus however long the next one takes...) Mikkel When I do /etc/resolv.comf from root, I get a message saying bash: /etc/resolv.conf: Permission denied How can I see what it contains? The lack of connection is not a time out issue; that is an error message is returned immediately rather than after a pause. I have bind installed, but not tmdns. Are there any other programs which may be causing conflicts? Thanks, Collin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Internet connection issue.
Collin White wrote: On Saturday 25 December 2004 01:20 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What does /etc/resolv.conf look like? Did you by chance install tmdns when you were adding packages? This sounds like a DNS problem. It may be that one of the name servers in resolv.conf is not returning valid IP addresses, but is returning something. (No responce form a name server would resultiung in a delay of about 90 seconds while it times out, plus however long the next one takes...) Mikkel When I do /etc/resolv.comf from root, I get a message saying bash: /etc/resolv.conf: Permission denied How can I see what it contains? You do not want to try and run it - you want to look at it. Try cat /etc/resolv.conf instead. The lack of connection is not a time out issue; that is an error message is returned immediately rather than after a pause. I have bind installed, but not tmdns. Are there any other programs which may be causing conflicts? Thanks, Collin You probably want to remove bind. Unless you are running a local network, and have a lot of machines on it, you do not need it. It can be set up to cache lookups for you, but there are better packages out there to to that. If you have it running on your system, but do not have it configured properly, it will cause the kind of problems you are having. Try removing bind, and see if that solves your problems. If it does, then you may want to reed up on caching name servers, and see if you need one. If so, then come back to the list for advice. We can point you to a few package, depending on what your needs are. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Internet connection issue.
At 10:31 AM 12/26/2004, you wrote: On Saturday 25 December 2004 01:20 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What does /etc/resolv.conf look like? Did you by chance install tmdns when you were adding packages? This sounds like a DNS problem. It may be that one of the name servers in resolv.conf is not returning valid IP addresses, but is returning something. (No responce form a name server would resultiung in a delay of about 90 seconds while it times out, plus however long the next one takes...) Mikkel When I do /etc/resolv.comf from root, I get a message saying bash: /etc/resolv.conf: Permission denied How can I see what it contains? The lack of connection is not a time out issue; that is an error message is returned immediately rather than after a pause. I have bind installed, but not tmdns. Are there any other programs which may be causing conflicts? Thanks, Collin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Well, looks like you weren't logged in as root and should have done either 'more /etc/resolv.conf' or 'cat /etc/resolv.conf'. I'd ping the nameservers in that file and make sure they're talking at least. Dennis Duffner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #362232 Not yet M$ free-but getting closer -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.5 - Release Date: 12/26/2004 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Internet connection issue.
At 10:31 AM 12/26/2004, you wrote: On Saturday 25 December 2004 01:20 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What does /etc/resolv.conf look like? Did you by chance install tmdns when you were adding packages? This sounds like a DNS problem. It may be that one of the name servers in resolv.conf is not returning valid IP addresses, but is returning something. (No responce form a name server would resultiung in a delay of about 90 seconds while it times out, plus however long the next one takes...) Mikkel When I do /etc/resolv.comf from root, I get a message saying bash: /etc/resolv.conf: Permission denied How can I see what it contains? The lack of connection is not a time out issue; that is an error message is returned immediately rather than after a pause. I have bind installed, but not tmdns. Are there any other programs which may be causing conflicts? Thanks, Collin Well, looks like you weren't logged in as root and should have done either 'more /etc/resolv.conf' or 'cat /etc/resolv.conf'. I'd ping the nameservers in that file and make sure they're talking at least. Dennis Duffner Even as root, you would get the same error message, because resolv.conf is not executable. But it is readable by all users. It has to be, so that programs can get the name server information. (Netscape, Mozilla, and I believe Firefox access the file directly.) From other information in the thread, he has bind installed. It is probably the first name server, and it is erroring out. Probably not configured correctly. The second would work because it tryes the next name server in the list. URLs from the same domain work because the web browser already knows the IP address of the server. (Best guess from the information given so far...) Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Internet connection issue.
I have recently done an install of Discovery 10.1, and had accessed the Internet for the install with no problems. After realizing that I was missing a few things from my install, I ran through the install tab on the control center and installed the bits I had been missing. However, now my Internet connection is a bit awkward. It still connects, but the initial attempt seems to be blocked. When I try to surf the web via Konqueror, each initial time I attempt to access a given domain, I get a message saying connection to host x is broken. When I hit the reload button, the site connects fine. Following links within the same domain works as it should but again if I try to connect to a different domain, I get the same response. Aside from the web, I get the same result when I attempt to connect to my mail server to either send or download mail, when I ftp or when I attempt to use the mandrakeonline configuration in my task bar. I had initially thought it was a problem with shorewall, but after disabling it, I found no change. Any advice or suggestions would be grately appreciate. Thanks, Collin What does /etc/resolv.conf look like? Did you by chance install tmdns when you were adding packages? This sounds like a DNS problem. It may be that one of the name servers in resolv.conf is not returning valid IP addresses, but is returning something. (No responce form a name server would resultiung in a delay of about 90 seconds while it times out, plus however long the next one takes...) Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Issue...
On Sunday 26 November 2000 01:27, some strange eryl did etch this in stone: You are still thinking in Windows terms. You Can Not use Netscape to connect directly to the internt. You need to connect to the internet first, and then launch Netscape. the problem he's having isn't that though. his problem if you read his post was that he connects fine ahead of time with kppp but then upon launching nutscrape, it goes nowhere. when he said direct connection to the internet he meant the setting under prefs in nutscrape that allows it to connect on it's own and not with a proxy. the problem he has is with DNS not winblows user ignorance. others have replied with the correct info on him setting up his DNS without tearing him down based on a linux superiority complex. -x. -- "Death is merciful, for there is no return therefrom, but for him who has come back out of the nethermost chambers of night, haggard and knowing, peace rests nevermore" - Howard Phillips Lovecraft ICQ 4841244
Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Issue...
I just install LM 7.0 and it's look good, but one problem I have is internet connection. Yayan. You are still thinking in Windows terms. You Can Not use Netscape to connect directly to the internt. You need to connect to the internet first, and then launch Netscape. Charles Charles is correct. What you can do, is connect with kppp and set netscape to run upon connect -- look in your internet connection setup dialog for a blank to put in the executable /usr/bin/netscape
RE: [newbie] Internet Connection Issue...
Sounds like you may have a DNS issue. Go to a terminal prompt and try to ping Yahoo's IP address by pinging: 216.32.74.50 If that is successful, next try pinging it by hostname: www.yahoo.com If the IP address works, and the hostname fails, it is probably a DNS issue, and that is a little out of my scope of help. I am having a DNS issue myself. Brian T. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of yayan Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 11:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Internet Connection Issue... Dear All, I am new with Linux. I just install LM 7.0 and it's look good, but one problem I have is internet connection. My dial-up is working good and could connect to my ISP (connected 48 kbps) but when I run the browser (netscape) no one inetrnet site can I open (it seem that no-connection I've been made). I set the netscape to connect directly to internet (EditPreferenceAdvanceProxy). Could anybody tell me what is going on whith my internet. Any help would be great appreciated. Thanks. Yayan. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
RE: [newbie] Internet Connection Issue...
On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Brian P. Trotter wrote: look at /etc/resolv.conf. You need to add to this: search name-of-your-isp nameserver ipaddres.of.dns.server1 nameserver ipaddres.of.dns.server2 Then you should be fine. And you don't even have to reboot for it :) Paul Sounds like you may have a DNS issue. Go to a terminal prompt and try to ping Yahoo's IP address by pinging: 216.32.74.50 If that is successful, next try pinging it by hostname: www.yahoo.com If the IP address works, and the hostname fails, it is probably a DNS issue, and that is a little out of my scope of help. I am having a DNS issue myself. Brian T. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of yayan Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 11:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Internet Connection Issue... Dear All, I am new with Linux. I just install LM 7.0 and it's look good, but one problem I have is internet connection. My dial-up is working good and could connect to my ISP (connected 48 kbps) but when I run the browser (netscape) no one inetrnet site can I open (it seem that no-connection I've been made). I set the netscape to connect directly to internet (EditPreferenceAdvanceProxy). Could anybody tell me what is going on whith my internet. Any help would be great appreciated. Thanks. Yayan. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- Now I know how many stars there are! Many! http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30
Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Issue...
- Original Message - From: "yayan" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 11:54 AM Subject: [newbie] Internet Connection Issue... Dear All, I am new with Linux. I just install LM 7.0 and it's look good, but one problem I have is internet connection. My dial-up is working good and could connect to my ISP (connected 48 kbps) but when I run the browser (netscape) no one inetrnet site can I open (it seem that no-connection I've been made). I set the netscape to connect directly to internet (EditPreferenceAdvanceProxy). Could anybody tell me what is going on whith my internet. Any help would be great appreciated. Thanks. Yayan. You are still thinking in Windows terms. You Can Not use Netscape to connect directly to the internt. You need to connect to the internet first, and then launch Netscape. Charles
