--- Gora Mohanty wrote: > Um, why exactly were you surprised with this? Of > course, > DNS needs to be set up properly in order for name > resolution to work.
Konqueror, for one, was working without the need of supplying a nameserver (public DNS, rather) in /etc/resolv.conf All that it had in DNS (or /etc/resolv.conf) was the ADSL Router/Modem 's IP address. > Once you get tired of MTNL's > sorry > excuse for DNS, run your own with the named package. Till date, I haven't faced any problem with their DNS, and Triband is working pretty well for me. > > Can I (if I get one) use the Kubuntu 6.06 DVD as a > > source for installing common applications (such as > say > > GCC 3.x or 4.x, Java 1.4.x JRE 1.5.x etc?) > [...] > > Yes, this can be done, provided that the > applications are > actually on the DVD, e.g., I am not so sure about > the JRE, > presuming that you are referring to the Sun version. I am referring to the Sun Version. It is available in the repos, but that seems to be a lot of download for me. > What > you need to do is to add the DVD to > /etc/apt/sources.list. > Google should turn up various links telling you how > to do > this, e.g., http://www.debianhelp.org/node/6706 If > you are > unfamiliar with apt, and would like a GUI, try > synaptic. It > will let you easily add a CD/DVD as a source. Umm, Ok. I will try this sometime. -- FSF of India Associate Fellow - http://www.gnu.org.in S K Somaiya College of ASC- http://www.somaiya.edu/sksasc ubunturos @ freenode Office firewalls, cyber cafes, college labs, don't allow you to download CHAT? Click here: http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in