"James P. Jendrzejewski" wrote: > > Thanks Steve, John, and Leonard, > Apologies to all for sending in HTML format still in WinMode. > I have looked at the resolv.conf and have found all statements in there > with the correct DNS's in the format you have given. I am assuming from > LinuxConf. /etc/host.conf reads > > order hosts, bind > multi on > > I still get the same error message from Netscape. I have not tried Lynx yet > (chemical engineering student, part time Linux newbie). Netscape has setup a > default .netscape file in my non-root user directory though. Other than > that...same thing. > If there is any thing else you come up with let me know. I'll keep digging > through the books and other docs. > Thanks again > James > 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.---- James, Are you sure you are connecting or are connected. I sometimes get this same problem on startup and it normally means I either didn't connect or haven't completed connecting. Since I am catching this thread mid-stream I apologize if this has already been discussed. Jim
