On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Lu Jimmy Chenji wrote: > 2)I am trying to use dselect's FTP method without any success. I strted > pppd first. The program and my modem seem working properly. I checked > /var/log/ppp.log file and the message was like this: > pppd 2.2.0 started by root, uid 0 > serila connection established. > Using interface ppp0 > connect: ppp0 <---> /dev/ttyS0 > local IP address 202.73.253.153 > remote IP address 202.73.252.131 > I think above message looks OK. Then I started "dselect" access method > "FTP". When dselect was loaded, I got a message "hostname: Host name > lookup failure". Does this mean anything? I just ignored this message > and filled in information for fip site, passive, and username etc then > hit return. I got the following messages: > Connecting to ftp.debian.org.... > NET::FTP: Bad hostname 'ftp.debian.org' at /usr/lib/perl5/Net/FTP.pm line > 405 > FTP ERROR
Just wondering, did you set up your /etc/resolb.conf file for the DNS server of your ISP. That should solve your problems. Shaya -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
