> On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 03:58:31PM +0200, Timo Kamph wrote: > > I had a little trouble installing my ethernet cards drivers. Now the > > interface is up and works fine. > > But there is a problem with DNS. /etc/resolv.conf was missing, so i > created > > one, containing a single line: > > > > nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx > > > > where the xxx stuff is the nameservers ip address. > > But it won't work. Even not after a reboot. > > > > Any ideas? > > Can you ping the name server? If you can, then make sure that > /etc/host.conf contains something like: > > order hosts, bind > > You could also try using host to query the name server, and seeing if > you get a response. > > Let us know what happens.
Ok, I can ping the nameserver and name resolution will work if I pass the servers IP-address to host on the commandline: 'host www.google.com' fails: ';; connection timed out; no servers could be reached'. But 'host www.google.com 153.96.195.34 works fine. My conf files are below. Timo /etc/resolv.conf: search isit.fhg.de nameserver 153.96.195.34 /etc/host.conf order hosts, bind multi on /etc/nsswitch.conf: --- comment snipped --- passwd: compat group: compat shadow: compat hosts: files dns networks: files protocols: db files services: db files ethers: db files rpc: db files netgroup: nis -- COMPUTERBILD 15/03: Premium-e-mail-Dienste im Test -------------------------------------------------- 1. GMX TopMail - Platz 1 und Testsieger! 2. GMX ProMail - Platz 2 und Preis-Qualitätssieger! 3. Arcor - 4. web.de - 5. T-Online - 6. freenet.de - 7. daybyday - 8. e-Post -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
