hmm. yeah.. you should have something like
/etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 65.32.1.70
the dhclient usually fills this value in for you..
On Fri, 29 Mar 2002, Mario Lombardo wrote:
> I just ran 'dnsquery -h help.rr.com' and it works fine; it resolves
> all kinds of names to numbers, but when I try to ping help.rr.com or
> 'lynx www.yahoo.com' or ''lynx help.rr.com', it doesn't resolve.
> Also, I don't see any entries in /etc/resolv.conf Should there be?
>
> Mario
>
>
> >I'm getting an IP address from my router just fine on my other
> >machines. Win98SE, MacOS9, and Linux variants. It's just this one
> >sparc I've set up with Debian 2.2r5 from the CD ISOs. I don't know
> >what could be broken.
> >
> >Mario
> >
> >>If you've got roadrunner at home, you've got DHCP unless you are paying not
> >>to. If pump is failing every time, check to see if the modem's working,
> >>barring that, you're pretty much on your own as far as TW's concerned. I
> >>don't usually use pump; I use the dhcp from the ISC (internet software
> >>consortium). It works pretty well.
> >>
> >>Chances are if you can't get an IP, it's either the modem, the line, or the
> >>NIC. Most modern distros don't screw up the network setup so bad that you
> >>can't at least get an IP, but it's possible. If this a the machine that's
> >>dual booting windows, that's probably the problem ;)
> >>
> >> Glen
> >>
> >>
> >>On Friday 29 March 2002 14:01, you wrote:
> >>> I'm running 'pump' at the command prompt as root.
> >>> It says "Operation failed." and my eth0 doesn't get an IP. I don't
> >>> know if I was statically addressed earlier or not, but I wasn't able
> >>> to resolve names, so I decided to investigate pump, and that's how I
> >>> saw this error upon running it.
> >>>
> >>> Second question: Is this supposed to be this way?
> >>> /etc/resolv.conf -> ../tmp/resolv.conf
> >>>
> >>> I don't see a /tmp/resolv.conf anyway.
> >>>
> >>> Mario
>
>
>
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