>hmm. yeah.. you should have something like
>
>/etc/resolv.conf
>nameserver 65.32.1.70
I see, so why isn't it populating? Is /etc/resolv.conf supposed to
be a symlink to /tmp/resolv.conf or should it be a normal file? I
have no idea how this got messed up. I'll let you all know my
results later today. Thanks -ML
>
>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
>>
>>
>>
>
>--
>"Without documentation you can never know what the code was meant to do,
>only what it does"
> -- Rik van Riel (#kernelnewbies)
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