On Thu, 20 May 2004 09:38:45 +0100 Simon Andrews <simon.andrews@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 2) If you can ping an external IP address, can you ping an address by > name? If not then it's probably a DNS problem. > > When you're connected check /etc/resolv.conf and see that there are > some nameserver entries. Check these against your working > configuration and see if there's anything different. > > Hope this gets you a bit further. Hello, Simon :) Not only did this get me a little further, but it has provided a consistent, though slightly unfortunate workaround. But at least I have full use of the internet. What I have to do to use the internet is the following: 1. Connect with Kppp 2. Copy the version of "/etc/resolv.conf" that I got from my installation of Fedora Core 1 to "/etc/resolv.conf" in my Fedora Core 2 installation. After following these steps, everything that I complained about in my initial message on this thread is resolved. But, this brings up a few questions: 1. Why do I have to go through this at all? 2. How do I make this change permanent? 3. And what can I do to actually fix (not workaround) this problem? For clarification, I must add that I have been using Kppp to connect to the internet ever since Red Hat 7, the first version of Linux I ever really used, and I have NEVER had this problem before. In fact, I could break it down this way: 1. Under Fedora Core 2, Test Release 3, full installation, every package installed and every available update installed, I did not have this problem 2. Following a full installation of Fedora Core 2, every package installed and every update installed, I began having this problem. In fact, I even reinstalled after I initially noticed the problem, to no avail. A few more points, as far as how I always configure to connect to the internet: 1. "kppp | Configure | New | Manual Setup | Connection name "eagleinet.net" 2. "Add | Enter A Phone Number", in response to which I enter my Internet providers phone number. As you can see, nothing complicated, but it has always worked perfectly, until Fedora Core 2. In summary, when I connect to the internet under Fedora Core 2, my "/etc/resolv.conf" file remains blank, which is why I could only ping a numeric URL, and not a human readable domain name. When I copy the contents of "/etc/resolv.conf" that I copied when connected to the internet, on the same machine, while running Fedora Core 1, to "/etc/resolv.conf" on my Fedora Core 2 installation, everything works perfectly. So why do I have to do it manually? I hope this updates and clarifies the issue :) One thing that mystifies me is that this occured with two fresh installs of Fedora Core 2, but that I appear to be the only person that this has happened to. Anyway, thanks for your previous and your future help. Steven P. Ulrick
