On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 23:59, DAYE EMINE wrote: > I gave the this command "tail -f /var/log/messages" the result is as below > > [root@localhost root]# tail -f /var/log/messages > > Sep 15 19:54:12 localhost gdm(pam_unix)[2259]: session opened for user root > by ( uid=0) > Sep 15 19:54:13 localhost gconfd (root-2373): starting (version 2.6.0), pid > 2373 user 'root' > Sep 15 19:54:13 localhost gconfd (root-2373): Resolved address > "xml:readonly:/et c/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only config source > at position 0 > Sep 15 19:54:13 localhost gconfd (root-2373): Resolved address > "xml:readwrite:/r oot/.gconf" to a writable config source at position 1 > Sep 15 19:54:13 localhost gconfd (root-2373): Resolved address > "xml:readonly:/et c/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only config source > at position 2 > Sep 15 19:54:16 localhost bonobo-activation-server (root-2378): iid > OAFIID:Broke nNoType:20000808 has a NULL type > Sep 15 19:54:16 localhost bonobo-activation-server (root-2378): invalid > characte r '#' in iid 'OAFIID:This#!!%$iid%^$%_|~!OAFIID_ContainsBadChars' > Sep 15 19:54:21 localhost kernel: intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured > 49389 us ecs > Sep 15 19:54:21 localhost kernel: intel8x0: clocking to 47414 > Sep 15 19:54:21 localhost modprobe: FATAL: Error running install command for > sou nd_slot_1 > Sep 15 19:54:36 localhost modprobe: FATAL: Error running install command for > sound_ slot_1 > Sep 15 19:56:34 localhost pppd[2559]: pppd 2.4.2 started by root, uid 0 > Sep 15 19:56:35 localhost pppd[2559]: Using interface ppp1 > Sep 15 19:56:35 localhost pppd[2559]: Connect: ppp1 <--> /dev/536ep > Sep 15 19:56:36 localhost pppd[2559]: PAP authentication succeeded > Sep 15 19:56:36 localhost kernel: PPP Deflate Compression module registered > Sep 15 19:56:36 localhost pppd[2559]: local IP address 4.185.207.46 > Sep 15 19:56:36 localhost pppd[2559]: remote IP address 63.215.28.143 > Sep 15 19:56:36 localhost pppd[2559]: primary DNS address 209.244.0.3 > Sep 15 19:56:36 localhost pppd[2559]: secondary DNS address 209.244.0.4 > > I noticed that the Local IP and Remote IP address changes all the time but > the > Primary DNS and Secondary DNS stays thesame as shown above: > I might say I issued this commad many times. > Primary DNS address stays the-same at : 209.244.0.3 > Secondary DNS address stays the-same at : 209.244.0.4 > but Local IP and Remote IP changes each time. > > May I also add that using "http://216.239.39.99"; got me to Google's page > with ease. > > Please can anybody make sense out of this so I can browse the web using > Mozilla 1.6 > I dont know what else to do, Linux makes me feel so stupid. > I will appreciate and try any help, any quess, solid or not. As everyone has suspected, DNS lookups are not working. When the ppp software makes this connection, it should save a copy of your regular /etc/resolv.conf file and replace it with one that contains (at least) the lines: nameserver 209.244.0.3 nameserver 209.244.0.4 At the end of the connection, the original /etc/resolv.conf should be restored. Is that happening? If it is then the ppp software is doing its job properly. What remains to be asked is: is you system configured to do DNS lookups at all? Run the command: grep '^hosts' /etc/nsswitch.conf The word "dns" should appear in the one line of output from this command. If not, your system isn't configured to do DNS lookups at all. Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
