-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/18/2008 06:09 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: >> nslookup finds the right value, but ping reports unknown host. I >> haven't changed any of my configuration files. > > Sounds like this bug: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459756 > > Have you gotten the update for glibc 2.9-3? > (Of course getting updates can take many attempts > if lookups for the names of mirrors keep failing, > but if you try enough, it will eventually work :-). > That may be it. glib was updated right before my DNS broke: Dec 17 19:50:30 Updated: glibc-2.9-3.i686 Dec 17 19:50:52 Updated: glibc-common-2.9-3.i386 Dec 17 19:51:23 Updated: glibc-headers-2.9-3.i386 Dec 17 19:51:26 Updated: glibc-devel-2.9-3.i386 But the last comment there seems to indicate that this release *fixed* the problem. For the time being, I've disabled my local DNS and added /etc/hosts entries. - -- Steve -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAklKRIwACgkQeERILVgMyvBTvQCfY4fBcYoL61lNJcOVXfg7YJTQ j9MAn1PBHxTOp7OomBAwNRlyrWXywD8n =PqP3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
