On Saturday 27 December 2003 03:09 pm, tyche wrote: > On Friday 26 December 2003 15:06, James Richard Tyrer wrote: > > tyche wrote: > > > i have 2 computers, one i have just rebuilt. > > > > > > not liking what rh has done in 8, i compile kde from source. > > > > > > i did things in the following order: > > > > > > qt, arts, libs, base, network, then the rest in no particular order. > > > > > > to get rid of redhat's x scripts, i installed xfree 4.3.0 from > > > www.xfree.org. > > > > > > until i installed the rest of kde, my dialup worked fine. now that i > > > have compilled the rest of kde, my dialup connects, but i cant go > > > anywhere or download mail. > > > > > > was wondering what was happening here? > > > > > > any help would be appreciated. > > > > You probably don't have the DNS configured correctly. > > > > If your ISP supports automatic (I think -- that is what I have and it > > works) you can check: "Automatic" in the: "DNS" tab in the KPPP set up > > widget. Otherwise, you need to check: "Manual" and enter two NUMERICAL > > DNS addresses for you ISP. > > > > If you are using automatic, your: "/etc/resolv.conf" file should probably > > be empty -- KPPP will add stuff to the file when it is running. > > i'll give it a try. when i looked, the nameserver was set to the other comp > on the home network (192.168.0.1) not to my comp like it should be under my > usual install of redhat. > > i'll leave it blank next time i get the phone line. > > thanks for pointing me in the right direction. > > tyche > leaving it blank, ppp writes 2 addresses of nameservers, 209.151.129.1 and 209.151.1.142. ping either with the addresses results in getting pings back. pinging the mail server, mail.ica.net, results in 100% packet loss, tho pinging mail.ica.net by its ip, results in return pings. appearently, there is something that is blocking the ppp0 interface for name resolution. tyche ___________________________________________________ . Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.