On Saturday 27 December 2003 09:45 pm, James Richard Tyrer wrote: > tyche wrote: > > 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. > > Does your ISP also have protocol specific mail URLs. > > E.G, Earthlink has: "pop.earthlink.net" for incoming and > "smpt.earthlink.net" for outgoing. > > If so, try those. > > Or, try starting KPPP form a Konsole and see if you get any errors. > > -- > JRT > nope. just mail.ica.net for both. this is not just a mail problem. anytime i type a name, it just cycles, and finally times out with host not found. if i use addresses, it works just fine. ie: 209.151.129.1 is ica's primary dns server, ping dns.ica.net, just cycles, ping 209 etc, get pings back. this appearently is a problem at my end on reverse dns resolution. this only started after compiling the rest of kde. tyche ___________________________________________________ . Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.