Nigel Henry wrote: > On Sunday 02 October 2005 19:05, Jeffrey Barish wrote: >> Jeffrey Barish wrote: >> > I know that this sounds bizarre, but since I upgraded my system from >> > Libranet 2.8 (2.4 kernel) to 3 (2.6 kernel, KDE 3.3.2), it appears that >> > only KDE applications are able to connect to Internet sites using URLs. >> > I have three non-KDE applications (Firefox, Moneydance, Epiphany (web >> > browser)) that fail to connect using URLs and four KDE applications >> > (Konqueror, KMail, KNode, KNewsTicker that succeed. Firefox and >> > Epiphany >> > are able to connect using IP numbers. The fact that IP numbers work >> > suggests a DNS problem, but DNS lives at my ISP so I don't see how it >> > would >> > be able to discriminate against only certain apps. Well, I don't see >> > how >> > anything would. Is there anything in KDE that might account for this >> > favoritism? >> >> It seems that my /etc/resolv.conf has the entry >> >> nameserver 192.168.0.1 >> >> which corresponds to my gateway. It also has an entry for the correct >> nameserver. When I delete the one for my gateway, applications other >> than >> KDE work. Isn't KDE clever to overlook this misdirection? Now, if I >> could just figure out why resolvconf is inserting this erroneous entry, I >> will finally be done with this problem. > > Hi. I presume that each time you boot up the Libranet machine, your > gateway IP address is turning up in /etc/resolv.conf. Have you tried > booting up the machine while unplugged from the network? Does the gateway > address still turn up in /etc/resolv.conf ? What OS do you have on the > gateway machine connected to the Internet? I've got KDE 3.3.2 on my Debian > boxes, and notice in control centre/KDE components/Service manager there > is a start up service named "KDE Internet Daemon" . Whether that has > anything to do with why the KDE apps work but the others don't, I don't > know. Nigel. ___________________________________________________ > . > Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. > Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. > More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html. Yes. I have to delete the bogus entry every time I reboot. I tried booting while unplugged from the network. I get no entries at all in /etc/resolv.conf. The gateway is a DSL router (Actiontec). There is no KDE Internet Daemon in my Control Center/KDE Components/Service Manager, so I think we have to rule out that theory. Incidentally, when I booted unplugged, not only did the two nameserver entries disappear, but a third entry "search domain.actdsltmp" also disappeared. Don't know where that one is coming from either. -- Jeffrey Barish ___________________________________________________ . Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.