Janina, what doesyour /etc/resolv.conf file look like? phil On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 12:30:10PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > Hi, Ari: > > Yes, nslookup 127.0.0.1 yields name = localhost. > > and nslookup localhost yields address 127.0.0.1 > > However, and here's the problem, I think: > > nslookup toccata.grg.afb.net yields: > > Server: 127.0.0.1 > Address: 127.0.0.1#53 > > ** server can't find toccata.grg.afb.net.: NXDOMAIN > > On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Ari Moisio wrote: > > > Janina Sajka 23.03.01: > > > > HI Janina. > > > > Make sure localhost resolves 127.0.0.1 and 127.0.0.1 resolves > > localhost with nothin trailing. Some distributions, Redhat iirc lacks a > > period after > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > > in /etc/hosts and it makes resolver add it's own idea about domain of > > 'localhost'. Try adding that period if it is not there.. > > > > HTH > > > > >Hi, Kirk: > > >Thanks for the suggestion. I did as you suggested and temporarily moved > > >the top line of /etc/hosts down to be the second line, so that > > >toccata.grg.afb.net would be the first machine defined for address > > >127.0.0.1. Regretably, this did not do the trick. The log of a fetchmail > > >session is below. > > > > > > ...ei rommi flunssaan auta mutta ompahan mukavampi sairastaa... > > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.html > > Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at > http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp > > Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/technology/accessapp.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
