On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 01:30:24PM +0300, Alexei Khlebnikov wrote: > On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 08:34:14 -0000 > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > As a debian novice I get a little lost. Today's problem is that though > > I run wvdial OK, which runs the modem OK, when I then launch Opera it > > doesn't seem to know that the PC is online, and so can't access the > > web. There is something no doubt obvious I am failing to do. Can > > someone help me? > > Write your provider's nameservers to /etc/resolv.conf. > Or setup local dnrd (a .deb package available) to automatically hanlde > this.
the latest version of wvdial in woody have "usepeerdns" in /etc/ppp/peers/wvdial. This will manage /etc/resolve.conf for you and restore your old one when you disconnect. But I guess you can't do apt-get upgrade without your net the connection :) You may also want to install something like nscd as a local nameserver because several daemons (fetchmail, wwwoffle) reallu don't like it when you change resolv.conf without restarting them. sam -- sam clegg :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: http://superduper.net (~samc/key.gpg) $superduper: .signature,v 1.4 2002/04/27 11:54:02 samc Exp $ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
