Anthony Thompson wrote: > > Im a recent convert from slackware to Debian1.2 (well in the process of > install it).
I too am a slackware veteran. I just installed debian one one of my machines yesterday. This is my first mail via netscape mail. > > Away im having a problem getting the ppp link up and running. Im able to > establish the ppp connection ok. I check it using the ifconfig command > and i see that i have a ppp connection to my ISP. Does ping work. ping your defaultroute IP address. > The problem is that if attempt to run ftp (standalone) to test the link i > receive 'host lookup failure'. > > Now i have had no problems previously with slackware getting ppp > connection setup.. What have i done wrong? > > Ive checked my resolv.conf and it is the same as my old slackware config.. I to had FTP problems when I installed yesterday. My resolve conf had nameserver ww.xx.yy.zz, ww.xx.yy.zz I changed it to two lines nameserver ww.xx.yy.zz nameserver ww.xx.yy.zz And it worked fine. Don't know if this will help but good luck. Perry -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
