In /etc/host.conf you need to have something like: order hosts,bind
"bind" is what makes DNS servers get used for lookups. Without it DNS servers will not be consulted. The order says where to look first, in this case first /etc/hosts, then DNS. Alexander Gutfraind wrote: > Dear fellow Debian users! > > Here is my problem: > > I have desently installed hamm. > run pppconfig and it works smoothly. > The problems I have is with the DNS. when I type known > addresses with > numbers they load. but with names they don't resolve. > I have only an ISP connection so my resolv.conf has two > nameservers, that are 100% > correct since I checked them with my provider and they work > in windows. > I simply cannot find what is wrong. > > What could be the problem? > TIA. > sasha. > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
