Graham Murray wrote:
Timur Aydin <t...@taydin.org> writes:
Hi,
I have synced my ~x86 system yesterday and after it completed, the
resolver doesn't work for some programs anymore. For example, ping
<hostname> says "unknown host name". It doesn't even contact the dns
server, which is running on the same host. But dig <hostname> works
fine. Also, using the IP address directly, I can access the internet.
I am suspecting that the new glibc 2.10 is causing this. Anybody else
having this issue?
I had this issue a couple of weeks ago. I think it was the upgrade to
net-dns/openresolv-3.3.2 which was responsible. The solution was to
edit etc/resolvconf.conf and uncomment the line
name_servers=127.0.0.1
That's what I tried yesterday and it resolved the problem. So it seems
the new resolver does not default to checking localhost as a dns server
and needs to be explicitely told to do so...
--
Timur
