Dear Yuval, Gaal and Micha!
Thanks very much for your analyses and suggestions. I studied them all, as
well as some other messages, and eventually made the system work. In fact, I
started with some advice from SuSE support, because it looked the simplest.
Here's a copy of the letter I sent back to SuSE. It also explains how I
exploited some of your ideas. Thanks again!
Avraham Hanadari
Hod Hasharon
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Dear Bernard,
Thanks for your reply.
>It seems like the entry of the nameserver (DNS) is not correct.
I have entered the domain name as well as two DNS addresses in
/etc/rc.config, as instructed on /etc/resolv.conf. After logging in, I see
that the information is indeed saved in /etc/rc.config, BUT it does not
appear in /etc/resolv.conf. The same information is entered in KPPP. All
entries are correct. I have no problem connecting to the ISP. The problem
is that my system cannot read human language.
>Try to establish a connection.
Upon the advice of the Linux support at my ISP (Netvision) I entered the
IP numbers for the support page, instead of the natural language format.
The Netscape browser went right there, with no hesitation. Once again, I
have no problem connecting to the ISP. The problem is that my system cannot
read human language. This prevents normal connections to URL's as well as
mail service.
>If there is no success, You have a misconfigured nameserver.
/etc/rc.config appears NOT to be writing the data to /etc/resolv.conf.
>To fix it, start yast and choose menu item
>"administration of the system -> network configuration -> nameserver
>configuration"
>and enter the nameserver (DNS) as given by Your provider.
When I arrived at "nameserver configuration" I discovered that all the
correct information was already there, exactly as I had entered it on the
file /etc/rc.config. This puzzled me. It said "You can add more domain name
servers by modifying the file /etc/resolv.conf" but on that file
(resolv.conf) it cautions NOT to edit it, but rather to enter any new data
on the file rc.config (which I had done). I was now totally mystified.
Eventually I accepted the "continue" option ... and it hesitated a
nanosecond the way a computer does when it's saving. This encouraged me, so
I left Yast and root and tried Netscape on my own logon. After dial up it
went right in, and even collected the mail. I shutdown Linux and logged in
again to verify the phenomenon, and the connection continued to be
operational.
Many thanks,
Avraham Hanadari
Hod Hasharon, Israel
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