[wellylug] debian - nameserver problem

Enkidu enkidu at cliffp.com
Sat Oct 25 18:17:11 NZDT 2003


On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 14:09:29 +1300, you wrote:

>On debian (woody), I can not get netscape to retrieve webpages.
>
>The modem connection [to Paradise] works fine and I can ping remote IP 
>numbers.  But when I try to fetch webpages with Netscape, I get a message to 
>the effect that the host is unknown and that I should consider pointing a 
>$socks_ns environmental variable at a name server.
>
>Any advice?
>
Did you try the suggested solution?

Cheers,

Cliff
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