[kde-linux] how to troubleshoot browser - http

[dwmoar]

Robert wrote:
> At 03:03 PM 12/2/2005, you wrote:
> 
>>fredagen den 2 december 2005 19.39 skrev Robert:
>>
>>> I can use the browsers with IPs but not domain names.
>>>thank you
>>
>>Do you have named running on your system? This i definitely a DNS
>>problem and if you have it running, stop it and try again. There
>>might be an incorrect setup of named.
> 
> 
> chkconfig --list | grep named
> returns:off in 0123456
> 
> 
>>Do you have the same problem with firefox? Then its not a Kde problem,
>>but something wrong with your basic system.
> 
> 
> Yes all browsers: konqueror, mozilla, firefox.
> One thing I discovered today is that I can access the web site of my 
> provider: www.sonic.net using the domainname,
> but I cannot do any other domains like www.lemonde.fr or www.google.com.
> I can use IPS only.
> 
> thank you so much
> laurie


Make sure that  the nameservers for your isp are listed within the 
/etc/resolv.conf file

here is an example of mine

nameserver 69.33.xxx.xxx
nameserver 69.33.xxx.xxx
# ppp temp entry