Re: [SLUG] Mandrake 8.1 and the internet

[Heracles <heracles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 4 Sep 2002 09:27, Peter Rundle wrote:
> > DNS is in resolv.conf It just seems to ignore them.
>
> Have you checked /etc/nsswitch.conf ?
>
>    hosts:      files dns

Unfortunately I didn't. It may have been the problem. My final solution was 
to reinstall the Mandrake and leave out the server that I usually have 
running. Works fine now. Somehow, having the server on my system must have 
screwed it up. 
Thanks to all who replied. 
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Stay well and happy
Heracles