From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 26 11:08:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA09944 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 26 Oct 1998 11:08:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA09925 for ; Mon, 26 Oct 1998 11:08:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from woof.lan.awfulhak.org (brian@woof.lan.awfulhak.org [172.16.0.7]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA16251; Mon, 26 Oct 1998 19:07:51 GMT (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from woof.lan.awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by woof.lan.awfulhak.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA02663; Mon, 26 Oct 1998 15:09:24 GMT (envelope-from brian@woof.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199810261509.PAA02663@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Paul MacKenzie cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: weird ppp resolving problem with dns (2.2.7 Freebsd) please help... In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 22 Oct 1998 12:02:45 EDT." <4.1.19981022115916.0097ec10@mail.elehost.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 15:09:24 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hello, > > I have a weird problem with ppp.. > > When I put 127.0.0.1 in the resolv.conf, and try and run ppp (all I get is > running in interactive mode) and can not do anything. When I remove it, it > loads up fine and I can dial... > > Why? [.....] Check out http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/userppp.html. There's a bit about ppp hanging at startup due to a problem resolving `hostname'. What happens when you ``ping `hostname`'' before & after your change to resolv.conf ? -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message