From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 18 14:02:45 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id OAA00681 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 18 Dec 1996 14:02:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts8-line9.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.73]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id OAA00674 for ; Wed, 18 Dec 1996 14:02:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.2/8.6.12) with SMTP id OAA00976; Wed, 18 Dec 1996 14:02:25 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 14:02:25 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Kent Vander Velden cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: linux emulation and hostname resolution In-Reply-To: <9612132025.AA13927@spiff.cc.iastate.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 13 Dec 1996, Kent Vander Velden wrote: > In message , dwhite@gdi > .uoregon.edu writes: > >On Wed, 11 Dec 1996, Kent Vander Velden wrote: > > > >> > >> Prior to the other day this was working on my machine. So, what did I > >> do that made it stop? In hopes to ease the maintence of the machine a > >> little I installed the linux emul port after moving the original mess > >> that I had in /compat/linux aside. After netscape appeared to start > >> fine, I removed the old stuff. However hostnames are not resolved now > >> and no errors messages seem to be generated anywhere. I do have the > >> /compat/linux/etc/host.conf and have tried many different variations > >> with no luck. > > > >What about resolv2? > > > >order hosts, bind > > I do not understand the reference. Is this resolv2 a file that > contains the order line? If that is the case, I created a file in > /compate/linux/etc/resolv2 (with and without the 2) with that line which > did not seem to help. Yeah, it's a file. Try putting it in /etc, or try naming the file 'host.conf' instead. It's been so long since I futzed with teh Linux stuff I don't remember how to work it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major