From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 22 12:52:44 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA3AE106568A for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:52:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stapleton.41@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 902928FC12 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:52:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stapleton.41@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id c8so535923wra.27 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:52:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=vt7vyzepumhvpFSVUqd3QBIBn1B8iRfuDjBcAvM94rI=; b=QdXE76u0ZC7wKxBRpENHa0gjcXBBaTbZMOXDXzKxS1W/HT8KpSmC6GsrRoP3NyQ6Q5 6l9Pn2YxN8OgcKIXlf9oEvAZ/UyESRcUVIt0sBUtpwCrjfGtv6zKmldYFrGPvs7OP7rh y7W6NobvzN51ZicX2ODiB2a3V/Wz1Z/wd7JCE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=dbRw8XJsfz3NmUoS7Q4xd14zzpfrYFuyC2lf7aHRLagIGjbfu1+CAJxyjSOHD1xPsS t07p0fqZRmlcQ+7W3dkqAuFCl9ewwqM4c8VkDahRh8H6kElV55CwNKmZHRwya+c11+45 vwiatv5KVlsj+kaOBwTQguNTFFFfUlJjOZ/GM= Received: by 10.90.32.14 with SMTP id f14mr2926509agf.17.1216731163523; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:52:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.90.33.17 with HTTP; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:52:43 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <80f4f2b20807220552i7f59cc7agcca206b6e294754d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:52:43 -0400 From: Jim To: "Giorgos Keramidas" In-Reply-To: <87mykaslg4.fsf@kobe.laptop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <80f4f2b20807211830y30acdf5cyacc05161a4268b04@mail.gmail.com> <87mykaslg4.fsf@kobe.laptop> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DNS troubles X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:52:45 -0000 On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 10:26 PM, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:30:56 -0400, Jim wrote: >> I'm trying to get a machine working, but it can't seem to handle DNS >> requests. I've just done a 7.0 install (from CD, usually I use net, >> but it wasn't connecting to anything, now I know why). >> >> I have a machine with two built in NICs on the motheroboard, one using >> nfe the other using bge. When I try to connect to anything, I get a >> "cannot resolve host error". Both are set up to be static, >> 192.168.1.84, and bge is 192.168.1.86. I have tried both "192.168.1.1" >> (the router, which points to the ISPs DNS) and "4.2.2.1" in the >> /etc/resolve.conf file, each separately, not both at once. The machine >> can ping both of these addresses and gets a decent to rapid return >> time (~.3ms for the former, <20ms for the latter) Neither works on >> this machine. Both work on the other FreeBSD and Windows machines in >> the house. I have the machine set to dual boot, and DNS works fine >> under Windows. > > I hope you didn't create a "resolve.conf" file, because it is called > "resolv.conf" without a final "e", i.e.: indeed I did. I removed the 'e' and it works perfeclty. Amazing the difference a byte can make. Still, I wonder why it wouldn't work during install? I feel extremely silly at this point. Anyway, anyone know how to turn off the typo daemon? I tried 'killall -9 typod' and '/etc/rc.d/typod stop', but nothing seems to get rid of it... Thanks again for the help, -Jim Stapleton