[SOLVED] Can I post a link to another thread here?

I am having a connection problem under a specific distro and have published a thread in its forum section.

It so happens that I am not able to identify what kind of variables, factors, parameter may cause the problem. The wonderful people at the distro section are as usually giving me valuable assistance.

Since I imagine you at Networking might provide valuable references and I believe that the title of that thread - directed at the distro - might not catch your attention I am checking first in order to not break any rules about duplication of threads.

good question. I think it is not supported here at all, and duplicated posts are not really allowed. From my side I would click on report and ask mods to move this question to suggestions and feedback. Probably you will get a useful answer.

As you say, you are getting good advice in that thread. Posting a link here would certainly be preferable to creating a duplicate thread as it would direct the discussion to a central place. As I read it, the issue is dns resolution on/in a brand-new installation of Slackware.

The general rule is posting a single thread in the most relevant forum will make it easier for members to help you and will keep the discussion in one place. Since your thread is slackware specific and your getting good advice there I see no need for this thread.

Thanks you all, for good advice.

As for now it seems to be solved. Comments on the thread had also pointed me towards dns questions.I don't recall configuring more than hostname during installation, but when I first started the distro it connected to the internet apparently "magically" as it had done under installation and so I never bothered before I discovered there was a large number of sites that returned the error:

Hmm. We’re having trouble finding that site. We can’t connect to the server at guce.yahoo.com. If you entered the right address, you can: Try again later Check your network connection Check that Firefox has permission to access the web (you might be connected but behind a firewall)

Since it still did connect too many other sites, apparently without any consistent pattern, it never occurred to me (inexperienced as I am) that it could be a configuration problem.

When they first tipped me I connected to a wired connection, run Nmtui, configured the wired connection manually and got a normal conection.

So this solved.

always grateful !

Edit: Of course, I unfortunately still cannot understand the logic underlying the "Choice" of which sites got connected and which did not :-(