problem with mozilla

chakribobby · 10-11-2007, 04:25 AM

hi,
When I try to open in the mozilla I go this message
www.yahoo.com could not be found. Please check the name and try again
my system is directly connected to the internet
thanks in advance

dafunks · 10-11-2007, 04:55 AM

Check in your preferences whether you are connected directly to the internet, or you have a proxy configured. Are you behind a hardware / software firewall? Are you connecting direct to the internet or are you connected to a router first? A little more information on your setup would aid the solving of the issue.

juergen · 10-11-2007, 10:06 AM

Can you ping www.yahoo.com?

chakribobby · 10-11-2007, 11:24 PM

thanks for you reply
my system is connected directly to the internet and no firewall

bash-3.1# ping www.yahoo.com
ping: unknown host www.yahoo.com

juergen · 10-12-2007, 07:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chakribobby

ping: unknown host www.yahoo.com

There's your problem, then: Name resolution seems to be misconfigured.
Your ISP should have given you a set of name server addresses to use for your connection. Make sure that they are entered in /etc/resolv.conf in the form

Code:

nameserver xx.xx.xx.xx
nameserver yy.yy.yy.yy

where xx.xx.xx.xx and yy.yy.yy.yy are the numeric addresses of those name servers.
Good luck!

jay73 · 10-12-2007, 08:38 AM

I agree on the nameserver part. But do you have DHCP or a fixed IP address? If you use DHCP, this information should have been autodetected.

chakribobby · 10-13-2007, 02:20 AM

problem is solved
thanks for u help