[OLUG] failures

[Nathan Brown]

In reference to the below message which I received from my linux netscape :
I did a search for SOCKS_NS on the web.  I found a couple of articles
concerning windows Netscape that had a problem with SOCKS.
This file to my understanding is what Netscape is looking for to tell it to
look up the NS .  This file or program overrides resolv.conf or something like
that ... but that is windows they were talking about HOWEVER it makes sense as
to my problem in Linux... I did a search for SOCKS_NS in linux from the /
directory .. I found no file or program that looked like it.?  Does that mean i
need a SOCKS_NS on my machine?  Does this mean that I have some settting wrong
somewhere pointing to resolv.conf?  This makes sense to me if it makes sense to
any of you.  If it makes no sense to you then I'm becoming More and more
confused .

Thanks
Nate

Ps. the message i received from Linux Netscape is In between the lines below




Nathan Brown wrote:

> Hmmmmm too late i reinstalled lol... but i did learn something switchdesk
> works .. thanks
>
> does this mean anything to anyone .   I'm trying everything i can to get my
> linux connection working .... I finally got this message again i got it a
> long time ago but this time i typed it and am sending it to you ... it is a
> netscape error ... maybe it can help
>
> -------------------------------------------------
>
> Warning the following hosts are unknown:
>   Home.netscape.com
>   home6.netscape.com
>   internic.net
>
> this means that some or all hosts will be unreachable.
>
> Perhaps there is a problem with your name server?
> If your site must use a non-root name server, you will
> needt o set the $SOCKS_NS environment variable to
> point at the appropriate name server.  It may (or
> maynot) be necessary to set this variable, or the
> SOCKS host preference, to the IP address of the host
> in question rather than it's name.
>
> Consult your system administrator.
>
> _________________________________________________--
>
> Thanks
> Nate
>
> Eric Penne wrote:
>
> > have you tried switchdesk from inside fvwm.  I think
> > switchdesk comes with RedHat.  Otherwise I know there
> > is a .something file that you just put startkde in and
> > it will start with kde everytime.  I'm at work now but
> > I did that at home and it worked.  I'll go home
> > tonight and look up where it is.
> >
> > Another thing I learned about reinstalls is to write
> > down all the little changes that you made to tweak the
> > OS.  I did that and my last 4 installs have went
> > great.  This kde desktop is just that kind of tweak.
> > I'll look on my cheat sheet and email you with it.
> > Unless somebody out there can tell him right now how
> > and where to do it.
> >
> > Another thing might be to kill X windows and get to a
> > command prompt.  Then type kdm (k desktop manager)
> > which will give you a graphical login.  From the kdm
> > screen I think you can choose desktops to go into.  I
> > know there is kdm and xdm and maybe gdm (gnome).  Try
> > one of those for now.
> >
> > =====
> > Eric Penne
> > epenne at ieee.org
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