I recently upgraded from 10.3 to 11.2, keeping 10.3 and using Gnome. I can’t get web access through various browsers but can ping outside IP’s and the ISP DNS works. I’m connected through a DSL modem.
The browsers tried so far include Firefox 3.5.4 -> 3.6, Konquerer, and Lynx.
I have used the Network manager in Yast to make the changes and have compared network files in both 10.3 and 11.2. The settings are the same.
Which settings am I missing?
greybeard
try Deleting /etc/resolv.conf
or at least rename it resolv.conf.bak
reboot
Thanks caf4926 this worked for me. The problem has been driving me to dispair. Do you happen to know how this can happen? Is there a way to avoid rebooting if it does happen again? I couldn’t read /etc/resolv.conf as it was not in text.
Thanks, I deleted resolv.conf followed by a reboot and that didn’t work.
I’ve since tried turning off IPv6 with out any effect. I compred network info using the ip command in both 10.3 and 11.2 with the only differences were in ip ntable reachable numbers. Otherwise the same. I am no longer certain how to proceed with this issue.
I’m actually writing this using the Ubuntu 9.10 live DVD and Firefox 3.5.3.
The beard is getting greyer!
Greybeard
Have a search around, here is one I found
NetworkManager doesn’t configure default route and nameserve - openSUSE Forums
re-examine you network settings in Yast
Checked network settings in YaST. RTFM’d and followed advice in various posts. Including turning off IPv6, removing resolv.conf and manually editing the IPv6 switches. None worked.http://forums.opensuse.org/images/smiliesnew/sad.png
Last Friday (12 Feb) I did a complete reinstall followed by a complete update using the IP address of the update server to get
NetworkManager-0.7.1_git20090811-4.2.i586.
No improvement. Repeated all my previous actions without any success.http://forums.opensuse.org/images/smiliesnew/sad.png
Edited menu.lst and sysctl.conf adding the ipv6.disable=1 switch, rebooted - web access restored!http://forums.opensuse.org/images/smiliesnew/smile.png:(
I had the exact problem. I figured out that the problem is with the Desktop Kernel. I installed Linux 2.6.31.5-0.1-default i686 and it is working fine.
As I was reading this, something was bothering me through out the entire thread. How are you able to update? OK, so if you can update, then you have a connection. Just the browsers aren’t seeing the connection. This makes me suspect a proxy. Check for proxies. Also do a ping of some web site. Please paste the results.
Jonathan,
My starting point for the network configuration, after I had established that my new 11.2 appeared not to be working, was the settings that I used in 10.3 which was working except I was unable to find the repositories for 10.3.
I was able to update by changing the name of the update server its IP address. I had previously established that IP addressing was working using ping and by starting the ntpd without error.
The problem here was a DNS issue. My ISP appears not to support IPv6. With an off-the-disc install the network software is set up with IPv6 enabled. I was disabling IPv6 in YaST. It appears that the GNOME desktop software was not writing the changes to the following files (see http://forums.opensuse.org/network-internet/426587-opensuse-11-2-network-connection-trouble.html):
/boot/grub/menu.lst
/etc/sysctl.conf
There is a known bug for this (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=553908 ) that has been resolved for KDE.
HTH
Greybeard01
There is a major bug in OpenSUSE 11.2 X64, that seems to have been around for some months. It impacts DNS, DHCP, Wget, Firefox, etc., and possibly IPV6 and Avahi, and there are comments all over the discussion boards about various secondary consequences of it, and some proposed fixes, but the correct solution is not prominently noted.
The effect of the bug is that ping to a static IP works, but DNS lookups do not, and thus browsers do not work by URL (but will by IP address), and packages cannot be updated from repositories.
Some have suggested turning IPV6 off, some telling Firefox not to use IPV6, and some to edit /etc/resolv.conf --although this is a temporary solution as the file may get overwritten, or it may prevent future updates by Yast.
vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
THE TEMPORARY FIX IS:
sudo echo “nameserver 8.8.8.8” >> /etc/resolv.conf
WHICH MANUALLY POINTS DNS TO GOOGLE’S NAMESERVER
THEN, FOR THE PERMANENT FIX:
MANUALLY RUN UPDATES TO DOWNLOAD THE PERMANENT FIX FROM THE REPOSITORIES; PARTICULARLY TO DHCPD!!! [Update cites Bugzilla 565030 and 569972]
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If you are lucky, the fix will be in the update and the bug will go away.
Would you please tell me what difference it will make to replace one name server with another? Because I am calling BS on this one.
