Re: EMC BDI Urgent help needed!

From: Ethan Vos <ethan@...>

>I was able to have EMC simulate programs within two hours but have spent
>the last week trying to get online. FYI the 3Com USR 2976 modem works
>great. There's a small RPM on 3Com's web site that makes it easy.
>
>I can dial in and stay connected fine with Kppp.
>
>The LinuxCnc.org icon shows and error "unknown host". Netscape will load
>but not connect even if Kppp is connected.

Are you saying that you can't surf no matter how you try to enter a url?

>Extensive reading suggests that I have a problem in my /etc./resolv.conf
>file, but that file does not exist on my machine. Is it part of the BDI
>install? If not where do I find it?

It is in there on my BDI. I think that this may be a red-herring. My
resolv.conf only says, "search localdomain." That criptic remark hasn't
stopped my system from connecting to most any domain name that is valid.
If you are worried about /etc/resolv.conf you could create it yourself with
kwrite and then save it in /etc as resolv.conf.

>Can the LinuxCnc.org and Netscape be configured to dial automatically or
>do I need to use Kppp 1st?

Dunno, but I'd bet so. Never tried it but then I never did it that way
under MS Windows either.

Ray