[Malvern] Install problem.

[Richard Smedley]

On Thu, 2007-08-23 at 16:08 +0100, Geoff Bagley wrote:
> However it will not let me use apt-get .   It fails to get into the 
> mirror.  Nor can I get into the  www.
> The picture is the same for Ubuntu - it baffles me that they should face 
> a common problem on one machine.
> I have had no problems on any of my other machines.

Sounds like DNS...

> I am not aware of any hardware problems.
> I can't use dmesg because it scrolls off the screen,  and I can't load 
> "less"  !

dmesg | more
;-)

Could it be IPv6 causing problems? Try something with and without
(eg wget) for a clue (after you've checked /etc/resolv.conf, and 
tried it with known good Internet free DNS server addresses, of
course).

 - Richard

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