KDE Apps - Unknown Host

stonecold81 · n00b Joined: 28 Aug 2004 Posts: 1

Alright... I have some weird behavior I need assistance with. I have a 6-month-old x86 gentoo box that has been running very smoothly until today. I am direclty connected to to the interweb with a cable modem, which is in working order.

My issue is with my KDE applications - Konq, Kmail, and Kbiff. Whenever I attempt to connect to a remote host by name, I get the error "Unknown Host". Ordinarily, I would assume a very simple networking issue was at fault, however, Firefox doesn't have this problem at all. I can also use the console and ping, telnet, and ftp anywhere via host or ip.

My /etc/resolv.conf hasn't changed since I set the box up. I can ping all of my DNS servers.

My other gentoo box has no issues like this, however, it also doesn't have X installed... Both boxes have exactly the same network settings (besides the ip-address, of course).

I have KDE 3.2.3 / 3.3.0_beta2 installed using kernel 2.6.7-r11. I am in the middle of a lengthy emerge, so I'm trying to avoid rebooting my machine.

Any suggestions?

titanofold · Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2004 5:59 pm Post subject:

Have you checked "/etc/hosts"? You may need to specify the host name and IP address again. Here's my file: