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I'm doing a remaster and I've started it - following the RemasterHowTo in this site.
OK so I'm setting the internet after I chroot - how the heck do I edit /etc/resolv.conf ???? And does it hurt if I'm using an ADSL connection
:oops: I know I am really noobish but I've never had much experience.
I would recommend getting yourself familiar with mc. It will make your life easier. So you can simply do mc in a term and then navigate to /etc, arrow down to resolv.conf and hit F4. Make your changes and then F2 to save.
Why do I like mc so much? It's the same whether in text mode or X.
as long as your connection is not AOL, there is nothing wrong with it.
About editing the file, try eMacs, it's an editing software for terminal.
in the terminal:
that'll do it.Code:emacs /etc/resolv.conf
ok, bye.
hernan
Thanks for the help guys..
I've did what hernan said and tried to edit it while chrooted:
So I rebooted and started from scratch BUT editing /<pathofremaster>/etc/resolv.conf BEFORE chrooting. It opened emacs and let me save it after editing.Quote:
emacs: Cannot connect to X server :0.0.
Check the DISPLAY environment variable or use `-d'.
Also use the `xhost' program to verify that it is set to permit
connections from your machine.
The internet connection won't work!
I'm sure i got the IP of my ISP's DNS right but when I pinged google I didn't work.
How do I make the internet connection work?
BTW I'm using ADSL/PPPOE configuration script available on the Knoppix 3.2 CD.
Might as well bump this or no one will notice :oops:
try "emacs -nw /etc/resolv.conf"
or try vi
you'll need to read abit to get vi to work.
or just
echo "nameserver 1.2.3.4" >> /etc/resolv.conf
hope that helps :)
I can't believe I'm responding to this...
nano
is the simplest.
It has the instructions on screen.
If you want to use vim (I'm addicted... but it's not neccisaryily a good thing)
try:
vimtutor
first.