How to use Lynx with wvdial in Console Mode?

[theKbStockpiler]

I have a distro that the X org in not longer functional and I'm trying to connect to the internet by pressing alt/ctrl F1 and starting wvdial and lynx.

Question 1-After I log in as Root I would start wvdial then Ctrl>Z and then bg correct? Then I would type Lynx 'enter'?

When I do this Lynx responds that it "Can Not connect to a Remote Host".

Any Help will be appreciated!

[Rubberman]

What are the contents of /etc/resolv.conf?

[theKbStockpiler]

Thanks for the Reply Rubberman! I did not get any sort of responses on how to fix this O.S in maybe a week so I Installed over it. The only response I got early on this O.S ;CentOS6, was maybe the Rpm Data Base needed rebuilding. Rpm would state that I both had Packages installed and also that I did not. In a Bash shell I would remove a Package but then when I ran Rpm -qa it would still be there. I have been thinking of reinstalling it just as a project because I did learn quite a bit in the process.

I have a few questions that I would appreciate your input on.

1- Is there any other files or commands I could utilize to try to track down a problem that is not network based? Most of the troubleshooting techniques I could find did nothing to find a problem early on in the chain of no Internet capabilities.

2- I installed this O.S for a few reasons but one of them is that I desire to be Redhat centered. My experience with CentOS is that you can't get most Desktop Applications with out a third party repo which there is no good solution to managing this. There is always a dead end in the future of a problem with these repos. CentOS seamed more stable than Fedora but you with less Applications on it why would it not be more stable? Why not just use a base Fedora Installation? So I'm thinking because updates broke this install ;CentOS's own updates that these Redhat clones are not that good and its all about the updates and not having more than a base install so it is stable. I think these Redhat clones are mostly good for getting acquainted with Redhat for less than $1300.

Thanks for your expertise and referring the etc/resolv.config file.Thats good stuff.

[Rubberman]

The /etc/resolv.conf file lists the DNS servers that your system will use to resolve system names to IP addresses. For example, on my system /etc/sresolv.conf has the following contents:

nameserver 68.94.156.1
nameserver 68.94.157.1
nameserver 192.168.1.254

The first two entries are my ISP's DNS servers. The last one is my local router, which has DNS server capabilities as well, especially for caching DNS names. Sometimes, if my ISP's servers are down, then I use some well-known top-level DNS servers, such as:

nameserver 199.45.32.37
nameserver 199.45.32.40

These are assigned to Bell Atlantic (AT&T in other words).

I probably have to resort the the Bell Atlantic servers once or twice a year. Usually it is when I can't access google.com...

As for your questions:

1. There are a lot of techniques to troubleshoot non-network problems. I generally utilize root-cause analysis techniques. In any case, if you are having a specific problem, then describe it in as much detail as possible.

2. CentOS and Scientific Linux really ARE Red Hat Enterprise Linux, with new logos, and other copyrighted icons, etc. As far as I have been able to determine, they are 100% compatible with RHEL. I personally prefer SL (Scientific Linux) because it is maintained by some of the biggest physics laboratories in the world (Fermi Lab in the USA, and CERN in Switzerland). Plus there is the fact that my wife is a physicist at Fermi Lab, so I have direct access to the SL maintainers there...

Fedora is the test-bed for Red Hat. They prove out their new technologies, kernels, features there first, before they roll them into the RHEL distributions. That is one of the reasons why Fedora is not always stable. It is definitely "bleeding edge". If you want the latest, and (possibly not-so) greatest software, tools, etc. then Fedora is for you - caveat user! If you want stability, then either RHEL, CentOS, or Scientific Linux are for you.

As far as I'm concerned, the only reason to go with a pure RHEL system is for the support, should you need it. My company is a major licensee of RHEL, and in fact we have our own RHEL distribution (licensed) with appropriate corporate tools integrated into the system. That way, I can have a Red Hat installation on my workstation that can play nicely on the corporate network, and IT will not be complaining about "unauthorized software" running on the network!