Can connect to internet, just can't browse web

Question

Hi,
After installing Arch, I was able to upgrade all packages with pacman fine, as well as get Xorg and Xfce working fine.  When I logged in and fired up firefox, i got an "Address not found" problem.  I installed epiphany, and it doesn't work there either, though links does, for some reason.  I don't know what configuration files or infromation you need to know (sorry ), but I can give you whatever you need to help solve this problem.
All help on this is greatly appreciated    
-jhl

Answer 1

Hi guys,
I recently came back to a box with Arch installed.  It worked fine until I ran
pacman -Syu
After I reboot I could still access pacman and use links to get webpages, but any other browser turns up a "can't connect" error like the OP's post.
I reinstalled Arch with the latest x86_64 isolinux iso, and the problem persisted. I also tried the first suggestion, it changed it to 0 but again the problem persisted.
So here's the input that you requested:
[sharpie@machinelinux ~]$ route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 204 0 0 eth2
0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 204 0 0 eth2
[sharpie@machinelinux ~]$ ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:C1:xx:xx:xx
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:17 Base address:0x8000
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:C1:xx:xx:xx
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:18 Base address:0x8000
eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1B:B9:xx:xx:xx
inet addr:192.168.0.65 Bcast:255.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21b:b9ff:fef9:7d2e/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:134441 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:87953 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:192205005 (183.3 Mb) TX bytes:6527205 (6.2 Mb)
Interrupt:27 Base address:0xc000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:280 (280.0 b) TX bytes:280 (280.0 b)
[sharpie@machine ~]$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
# Generated by dhcpcd from eth2
# /etc/resolv.conf.head can replace this line
nameserver 192.168.0.1
# /etc/resolv.conf.tail can replace this line
Also, my rc.conf file:
[sharpie@machine ~]$ cat /etc/rc.conf
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
# LOCALIZATION
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# USEDIRECTISA: use direct I/O requests instead of /dev/rtc for hwclock
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
LOCALE="en_US.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
USEDIRECTISA="no"
TIMEZONE="America/Phoenix"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"
# HARDWARE
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=()
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"
# NETWORKING
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
HOSTNAME="machine"
# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
# - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
# - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
# DHCP: Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
eth2="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(eth2)
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
# - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up. These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
# - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
# - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
# This now requires the netcfg package
#NETWORKS=(main)
# DAEMONS
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
# - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
# - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond alsa hal fam gdm)
Thanks for all input on this guys.  I'm currently reading man route to see if the answer's there.
Last edited by sharpie (2009-06-18 20:01:00)