Hello everyone,
I'm about to have a nervous breakdown! When I add anything to the hosts file it applies to the command prompt only, so if I open a konsole and ping the target host the IP in the hosts file is gladly accepted. But inside firefox and konqueror it is totally ignored.
I tried clearing all cache, found articles telling me how to disable firefox DNS caching, I have no proxies whatsoever. But the hosts file is as if it didn't exist. At least for konqueror and firefox it doesn't. This is what my hosts file looks like
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 mist
222.222.222.222 gcf.org.sa
# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
The /etc/nsswitch.conf files has this for the hosts:
hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4
Where do I go from here? Appreciate ANY help!
I'm about to have a nervous breakdown! When I add anything to the hosts file it applies to the command prompt only, so if I open a konsole and ping the target host the IP in the hosts file is gladly accepted. But inside firefox and konqueror it is totally ignored.
I tried clearing all cache, found articles telling me how to disable firefox DNS caching, I have no proxies whatsoever. But the hosts file is as if it didn't exist. At least for konqueror and firefox it doesn't. This is what my hosts file looks like
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 mist
222.222.222.222 gcf.org.sa
# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
The /etc/nsswitch.conf files has this for the hosts:
hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4
Where do I go from here? Appreciate ANY help!