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bobj · 06-21-2008, 02:12 PM

For me, the problem was not with wget. The problem was with DNS resolution. (I could wget from IP addresses, but not domain names.)

There are separate DNS configurations for both inside and outside of scratchbox.

I fixed DNS inside scratchbox by doing the following: First, make sure you're not in scratchbox. (The prompt should be "developer@debian:~$" not "[sbox-iliad-dev: ~]".)

Then

Code:

developer@debian:~$ sudo nano /scratchbox/etc/resolv.conf

Erase the stuff that's there, and replace it with

Code:

nameserver IP.ADDRESS.OF.YOUR.DNS

For some configurations, "nameserver 192.168.0.1" will work properly.

If you need to figure out your DNS IP in Windows, open up a command prompt and type "ipconfig /all". Then look for a line like:

Code:

     DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Now to fix DNS outside of scratchbox, do "sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf". (I personally got lucky on this part because it's set by default to 192.168.0.1.)

06-21-2008, 02:12 PM	#61
bobj Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 67 Join Date: May 2008 Device: iRex iLiad	How to fix DNS For me, the problem was not with wget. The problem was with DNS resolution. (I could wget from IP addresses, but not domain names.) There are separate DNS configurations for both inside and outside of scratchbox. I fixed DNS inside scratchbox by doing the following: First, make sure you're not in scratchbox. (The prompt should be "developer@debian:~$" not "[sbox-iliad-dev: ~]".) Then Code: developer@debian:~$ sudo nano /scratchbox/etc/resolv.conf Erase the stuff that's there, and replace it with Code: nameserver IP.ADDRESS.OF.YOUR.DNS For some configurations, "nameserver 192.168.0.1" will work properly. If you need to figure out your DNS IP in Windows, open up a command prompt and type "ipconfig /all". Then look for a line like: Code: DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 Now to fix DNS outside of scratchbox, do "sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf". (I personally got lucky on this part because it's set by default to 192.168.0.1.)