DNS Error During Login

Recently, I've been getting a DNS error while trying to login. This happens most of the time, but not all of the time.

Here is a copy of my log when I get the error (sorry for the long post, but I don't know the relevant parts to keep):

2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: another_instance_running: Checking marker file for lock...
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: another_instance_running: Marker file isn't locked.
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: init_marker_file: Checking marker file for lock...
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: init_marker_file: Marker file created.
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: init_marker_file: Removing message.log
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: Exiting init_marker_file().
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: write_debug: Opening debug file /root/.secondlife/logs/debug_info.log
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: write_system_info: Second Life version 1.18.3
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: write_system_info: Local time: 2007-10-23T21:16:45 EDT
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: write_system_info: CPU info:
processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 15 model : 3 model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz stepping : 3 cpu MHz : 2998.654 cache size : 1024 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 5 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl cid bogomips : 5999.86 clflush size : 64 processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 15 model : 3 model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz stepping : 3 cpu MHz : 2998.654 cache size : 1024 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 5 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl cid bogomips : 5996.27 clflush size : 64
->mHasSSE: 1
->mHasSSE2: 1
->mHasAltivec: 0
->mCPUMhz: 2999
->mCPUString: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz

2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: write_system_info: Memory info:
MemTotal: 2074560 kB MemFree: 903872 kB Buffers: 97176 kB Cached: 768000 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 536252 kB Inactive: 550624 kB HighTotal: 1178816 kB HighFree: 179976 kB LowTotal: 895744 kB LowFree: 723896 kB SwapTotal: 2031608 kB SwapFree: 2031608 kB Dirty: 260 kB Writeback: 0 kB AnonPages: 221676 kB Mapped: 75368 kB Slab: 58856 kB SReclaimable: 48216 kB SUnreclaim: 10640 kB PageTables: 4280 kB NFS_Unstable: 0 kB Bounce: 0 kB CommitLimit: 3068888 kB Committed_AS: 551984 kB VmallocTotal: 114680 kB VmallocUsed: 8668 kB VmallocChunk: 104948 kB HugePages_Total: 0 HugePages_Free: 0 HugePages_Rsvd: 0 Hugepagesize: 4096 kB
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: write_system_info: OS info: Linux 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 #1 SMP Thu Sep 27 23:10:59 EDT 2007 i686
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: main: Loading feature tables.
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: main: Loading configuration file /root/.secondlife/user_settings/settings_default.xml
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: main: Loading art table from /root/secondlife/SecondLife_i686_1_18_3_5/app_settings/viewerart.xml
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: main: Loading art table from /root/secondlife/SecondLife_i686_1_18_3_5/skins/textures/textures.xml
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: main: Loading base colors from /root/secondlife/SecondLife_i686_1_18_3_5/app_settings/colors_base.xml
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: main: Loading user colors from /root/secondlife/SecondLife_i686_1_18_3_5/app_settings/colors.xml
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: main: Failed to load user colors from /root/secondlife/SecondLife_i686_1_18_3_5/app_settings/colors.xml
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: main: Loading legacy colors from /root/secondlife/SecondLife_i686_1_18_3_5/app_settings/colors.ini
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: update_vector_performances: Vectorization : DISABLED
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: update_vector_performances: Vector Processor : COMPILER DEFAULT
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: update_vector_performances: Vectorized Skinning : DISABLED
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: initCache: TEXTURE CACHE: Headers: 139810 Textures size: 320 MB
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: purgeTextures: TEXTURE CACHE: Reading Entries...
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: purgeTextures: TEXTURE CACHE: Validating: 116
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: purgeTextures: TEXTURE CACHE: Writing Entries: 1029
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: purgeTextures: TEXTURE CACHE: PURGED: 0 ENTRIES: 1029 CACHE SIZE: 16977920 MB
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: init_cache: VFS CACHE SIZE: 100 MB
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: init_cache: Renaming /root/.secondlife/cache/data.db2.x.1252089182 to /root/.secondlife/cache/data.db2.x.1243757138
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: init_cache: Renaming /root/.secondlife/cache/index.db2.x.1252089182 to /root/.secondlife/cache/index.db2.x.1243757138
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: LLVFS: VFS: Using index file /root/.secondlife/cache/index.db2.x.1243757138 and data file /root/.secondlife/cache/data.db2.x.1243757138
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: LLVFS: VFS: Using index file /root/secondlife/SecondLife_i686_1_18_3_5/app_settings/static_index.db2 and data file /root/secondlife/SecondLife_i686_1_18_3_5/app_settings/static_data.db2
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: main: Initializing window...
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: ll_try_gtk_init: Starting GTK Initialization.
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: ll_try_gtk_init: GTK Initialized.
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: ll_try_gtk_init: - Compiled against GTK version 2.4.14
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: ll_try_gtk_init: - Running against GTK version 2.10.14
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: createContext, fullscreen=0 size=1280x949
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: createContext: Compiled against SDL 1.2.5
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: createContext: Running against SDL 1.2.12
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: createContext: creating window 1280x949x32
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: x11_detect_VRAM_kb: Looking in /var/log/Xorg.0.log for VRAM info...
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: createContext: GL buffer:
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: createContext: Red Bits 8
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: createContext: Green Bits 8
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: createContext: Blue Bits 8
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: createContext: Alpha Bits 8
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: createContext: Depth Bits 24
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: createContext: Stencil Bits 0
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z WARNING: initExtensions: GL extension support forced to SIMPLE level via LL_GL_BASICEXT
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: initExtensions: Couldn't initialize mipmap generation
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: initExtensions: Couldn't initialize GL_EXT_paletted_texture
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: initExtensions: Couldn't initialize anisotropic filtering
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: initExtensions: Couldn't initialize GL_ARB_occlusion_query
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: initExtensions: Couldn't initialize GL_ARB_point_parameters
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: initExtensions: Couldn't initialize GL_ARB_shader_objects
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: initExtensions: Couldn't initialize GL_ARB_vertex_shader
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: initExtensions: Couldn't initialize GL_ARB_fragment_shader
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: initExtensions: GL Probe: Getting symbols
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: initExtensions: GL Probe: Got symbols
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: loadGPUClass: GPU is Tungsten Graphics
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: initGraphicsFeatureMasks: Setting GPU Class to Class0
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: maskFeatures: Applying Feature Mask: Class0
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: maskFeatures: Applying Feature Mask: NoPixelShaders
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: maskFeatures: Applying Feature Mask: NoVertexShaders
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: maskFeatures: Applying Feature Mask: OpenGLPre15
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: saveToFile: Saving settings to file: /root/.secondlife/user_settings/settings_default.xml
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: saveToFile: Saving settings to file: /root/.secondlife/user_settings/settings_default.xml
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z WARNING: LLViewerImageList::getMaxVideoRamSetting: VRAM amount not detected, defaulting to 512 MB
2007-10-24T01:16:45Z INFO: LLViewerImageList::doPreloadImages: Preloading images...
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z WARNING: loadFaceFallback: Couldn't load font unicode.ttf
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z WARNING: loadFaceFallback: Couldn't load font unicode.ttf
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z WARNING: loadFaceFallback: Couldn't load font unicode.ttf
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z WARNING: loadFaceFallback: Couldn't load font unicode.ttf
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z WARNING: loadFaceFallback: Couldn't load font unicode.ttf
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: main: GL_VENDOR Tungsten Graphics, Inc.
GL_RENDERER Mesa DRI R300 20060815 AGP 1x x86/MMX/SSE2 TCL
GL_VERSION 1.3 Mesa 6.5.2
GL_EXTENSIONS:
GL_ARB_fragment_program
GL_ARB_imaging
GL_ARB_multisample
GL_ARB_multitexture
GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp
GL_ARB_texture_compression
GL_ARB_texture_cube_map
GL_ARB_texture_env_add
GL_ARB_texture_env_combine
GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar
GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3
GL_MESAX_texture_float
GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat
GL_ARB_texture_rectangle
GL_ARB_transpose_matrix
GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object
GL_ARB_vertex_program
GL_ARB_window_pos
GL_EXT_abgr
GL_EXT_bgra
GL_EXT_blend_color
GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate
GL_EXT_blend_func_separate
GL_EXT_blend_minmax
GL_EXT_blend_subtract
GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint
GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array
GL_EXT_convolution
GL_EXT_copy_texture
GL_EXT_draw_range_elements
GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters
GL_EXT_histogram
GL_EXT_packed_pixels
GL_EXT_polygon_offset
GL_EXT_rescale_normal
GL_EXT_secondary_color
GL_EXT_separate_specular_color
GL_EXT_stencil_wrap
GL_EXT_subtexture
GL_EXT_texture
GL_EXT_texture3D
GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp
GL_EXT_texture_env_add
GL_EXT_texture_env_combine
GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3
GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic
GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias
GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp
GL_EXT_texture_object
GL_EXT_texture_rectangle
GL_EXT_vertex_array
GL_APPLE_packed_pixels
GL_ATI_blend_equation_separate
GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3
GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once
GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip
GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat
GL_INGR_blend_func_separate
GL_MESA_pack_invert
GL_MESA_ycbcr_texture
GL_MESA_window_pos
GL_NV_blend_square
GL_NV_light_max_exponent
GL_NV_texture_rectangle
GL_NV_texgen_reflection
GL_NV_vertex_program
GL_OES_read_format
GL_SGI_color_matrix
GL_SGI_color_table
GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap
GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp
GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp
GL_SGIS_texture_lod



2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: main: Viewer Digest: f32fda1e-9085-839a-3f2d-41693bfcbf66
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: LLVoiceClient:etState: entering state stateDisabled
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: LLVoiceClient:witchChannel: called in state stateDisabled with uri ""
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: dump: Resend: 75
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: dump: Land: 85
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: dump: Wind: 17
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: dump: Cloud: 17
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: dump: Task: 223
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: dump: Texture: 223
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: dump: Asset: 110
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: dump: Total: 750
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: idle_startup: Initializing messaging system...
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: LLTemplateParser: ### Message template version 2 ###
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: start_net: startNet - receive buffer size : 262142
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: start_net: startNet - send buffer size : 262142
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: start_messaging_system: Message template version matches prehash version number
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: loadFile: Loading message.xml file at /root/secondlife/SecondLife_i686_1_18_3_5/app_settings/message.xml
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: LLMessageConfigFile::loadCapBans: 22 ban tests
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: LLMessageSystem:etMessageBans:
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: setMessageBans: no messages banned
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: LLMessageConfig::initClass config file /root/secondlife/SecondLife_i686_1_18_3_5/app_settings/message.xml
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: setAckThrottleBPS: LLXferManager ack throttle min rate: 2.66667e+06
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: setAckThrottleBPS: LLXferManager ack throttle actual rate: 2.93333e+06
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: setAckThrottleBPS: LLXferManager ack throttle min rate: 8000
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: setAckThrottleBPS: LLXferManager ack throttle actual rate: 150000
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: setUpstream: AssetStorage: Setting upstream provider to 0.0.0.0:0
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: idle_startup: Initializing embedded web browser...
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: LLAudioEngine_FMOD::init() initializing FMOD
2007-10-24T01:16:46Z INFO: init: Trying ESD audio output...
2007-10-24T01:16:55Z WARNING: ESD audio output FAILED to initialize: Error initializing output device.
2007-10-24T01:16:55Z INFO: init: Trying OSS audio output...
2007-10-24T01:16:55Z INFO: OSS audio output initialized OKAY
2007-10-24T01:16:55Z INFO: init: Audio output: OSS
2007-10-24T01:16:55Z INFO: LLAudioEngine_FMOD::init() FMOD initialized correctly
2007-10-24T01:16:55Z INFO: setStartupState: Startup state changing from 0 to 1
2007-10-24T01:16:55Z INFO: idle_startup: Initializing Window
2007-10-24T01:16:55Z INFO: login_show: Initializing Login Screen
2007-10-24T01:16:56Z INFO: login_show: Decoding Images
2007-10-24T01:16:56Z INFO: login_show: Setting Servers
2007-10-24T01:16:56Z INFO: setStartupState: Startup state changing from 1 to 2
2007-10-24T01:17:11Z INFO: setStartupState: Startup state changing from 2 to 3
2007-10-24T01:17:11Z INFO: idle_startup: Attempting login as: Morbid Blackadder
2007-10-24T01:17:11Z INFO: dumpCurrentDirectories: Current Directories:
2007-10-24T01:17:11Z INFO: dumpCurrentDirectories: CurPath: /root/secondlife/SecondLife_i686_1_18_3_5
2007-10-24T01:17:11Z INFO: dumpCurrentDirectories: AppName: SecondLife
2007-10-24T01:17:11Z INFO: dumpCurrentDirectories: ExecutableFilename: do-not-directly-run-secondlife-bin
2007-10-24T01:17:11Z INFO: dumpCurrentDirectories: ExecutableDir: /root/secondlife/SecondLife_i686_1_18_3_5/bin
2007-10-24T01:17:11Z INFO: dumpCurrentDirectories: ExecutablePathAndName: /root/secondlife/SecondLife_i686_1_18_3_5/bin/do-not-directly-run-secondlife-bin
2007-10-24T01:17:11Z INFO: dumpCurrentDirectories: WorkingDir: /root/secondlife/SecondLife_i686_1_18_3_5/bin
2007-10-24T01:17:11Z INFO: dumpCurrentDirectories: AppRODataDir: /root/secondlife/SecondLife_i686_1_18_3_5
2007-10-24T01:17:11Z INFO: dumpCurrentDirectories: OSUserDir: /root
2007-10-24T01:17:11Z INFO: dumpCurrentDirectories: OSUserAppDir: /root/.secondlife
2007-10-24T01:17:11Z INFO: dumpCurrentDirectories: LindenUserDir: /root/.secondlife/morbid_blackadder
2007-10-24T01:17:11Z INFO: dumpCurrentDirectories: TempDir: /tmp
2007-10-24T01:17:11Z INFO: dumpCurrentDirectories: CAFile: /root/secondlife/SecondLife_i686_1_18_3_5/app_settings/CA.pem
2007-10-24T01:17:11Z INFO: dumpCurrentDirectories: SkinDir:
2007-10-24T01:17:11Z WARNING: parseFile: Couldn't open file /root/.secondlife/morbid_blackadder/overrides.xml
2007-10-24T01:17:11Z WARNING: parseFile: LLXmlTree parse failed. Line 1: Couldn't open file /root/.secondlife/morbid_blackadder/overrides.xml
2007-10-24T01:17:11Z WARNING: loadFromFile: Unable to open control file /root/.secondlife/morbid_blackadder/overrides.xml
2007-10-24T01:17:11Z INFO: init_start_screen: Loading startup bitmap...
2007-10-24T01:17:12Z INFO: setStartupState: Startup state changing from 3 to 5
2007-10-24T01:17:12Z INFO: rewriteURI: Rewriting https://login.agni.lindenlab.com/cgi-bin/login.cgi
2007-10-24T01:17:12Z INFO: rewriteURI: Querying for _https._tcp.login.agni.lindenlab.com
2007-10-24T01:17:14Z INFO: query: Query failed for _https._tcp.login.agni.lindenlab.com
2007-10-24T01:17:14Z INFO: rewriteURI: No query results; using https://login.agni.lindenlab.com/cgi-bin/login.cgi
2007-10-24T01:17:14Z INFO: setStartupState: Startup state changing from 5 to 6
2007-10-24T01:17:14Z INFO: authenticate: Authenticating: Morbid Blackadder,
2007-10-24T01:17:14Z INFO: authenticate: Options: inventory-root, inventory-skeleton, inventory-lib-root, inventory-lib-owner, inventory-skel-lib, initial-outfit, gestures, event_categories, event_notifications, classified_categories, buddy-list, ui-config, login-flags, global-textures, END
2007-10-24T01:17:14Z INFO: LLUserAuth::authenticate: uri=https://login.agni.lindenlab.com/cgi-bin/login.cgi
2007-10-24T01:17:14Z INFO: setStartupState: Startup state changing from 6 to 7
2007-10-24T01:17:18Z WARNING: process: LLXMLRPCTransaction CURL error 6: Could not resolve host: login.agni.lindenlab.com (Domain name not found)
2007-10-24T01:17:18Z WARNING: process: LLXMLRPCTransaction request URI: https://login.agni.lindenlab.com/cgi-bin/login.cgi
2007-10-24T01:17:18Z INFO: authResponse: Processed response: 6
2007-10-24T01:17:18Z INFO: setStartupState: Startup state changing from 7 to 8
2007-10-24T01:17:18Z INFO: setStartupState: Startup state changing from 8 to 9
2007-10-24T01:17:18Z WARNING: createXml: Alert: [ErrorMessage]
2007-10-24T01:17:18Z WARNING: createDialog: Alert: Unable to connect to Second Life.
DNS could not resolve the host name.
Please verify that you can connect to the www.secondlife.com
web site. If you can, but continue to receive this error,
please go to the support section and report this problem.
2007-10-24T01:17:18Z INFO: setStartupState: Startup state changing from 9 to 1
2007-10-24T01:17:18Z INFO: idle_startup: Initializing Window
2007-10-24T01:17:18Z INFO: login_show: Initializing Login Screen
2007-10-24T01:17:18Z INFO: login_show: Decoding Images
2007-10-24T01:17:18Z INFO: login_show: Setting Servers
2007-10-24T01:17:18Z INFO: setStartupState: Startup state changing from 1 to 2

Anyone have any comments or suggestions?

Thanks for any help you could provide!

Please give the 1.18.4.x Release Candidate a try, see if that helps.

Thanks for your reply Tofu!

I haven't built a Second Life Client from scratch before (is there a build for 1.18.4.0 for linux i686 fedora?), so this is what I did:

1. downloaded the libs, client, artwork, fmodapi, and c-ares
2. extracted everything to linden
3. put the c-ares in linden/libraries and ran ./configure and make install
4. copied the fmodapi api's as directed
5. created and ran the make-SL file

This is what I got:

[root@localhost secondlife]# make-SL
Extracting the files from the archives...
Copying fmodapi files...
Moving the sources to /usr/src/SL...
Sorry... You need c-ares installed in your system to compile this version of the client.
Try: http://daniel.haxx.se/projects/c-ares/
[root@localhost secondlife]#

I'm not sure why I got this error because the make install seemed to work OK for c-ares... but I don't know what I'm doing really... and I guess I got something wrong.

A 1.18.4.x for testing can be downloaded here:
http://secondlife.com/community/downloads-optional.php

Thanks for your help, Tofu!

Installing SL Client 1.18.4.0 didn't fix the problem, but I think I'm going to put this issue aside for now and wait for Fedora 8 to be released on Nov, 8 and then do a fresh install of both.

I get this error very consistently,often try to log in for 30 minutes or more,ending in frustration.THis has been my main reason for giving up land or even bothering to spend any money there.If i can't log in whats the sense.The lack of help or info on this subject is equally frustrating

I am getting the following error in 1.8.4.2 RC. Production and Beta clients run fine.

(Fedora Core 6, x86_64)

bin/do-not-directly-run-secondlife-bin: relocation error: /lib/libnss_dns.so.2: symbol __libc_res_nsearch, version GLIBC_PRIVATE not defined in file libresolv.so.2 with link time reference

**Problem resolved. I need to get in to the habit of removing the contents of the secondlife install directory - there was some garbage in there, including an old libresolve.so.2.

This may or may not help, but check /etc/resolv.conf and see what nameservers come up. If the first one is something like 192.168.0.1 it could be a problem in your router.

Adamas

This is a DNS problem outside of the SL servers. A local ISP or such may not update or resolve names quickly enough. Linux folks are lucky as they can point to other DNS servers, or run a local bind service and update from a known good service.

Having a DNS server of 192.168.x.x happens when you use a DSL/Cable router, it becomes your DNS server as your local addresses can't see the internet on the otherside of the router so it must use the router for DNS. Just be sure your ISP is up to date, sometimes this means power cycling your router.

Right. Assuming this is a DNS resolve problem, the trouble can't be at SL. It is somewhere on the client's system (computer/router/modem/etc.).

First, I have to say this (for the benefit of people who don't know): 192.168.x.1 is the gateway address of any given router. There is no DNS server on the planet with any form of this address as its IP.

Wnen 192.168.x.1 consistently comes up as the first DNS server in DSL service, it indicates the presence of a bug in some DSL modem/routers (such as my little Actiontec piece of crap). Windows and Mac bypass this problem, probably by testing the two reported DNS IP's and using the one that reports back first. Slowly, Linux distros are being fixed to do the same thing. Ubuntu 7.04 and OpenSUSE 10.3 both fixed their distro's inability to deal with this problem, and I suspect the rest will follow suit (if they haven't already).

Power-cycling the modem will not fix this problem, there is a bug in the device. The only way to make it work properly in those distros/versions where it still is a problem is to manually turn off DHCP and hard-code all the IP's in manually.

I tested my Actiontec unit with every Linux distro I could get my hands on, and even had a couple of Windows machines to hook up to it. Every one of them, always, reported the first DNS server as 192.168.0.1. Each and every time. I have never seen this problem with cable modems (they have other problems all their own).

Adamas

You could try the tip at :
/263/ae/216626/1.html
And see if that helps.

If I understand this, what that's doing is installing a local DNS server on your own pc. I haven't tried doing this kind of thing, so I don't know how complicated it is or what problems it may cause, but if what I do know is right it should help speed up any http stuff you do, not just sl. (Such as web browsing.)

I may try it on my own computer

Adamas

You guys could be right about the DSL modem having something to do with the DNS problems I have been having. I have since switched to cable and have not had any problems with DNS so far.

However, I had same DSL modem for over two years before moving to my new address at the beginning of October, and I never had this problem during that time

The main reason for the switch to cable from DSL was because Bell could not find and fix some intermittent static/noise problems that I had on my phone line, which caused my DSL connection to frequently drop and also to become quite slow. So, I tend to believe that the quality and speed of the DSL connection may also have something to do with the problem as well.