It doesn't matter if its in resolv.conf you don't seem to have a working DNS provider. I would start there, use nslookup, can you solve anything? Check with your resolv.conf, what name server are you using, can you ping it? Try another name server? 2009/1/27 Mad Unix <madunix at gmail.com>: > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 9:45 AM, James Bensley <jwbensley at gmail.com> wrote: >> Can you surf the web ok? Is it a DNS resolution problem, 'Temporary >> failure in name resolution' ? >> >> Have you tried another mirror? >> >> >> -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- >> Version: 3.1 >> GIT/MU/U dpu s: a--> C++>$ U+> L++> B-> P+> E?> W+++>$ N K W++ O M++>$ V- >> PS+++ PE++ Y+ PGP t 5 X+ R- tv+ b+> DI D+++ G+ e(+++++) h--(++) r++ z++ >> ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > > no, I think the DNS issue, but i have included it in the resolv.conf > > root at king Tue Jan 27 ~ $ ftp ftp.centos.org > ftp: ftp.centos.org: unknown host > ftp> quit > root at king Tue Jan 27 ~ $ ftp ftp.freebsd.org > ftp: ftp.freebsd.org: unknown host > ftp> > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GIT/MU/U dpu s: a--> C++>$ U+> L++> B-> P+> E?> W+++>$ N K W++ O M++>$ V- PS+++ PE++ Y+ PGP t 5 X+ R- tv+ b+> DI D+++ G+ e(+++++) h--(++) r++ z++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------