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I have posted about this before. I wrongly entered my ISP name where I should have put a a nmae for my box. Now it tells me it can't log on, and Gnome won't run properly. I can get to the GUI and the desk top.
Texicle thanks for your info, however when I got to netconfig it told me it was not a valid command or something.
Also - it is dial up modem, not cable or dsl. But i have configuerd the dial up for Suse okay.
Check your /etc/hosts file and see if it is similar to mine:
Code:
# fancypiper Redhat 7.3 /etc/hosts file
# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1 fancypiper localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.0.1 fancypiper
192.168.0.2 flute
192.168.0.3 tinwhistle
Some distros like to have these in your /etc/resolv.conf file as well:
Code:
domain yourispname.com
nameserver <your isp's first dns>
nameserver <your isp's second dns>
Last edited by fancypiper; 02-22-2003 at 03:18 AM.
yeah try "netconfig" in konsole /terminal and type "netconfig" and you should be able to reconfigure your net settings; reboot then boomage, you have it set ;]
Originally posted by fancypiper Rebooting is for installing hardware and new kernels.
they don't make hot swapable hardware for anything -no reboot.
Kernels can be recompiled with new hardware support as modules - w/o reboot - but I guess swapping the kernel on the fly is a little out of our (ie. *my* ) ballpark.... counter-point someone?
I have had Mandrake 9.0 installed by a friend using ftp. His machine is connected to a network/ server.
I tried checking the /etc/hosts file. It advised no such file or directory - that was using the http://www.xtra name. I then tried variations of my name but no luck.
What do I do to enter a command. I get very nervous doing things as root or admin.
Thanks for your help.
Will check the gentoo site and see what i can find. Have been trying various sites (have the bookmarks you list).
Am now on-line via Mnadrake!
Oh - and I just went to all those sites and bookmarked them, without exiting each, with no freezing or crashing. Okay it was slow, because I only have old, small CPU and 64mb ram, but no freezes or crashes! I see why Linux users call it windoze!
Rose
I tried checking the /etc/hosts file. It advised no such file or directory
Uh... I have never heard of a distribution without that file. It is required for networking. Mandrake has some clicky tool to set that, but I am in Redhat just now and can't point out the clicks.
Quote:
Originally posted by fancypiper
Check your /etc/hosts file and see if it is similar to mine:
Code:
# fancypiper Redhat 7.3 /etc/hosts file
# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1 fancypiper localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.0.1 fancypiper
192.168.0.2 flute
192.168.0.3 tinwhistle
Some distros like to have these in your /etc/resolv.conf file as well:
Code:
domain yourispname.com
nameserver <your isp's first dns>
nameserver <your isp's second dns>
If you aren't connected to a LAN (Local Area Network), the stuff with the 192. * can be eliminated in the /etc/hosts file. Your computer's name (fancypiper in my case) is added to the line with 127.
Here is my /etc/hosts file in Mandrake for your reference
I note the references to pipes and flutes and uillean pipes ... all my ancestry beyond NZ is Irish. I love Irish music - the pipes, flutes, whistles and that tambourine drum type thing!
Rose
Mandrake is a little shy with easy command line tools. You may have Midnight Commander installed. It has a nice editor.
Open up an x terminal and type this (I am pasting the contents of my x terminal so you can see how the prompt changes.
Code:
[phil@fancypiper phil]$ su -
Password:
[root@fancypiper root]# mc
What we did: You switched to root's account from your users account and launched Midnight Commander, a tool with lots of goodies. You should be able to navigate your system easily.
In one of the panes, navigate to the top. Press enter when you are on something that has .. and you go up in the directory.
Now go down to /etc and press enter. Navigate down to the file hosts and press F4. Can you see and edit it (if needed) now?
The only other editor I know in Mandrake is vi, which can throw a newbie for a loop. If you want to try that editor, here is a link that explains it.
As far as I know I have Scot, Irish, Dutch and German ancestries. At least the family names indicate that although I haven't done any geneology searches.
The tamborine without the jinglely things is a bodhran (pronounced bow-rahn).
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