Please disregard following. Issue was resolved by reconnecting bad HD connection.
Frank On Sunday 27 February 2005 17:47, SOTL wrote: > Hi All > > Help !!!!!!!!!!!!! > > Sorry for screaming but I do feel a bit better now. > > I have a small network with 3 computers which mostly does not work: > > MSI with name of Reality_Check @ 192.168.2.7 with Mandrake 10.1 > HP with name Meatloaf_Night @ 192.168.2.9 with Mandrake 9.2 > IBM with name Big_Nate @ 192.168.2.2 with Mandrake 10.1 > > I do not have the ability to install 10.1 on the HP with out replacing the > CD reader with a DVD reader. > > From any one box I can ping either [or both at the same time] of the other > two boxes. For example from the IBM box I can ping MSI by using 192.168.2.7 > and/or HP by using 192.168.2.9. > > I can not ping either of the other boxes by using names. For example I can > not ping MSI or HP by using the names Reality_Check or Meatloaf_Night nor > can I ping the IBM box from either MSI or HP using Big_Nate. > > So, numbers work; names do not work. I believe this issue will be solved > when I configure /etc/hosts or my firewall router so for this posting that > issue is not relevant. > > I was able to access the MSI box from both the HP box and the IBM box by > using the following: > fish://[EMAIL PROTECTED]/path/to/directory > or fish://[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > After performing the above plus actions I departed and returned. > > Firing up all 3 computers the 2 which I was not able to access by fish came > up normal and functioned normal. > > The MSi box which I was able to access by fish came up with video up to 3/4 > way through KDE boot at which time it lost video and maybe key and mouse > too as they did not appear to be functioning either. > > I shut the box down by turning power off [bad practice] since I appear to > have no control of box. > > I repeated the above several times with identical results. > > I attempted to access box by fish and was able to do so. > > I placed Mandrake 10.1 disk in DVD drive and did an upgrade. > > Booting box after upgrade I still got blank screen and most possible no > mouse and no keyboard. > > My personal belief at this point is that the box is confused by my not > logging out of SSH - I saw no way to do such so I just closed Konqueror on > the box I was SSHing from. > > Question: > > How does one go about establishing why, how issue develops and how does one > repair? > > Thanks > Frank > > > /etc/hosts is a system file and can only be edited by root user. If you > > are in KDE hit Alt+F2 and enter 'kdesu konqueror' to get a root copy of > > konqueror file manager. > > > > If your IP address does keep changing, then it may be more convenient to > > use samba instead of fish. > > Samba allows you to join a Windows network, and you can pass files > > between both Windows and Linux computers. > > > > > Since I would imagine part of my ping issue is that hostname is not set > > > and user name may not be [not sure if user name is same as login user > > > or if this is different user name] lets tackle username and host name > > > first. How do I set them up? > > > > The user name is the login name. > > > > > > derek > > > > > > Thanks for the help > > > Frank > > > > HTH > > derek > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
