> From: "linda hanigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 22:13:34 -0500
> 
> Hi all,
> I just installed 6.2 on a machine and have found a few minor problems to
> fix.
> 1.The first is networking when the machine boots and I log on and run
> ifconfig eth0 doesn't showup. However if I just look at the basic host
> info in linuxconf  and then type ifconfig eth0 shows up and I can telnet
> and ftp on my intranet. I checked ntsysv and it shows that network
> should start automatically. In my log I found this message which may be
> the source of the problem
> ismod:Note: /etc/conf.modules is more recent than
> /lib/module/2.2.14-5.0/modules.dep


I'm not certain if that's the problem, but I think:
depmod -a
will get rid of that message.


> If found the card and setup the addresses with the install but I used
> linuxconf to set the machine name so this may have caused the problem.
> 2. I would like lilo to default to dos as this machine is used mostly for
> scanning and printing photos I also use it to practice linux to linux and
> linux to windows networking stuff before I do them at work I tried
> changeing lilo.conf default=dos but it still booted linux. Smart
> machine.


Did you run /sbin/lilo after making the change?  It doesn't have any
effect until you run lilo


> (I will be thrilled when corel Draw and my scanner work with linux so I can
> scrap windoze but for now...)
> 3. In xfce I get a huge square for a cursor. I tried to add
>     Option "sw_cursor"
> to the configuration file but I either have the wrong syntax, the wrong
> place, or
> the wrong file as it doesn't help.

I'm not familiar with xfce so someone else will have to answer that
one.

HTH,
Dave


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