initrd and lilo.conf

2003-05-27 Thread Brian W. Carver
I just compiled a custom 2.4.18 kernel for my woody-running laptop. I'm new at this and am pretty sure I am about to shutdown and be unable to boot back up, because this initrd/lilo stuff has me baffled. Please help! I followed the instructions about building a kernel using make-kpkg carefull

Re: Samba Won't Take Passwords

2002-04-15 Thread Brian W. Carver
To those who made suggestions/asked questions here's a collection of my responses: I originally set up the samba passwords in SWAT, but since you asked, I did smbpasswd brian and changed the password this way and still no luck. My "SECURITY" line in smb.conf (I assume is what you meant) do

Re: Samba Won't Take Passwords

2002-04-15 Thread Brian W. Carver
s since epoch (04/15/02 14:14:33 -0400 UTC), Brian W. Carver > wrote: > > But now, there are two Windows 98 computers attached ... > > I gave "brian" the same password but if you go to the "brian" machine > > and enter that password (or any other password I

Samba Won't Take Passwords

2002-04-15 Thread Brian W. Carver
Hi, For those following the saga, I can now print from linux on the attached HP Laserjet 5L. I downloaded the latest source code for CUPS, followed the clear instructions included for compiling and installing it, and then went to http://localhost:631 and added the printer and whalla! I can n

Re: where to install openoffice

2002-04-13 Thread Brian W. Carver
/local/{open,s}office? > > please don't let this become a lengthy discussion, only post if you > know the FHS inside out or you know the answer exactly. i don't want > opinions (sorry if this sounds arrogant). > > thanks, > > -- > martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) -- Brian W. Carver -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Printers, and Samba, and Swat (oh my!)

2002-04-11 Thread Brian W. Carver
ime it ran through blank pages non-stop until I pulled the plug. (Plus, so far as I know I haven't done anything that should make it work yet.) Alan Shrimpton wrote: > I am at the same step and get the same error.. Hope someone answers you.. > > Cheers Al > > - Original Me

Re: Home Networking

2002-04-11 Thread Brian W. Carver
the linux IP. Is there somebody who can help me out > with this, to find out where my problem is? I'll send files or whatever > other information there is, just name it if you can help. I want to make it > clear that I tried for a few days with no success, and am now making a plea >

Printers, and Samba, and Swat (oh my!)

2002-04-10 Thread Brian W. Carver
o Mozilla, I do NOT get asked for a userid or password, and instead I get a pop up box saying: connection refused. I am logged in as root when this happens. Do I have firewall settings blocking 901 or something? Or overall, 1) How can I make swat work? and 2) How do I get the printer to work? Than

Re: .config file for kernel?

2002-04-09 Thread Brian W. Carver
, you'll like it. > > I don't want to spend time fighting with getting the 2.2r[56] > to support my hardware if it's already supported in woody. > > -- > Grant Edwards > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a s

Re: No Internet Connection (DHCP)

2002-04-08 Thread Brian W. Carver
I finally got my entire home lan on the internet. For me the crucial steps were getting the dhcp.conf file figured out, having the correct /etc/network/interfaces file, and then the rest was shockingly easy if I had just known to do it first. That is, to get the linux box "server" online I ju

Re: Recent Woody ISO

2002-04-07 Thread Brian W. Carver
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Re: No Internet Connection (DHCP)

2002-04-06 Thread Brian W. Carver
as in daemon). Unless > I > misunderstood my DHCP setup, this file has little to do with having > access on your gateway machine - the one with eth0 and eth1 interfaces. > > Are you using sid, woody or potato? > > You should post the /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf (location on

No Internet Connection (DHCP)

2002-04-06 Thread Brian W. Carver
73:5E:F7; fixed-address 192.168.0.3; } host JSLAPTOP { hardware ethernet 00:00:00:00:00:00; fixed-address 192.168.0.4; } ## eof -- Brian W. Carver brianwcarver at yahoo dot com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dhcpd.conf

2002-04-05 Thread Brian W. Carver
now I can't try to fix the updates because I lost internet completely. Any ideas? Sorry for limited info, since I myself am not sure what to provide to be helpful. -- Brian W. Carver brianwcarver at yahoo dot com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

dhcpd.conf

2002-04-04 Thread Brian W. Carver
, confusia-2.fugue.com; filename "vmunix.confusia"; server-name "toccata.fugue.com"; } host confusia { hardware ethernet 02:03:04:05:06:07; fixed-address confusia-3.fugue.com; filename "vmunix.confusia"; server-name "snarg.fugue.com"; } host confu

Re: PS/2 mouse erratic in X and more

2002-04-03 Thread Brian W. Carver
Oops. Forgot to CC this to the list: "Brian W. Carver" wrote: > Thank you very much. The PS/2 mouse now works after I did this in bash: > > apt-get remove gpm > > The mouse started working in X immediately. > > It was then much easier to try to deal with my sc

PS/2 mouse erratic in X and more

2002-04-02 Thread Brian W. Carver
help with my mouse and screen resolution issues. Thanks. P.S. My inexperience means that telling me to install foo won't help at all. You have to say where foo is, how I'd find it from a bash shell and exactly what I type to install it. I appreciate the verbosity. -- Brian W. Carv