Newbie Hostname Configuration

hould I use an imaginary name and FQDN such as or should I use my ISPs information or something different? I have RTFM but can't seem to find a simple, straightforward guide to this setup. Thanks Paul Walton Fidonet: 2:25/108.15 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: Netscape http://wierdness on startup

On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 10:40:26AM -0500, John Foster wrote: > I recently used the Debian Potato files to install/upgrade Netscape > Communicator 4.75 (not the tar ball installer but several smaller files) > and now when I start the browser it pops up an error message saying it > can not find the s

ethernet card irq

networking. Many Thanks Paul -- Paul Walton * Powered by * Cambridge* Debian GNU Linux * U.K. * http://www.debian.org * pgp5zagohXIvW.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: PPP Connection Problems

On 23 Jul, Cheshire wrote: >> > Jul 20 00:51:29 cheshire chat[304]: send (ATZ^M) >> > Jul 20 00:51:29 cheshire chat[304]: expect (OK) >> > Jul 20 00:51:38 cheshire chat[304]: >> > Jul 20 00:51:48 cheshire chat[304]: OK >> > Jul 20 00:51:48 cheshire chat[304]: -- got it >> > Jul 20 00:51:48 cheshir

Re:dselect error message

On 22 Jul, Brian Servis wrote: > *- On 22 Jul, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about "dselect error message" >> I originally installed the base debian packages from cd and when >> everything seemed ok I connected via the apt option to the default serv >> er (debian.org I think) in order to get Netscape amo

dselect error message

I originally installed the base debian packages from cd and when everything seemed ok I connected via the apt option to the default serv er (debian.org I think) in order to get Netscape amongst other things. However dselect stops at the install stage telling me that /var/cache/apt/archives/ is full

ppp/serial Help!

lapse of a few minutes the serial port seems to reset itself (i`ve looked at "setserial -a /dev/ttyS2) to irq 4. In order to connect again i have to reboot. Does anybody know why this is. Please keep any explanations fairly simple :-) Paul Walton

Re: simple newbie question

t; distribution I had to answer "none" to the prompts for the "non-US", "non-free" and "Local" packages location in order to get it to install. Hope this helps Paul Walton Cambridge U.K.

Newbie cd installation problems

options give the message "mount: special  device /dev/cdrom does not exist"   To make matters worse this is a spare PC bought cheaply so I have no real idea of any of the hardware specifications, and no Windows OS to check them on. I really would like to escape from Microsoft so any help would be much appreciated.     Paul Walton