Re: newbie network config

2004-02-15 Thread Alan Chandler
On Sunday 15 February 2004 01:28, Paul Johnson wrote: > Ah. OK. Is all this listed someplace and I somehow overlooked it? F10;help; user manual - scroll down to the section on searching -- Alan Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "un

Re: newbie network config

2004-02-14 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 01:21:53AM +, Alan Chandler wrote: > On Sunday 15 February 2004 00:14, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > > > That only finds package names, doesn't bother searching descriptions. > > > /~d > > will find the next package with "

Re: newbie network config

2004-02-14 Thread Alan Chandler
On Sunday 15 February 2004 00:14, Paul Johnson wrote: > > That only finds package names, doesn't bother searching descriptions. > /~d will find the next package with "" in the description \ will move to the next occurance -- Alan Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: newbie network config

2004-02-14 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 11:35:16PM +, Alan Chandler wrote: > not sure what you mean since I don't use apt-cache > > You can search for packages by typing > / followed by the initial characters of the package name - it searches as you > type. The

Re: newbie network config

2004-02-14 Thread Alan Chandler
On Saturday 14 February 2004 21:31, Paul Johnson wrote: > On the other hand, there doesn't seem to be a good way to do an > apt-cache search from within aptitude. not sure what you mean since I don't use apt-cache You can search for packages by typing / followed by the initial characters of the

Re: newbie network config

2004-02-14 Thread Jacob S.
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 13:28:50 -0800 Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 08:46:10PM -0600, Jacob S. wrote: > > Apt-get by itself is years beyond what rpm was, when I played around > > with it. > > Well, that's comparing an apple to an orange, as well. apt-get would >

Re: newbie network config

2004-02-14 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 02:33:32PM +, Alan Chandler wrote: > I used to use dselect quite a lot to search for packages - that was > until I found aptitude. Now I would live without it - the advantage > over the command line tools is that you can br

Re: newbie network config

2004-02-14 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 08:46:10PM -0600, Jacob S. wrote: > Apt-get by itself is years beyond what rpm was, when I played around > with it. Well, that's comparing an apple to an orange, as well. apt-get would be closest to the cheap knockoff, apt-rpm

Re: newbie network config

2004-02-14 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 08:12:28PM -0600, Jacob S. wrote: > Enjoy your new Debian machine! Oh, and if you have a decent 'net > connection, use apt-get from your nearest mirror to download the extra > packages you want... much easier than downloading/bu

Re: newbie network config

2004-02-14 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 09:25:17PM -0500, Marty Landman wrote: > I've just installed Woody from the mini-iso on a PI-166/32M ram/6GB ide > with a netgear FS310TX nic installed. The light from the cable on my lan > switch is lit but I couldn't find th

Re: newbie network config

2004-02-14 Thread Alan Chandler
On Saturday 14 February 2004 02:46, Jacob S. wrote: ... > If you want something to hold your hand a little > more than apt-get, try aptitude (or so I'm told... I learned apt-get and > never felt like changing. Apt-get by itself is years beyond what rpm > was, when I played around with it.) There's

Re: newbie network config

2004-02-13 Thread Jacob S.
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 21:32:12 -0500 Marty Landman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 09:12 PM 2/13/2004, Jacob S. wrote: > > >I thought for sure you had said it was a Netgear card... > > 'Tis... fa310tx to be exact. Apparently it works with the tulip driver > just fine, got 'top' running on an ssh s

Re: newbie network config

2004-02-13 Thread Marty Landman
At 09:12 PM 2/13/2004, Jacob S. wrote: I thought for sure you had said it was a Netgear card... 'Tis... fa310tx to be exact. Apparently it works with the tulip driver just fine, got 'top' running on an ssh session as I write this -- watching my new debian box do essentially nothing at the moment

Re: newbie network config

2004-02-13 Thread Jacob S.
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 18:10:14 -0500 Marty Landman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 10:44 PM 2/12/2004, Jacob S. wrote: > > >Older 3coms are probably the easiest to recognize and install, of all > >the network cards I've known. > > Ironic; with MS products I'm finding just the opposite i.e. older >

Re: newbie network config

2004-02-13 Thread Marty Landman
At 06:10 PM 2/13/2004, Marty Landman wrote: What else do you recommend and where can I d/l it from? Nevermind, I found the doc page :) Will post back with any details I can't figure out. Marty Landman Face 2 Interface Inc 845-679-9387 This Month's New Quiz --- Past Superbowl Winners Make a Web

Re: newbie network config

2004-02-13 Thread Marty Landman
At 10:44 PM 2/12/2004, Jacob S. wrote: Older 3coms are probably the easiest to recognize and install, of all the network cards I've known. Ironic; with MS products I'm finding just the opposite i.e. older stuff is deprecated. This very same nic model is installed on my wife's w98 workstation an

Re: newbie network config

2004-02-12 Thread Jacob S.
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:16:22 -0500 Marty Landman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 09:46 PM 2/12/2004, Jacob S. wrote: > > >First, check to make sure you have the kernel module for your NIC > >installed. "lsmod" will show you all the kernel modules currently > >loaded. > > lockd / sunrpc / nls_cp

Re: newbie network config

2004-02-12 Thread Marty Landman
At 09:46 PM 2/12/2004, Jacob S. wrote: First, check to make sure you have the kernel module for your NIC installed. "lsmod" will show you all the kernel modules currently loaded. lockd / sunrpc / nls_cp437 / pcmcia_core / af_packet / unix You might also check "dmesg" for any output concerning yo

Re: newbie network config

2004-02-12 Thread Jacob S.
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 21:25:17 -0500 Marty Landman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've just installed Woody from the mini-iso on a PI-166/32M ram/6GB > ide with a netgear FS310TX nic installed. The light from the cable on > my lan switch is lit but I couldn't find the nic on the config list, > and att

newbie network config

2004-02-12 Thread Marty Landman
I've just installed Woody from the mini-iso on a PI-166/32M ram/6GB ide with a netgear FS310TX nic installed. The light from the cable on my lan switch is lit but I couldn't find the nic on the config list, and attempting ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 up fails with 'no such de