Hi all-
> > > Well, this is not that easy. We need to know a lot about your "network". > > First: Direct connection to the Internet from your machine (i.e. Modem - > what ever type - in/connected to your machine) or connection via a LAN > and a router? Actually this is part of the problem. At home i have a connection via a modem to the internet(through a gateway). At school however, the connection goes via a LAN and router. I was able to get the network running from home. I installed the package laptop-net that uses debconf to guide the installation and it worked. However, i am not sure how to handle two sets of networks--is there a way the laptop can detect which network its on and get on it or do i need two sets of /etc/interfaces/network files? Essentially i want to have a /etc/interfaces/network file that does something like if @home then eth0 uses first network else [EMAIL PROTECTED] then eth0 uses the school network else eth0 uses available network(or atleast tries to) I installed the whereami package which i thought should do that but i was'nt able to get that to work. I read about another package ifplugd that supposedly does that(available in the unstable distribution--i have the stable version installed currently) , i have'nt tried that out yet but i was wondering if there is another way to do it > > Second: What bandwidth do you have? Just to make sure you have a > connection allowing you to download all the nice things we propose to > you - before Xmas next year ;-) The bandwidth is quite good(especially at school) so i don't see a problem downloading stuff--chances are it should be done well before Xmas this year, not next;-) Also, lets say i add the following lines to my /etc/apt/sources.list, can then just use > > > > > > #### XFree 4.3 backport > > > #### this should work as of today (2003-10-22), delivers 4.3.0 > > > deb http://people.debian.org/~mmagallo/packages/xfree86/i386/ ./ > > > #### I got my XFree 4.3 from the ximian-desktop 2 project, but at > > > ##### this time the server kicks me on connect. > > > #### TRY OUT by uncommenting below two lines > > > #deb ftp://linux.upsa.es/pub/RC2/ ./ > > > #deb ftp://linux.upsa.es/pub/OO.O/ ./ > > > > > > #### Gnome 2.2 backport to woody, including evolution 1.4.5 > > > deb > > > > > http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/mirrors.evilgeniuses.org.uk/debian/backports/woody > > gnome2.2/ > > > deb-src > > > > > http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/mirrors.evilgeniuses.org.uk/debian/backports/woody > > gnome2.2/ > > > > > > ##### MPlayer > > > deb http://marillat.free.fr stable main > > > > > > ##### Mozilla 1.4 > > > deb http://debian.relativ.org/ ./ > > > > > > #### official sources > > > # deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > > > # deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main > > > contrib non-free > > > > > > # EOF > > > --- snap --- apt-get update to install Xfree86 4.3/gnome2.2 etc or do i have to use apt-get install XFree86 Thanks, Aswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
