Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-30 Thread Soren A
the Debian system in question) connected to the Internet ... oh, my, right back around to where this starts :-). Thanks, Soren A -- "So, tell me, my little one-eyed one, on what poor, pitiful, defenseless planet has my MONSTROSITY been unleashed?" - Dr. Jumba, Disney's "Lilo & Stitch"

Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-30 Thread Soren A
I am not (directly, with the Debian system in question) connected to the Internet ... oh, my, right back around to where this starts :-). Thanks, Soren A -- "So, tell me, my little one-eyed one, on what poor, pitiful, defenseless planet has my MONSTROSITY been unleashed?"

Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-28 Thread Soren A
still have to get my NIC to believe that it has a different station address (MAC address) than the default, in order to get my server to talk to me, TTBOMK. Thanks, Soren A -- "So, tell me, my little one-eyed one, on what poor, pitiful, defenseless planet has my MONSTROSITY been unleashed?" - Dr. Jumba, Disney's "Lilo & Stitch"

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-28 Thread Soren A
lities). That would be, a login to runlevel "1" (single-user su mode, no daemons started, just a text terminal). I just want to know whether once I have started the system this way, will I be completely barred from starting X "by hand" during that session (that is, jumping to

Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-28 Thread Soren A
A or even learn about it, when i am not using PCMCIA to begin with. And, I still have to get my NIC to believe that it has a different station address (MAC address) than the default, in order to get my server to talk to me, TTBOMK. Thanks, Soren A -- "So, tell me, my little one-eyed on

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-28 Thread Soren A
d in advance for such eventualities). That would be, a login to runlevel "1" (single-user su mode, no daemons started, just a text terminal). I just want to know whether once I have started the system this way, will I be completely barred from starting X "by hand" during that ses

"3Com Vortex"-type NIC must assume different MAC

2003-01-25 Thread Soren A
merically? Thanks. Debian still rocks, never did I dream of being able to use a computer with so much access to all the internals of the platform. These temporary troubles will be overcome... Soren A -- "So, tell me, my little one-eyed one, on what poor, pitiful, defenseless planet

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-25 Thread Soren A
ith such special fb statements to append= -- my laptop, likewise, is capable of hi-res (same as his, 1024x768, but I don't know my video memory spec). Or point me towards some Fine Documentation. TIA Soren A -- "So, tell me, my little one-eyed one, on what poor, pitiful, defe

"3Com Vortex"-type NIC must assume different MAC

2003-01-25 Thread Soren A
merically? Thanks. Debian still rocks, never did I dream of being able to use a computer with so much access to all the internals of the platform. These temporary troubles will be overcome... Soren A -- "So, tell me, my little one-eyed one, on what poor, pitiful, defenseless planet has my MONSTROSITY been unleashed?" - Dr. Jumba, Disney's "Lilo & Stitch"

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-25 Thread Soren A
ents to append= -- my laptop, likewise, is capable of hi-res (same as his, 1024x768, but I don't know my video memory spec). Or point me towards some Fine Documentation. TIA Soren A -- "So, tell me, my little one-eyed one, on what poor, pitiful, defenseless planet has my MONSTROSITY been unleashed?" - Dr. Jumba, Disney's "Lilo & Stitch"

Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-24 Thread Soren A
s and docus seem to say that most cards will: root$ifconfig eth0 down root$ifconfig eth0 [IP] netmask [NETMASK] hw ether AB:CD:EF:01:02:03 [up] If anyone can see what I might be doing wrong in that command above please help me out! Good Luck, Soren A -- "So, tell

Re: netenv doesn't do anything at all

2003-01-24 Thread Soren A
de (needs an 'info' and/or 'man' page too), though. That seems clear. HTH, Soren A -- "So, tell me, my little one-eyed one, on what poor, pitiful, defenseless planet has my MONSTROSITY been unleashed?" - Dr. Jumba, Disney's "Lilo & Stitch"

Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-24 Thread Soren A
nge, even though the HOWTOs and docus seem to say that most cards will: root$ifconfig eth0 down root$ifconfig eth0 [IP] netmask [NETMASK] hw ether AB:CD:EF:01:02:03 [up] If anyone can see what I might be doing wrong in that command above please help me out! Good Luck, Soren A -

Re: netenv doesn't do anything at all

2003-01-24 Thread Soren A
x27; needs a documentation upgrade (needs an 'info' and/or 'man' page too), though. That seems clear. HTH, Soren A -- "So, tell me, my little one-eyed one, on what poor, pitiful, defenseless planet has my MONSTROSITY been unleashed?" - Dr.