Re: broadband question

2005-05-08 Thread Peter Klauer
Lee Braiden wrote: On Sunday 08 May 2005 19:42, Peter Klauer wrote: When I enter "/etc/network/interfaces" either as user or root I get bash: /etc/network/interfaces: Permission denied Yep, /etc/network/interfaces is a text file. By typing it in direct

Re: broadband question

2005-05-08 Thread Peter Klauer
Kent West wrote: Lee Braiden wrote: On Sunday 08 May 2005 17:55, Peter Klauer wrote: I have tried many ways to configure for a connection to my Comcast Broadband service to no avail. ipconfig keeps giving me this: dummy0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00

Re: broadband question

2005-05-08 Thread Peter Klauer
Hal Vaughan wrote: On Sunday 08 May 2005 12:55 pm, Peter Klauer wrote: I have tried many ways to configure for a connection to my Comcast Broadband service to no avail. ipconfig keeps giving me this: dummy0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet addr:192.168.1.10

broadband question

2005-05-08 Thread Peter Klauer
I have tried many ways to configure for a connection to my Comcast Broadband service to no avail. ipconfig keeps giving me this: dummy0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet addr:192.168.1.10 bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING

config network

2005-05-07 Thread Peter Klauer
Can someone steer me to an artical about setting up a comcast broadband connection for a stand alone machine. When I installed Debian I must have done it wrong. Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Stuck at desktop

2005-05-07 Thread Peter Klauer
I have just installed Debian GNU/Linux i386 Woody, Version 3.0r5. It boots to the Gnome Desktop Manager where my keyboard is recognized and I can log in. That puts me to the Gnome 1.4 desktop GUI where my mouse is not recognized and I can find no combination of keys to move around the desktop to g