one more thing to add ... if this is on your local network for which you
do not have a dns server setup for, on the ftp hosting machine .. edit
your /etc/hosts file and add an entry for each ip on your local network
and give them a name. this will eliminate the dns check most ftp software
does an
richie,
how about lynx? open up a terminal emulator (Eterm, xterm, etc) and see
if 'lynx freshmeat.net' will bring up their page. narrow it down to see
if it's a netscape specific problem or what.
as for your cd-rom drive .. did you install mandrake from that drive? if
so, you may just be lack
Roger that! and thank you.
Phil
"Raven, corporate courtesan" wrote:
>
> Heya --
>
> Quoth Phil:
> > This is one of those little annoying things that have been bugging me
> > lately. Using Mandrake 7.2 I find that ftp takes at least 15 to 20
> > seconds after connect to get the prompt going i
Heya --
Quoth Phil:
> This is one of those little annoying things that have been bugging me
> lately. Using Mandrake 7.2 I find that ftp takes at least 15 to 20
> seconds after connect to get the prompt going into the box. Does
> anyone have any idea as to why and where I may make changes?
to the person who wrote with the pokey ftp on mandrake, i'd try checking for
roadblocks during authentication. take a look at /var/log/messages and see if it's
giving you several messages before actually giving you a prompt or responding to what
you tell it. if you're using pam (i think mandr
Greetings Everyone,
I have reinstalled and reinstalled Mandrake 7.0.
I cannot get the lovely OS to realize that it is on
the internet. I sign on to my Earthlink account and
launch Netscape and Netscape says, "umm you aren't on
the internet...and instantly returns a DNS server
error." Also
Hi All,
This is one of those little annoying things that have been bugging me
lately. Using Mandrake 7.2 I find that ftp takes at least 15 to 20
seconds after connect to get the prompt going into the box. Does anyone
have any idea as to why and where I may make changes?
Thanks in advance,
Phi
