On Wed 10 Mar, Nicholas Clark wrote:
> In the last mail David Ramsden said:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > OK here are a few questions that have been bothering me for a while;
> >
> > #1 - Setting up an Ethernet card. How do I do it? It is an i-cubed
> > EtherLAN600 card running EtherH. Where do I get the module(S) from? Has
> > anyone got any instructions that are simple?
>
> Yes. Here's what I did
> cd /usr/src/linux
> make config
> Answer Y to the the question about ethernet. Answer Y to EtherH :-)
> make a new kernel.
> reboot.
> Kernel recognises network card.
> Make sure /etc/sysconfig/network contains lines such as:
> HOSTNAME=Bagpuss.unfortu.net
> DOMAINNAME=unfortu.net
> GATEWAY=138.253.4.1
> GATEWAYDEV=eth0
>
> and that your resolver config maps your hostname to your IP address.
> (It worked for me. I'm not sure what I've forgotten)
I have had a poke around and t ry to find this directory on my system, but
can'nt find it! Can anyone expand on this and tell me where this make file is
to configure my network card? Are you sure I don't need to download any
modules?
>
> > #2 - Apache server. There is a GUI bit for the Apache server that works
> > in X Windows to setup the Apache server, it is on the Apache WW site but
> > will it work under ARMLinux?
>
> Try compiling it. It should do.
How? Where is the Apache home directory and what do I need to do?
>
>
> > #3 - fvwm's. I downloaded a Windows 95 one the other day but I am hav ing
> > some trouble installing it. I need to find the xdefaults file (where is
> > it located?) and change some stuff in that but I don't think that this
> > vwm will work on ARMLinux? Has any got it? It is just called fvwm95. I
> > got it from http://www.plig.org/xwinman/
>
> I appear to have fvwm as my default window manager. :-)
> Not sure where the system xdefaults are (may be setup dependant) but hav e
> a poke in ~/.Xdefaults and see if adding things there solves anything. You
> can run X without a window manager. You can also run X with the window
> manager running on a remote machine (you've mentioned that Ethernet
> card...) I used to run mwm on a SunOS box, with mwm actually on a machine
> half a mile away.
I will have a go when I get round to unzipping the fvwm95 file ...
>
> > #4 - fvwm's (again). Is there a RISC OS vwm? Where can I get it from i f
> > so? I have seen a screenshot of on on the ARMLinux website.
>
> No idea. Sorry
Don't worry ... I am sure there is one knocking around somewhere. Its just
getting it ...
>
> > Thanks for any suggestions or help that anyone can give me ...
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Nick
>
Thanks,
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