Hi All Help !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry for screaming but I do feel a bit better now. I have a small network with 3 computers which mostly does not work: MSI with name of Reality_Check @ 192.168.2.7 with Mandrake 10.1 HP with name Meatloaf_Night @ 192.168.2.9 with Mandrake 9.2 IBM with name Big_Nate @ 192.168.2.2 with Mandrake 10.1 I do not have the ability to install 10.1 on the HP with out replacing the CD reader with a DVD reader. >From any one box I can ping either [or both at the same time] of the other two boxes. For example from the IBM box I can ping MSI by using 192.168.2.7 and/or HP by using 192.168.2.9. I can not ping either of the other boxes by using names. For example I can not ping MSI or HP by using the names Reality_Check or Meatloaf_Night nor can I ping the IBM box from either MSI or HP using Big_Nate. So, numbers work; names do not work. I believe this issue will be solved when I configure /etc/hosts or my firewall router so for this posting that issue is not relevant. I was able to access the MSI box from both the HP box and the IBM box by using the following: fish://[EMAIL PROTECTED]/path/to/directory or fish://[EMAIL PROTECTED] After performing the above plus actions I departed and returned. Firing up all 3 computers the 2 which I was not able to access by fish came up normal and functioned normal. The MSi box which I was able to access by fish came up with video up to 3/4 way through KDE boot at which time it lost video and maybe key and mouse too as they did not appear to be functioning either. I shut the box down by turning power off [bad practice] since I appear to have no control of box. I repeated the above several times with identical results. I attempted to access box by fish and was able to do so. I placed Mandrake 10.1 disk in DVD drive and did an upgrade. Booting box after upgrade I still got blank screen and most possible no mouse and no keyboard. My personal belief at this point is that the box is confused by my not logging out of SSH - I saw no way to do such so I just closed Konqueror on the box I was SSHing from. Question: How does one go about establishing why, how issue develops and how does one repair? Thanks Frank > > > /etc/hosts is a system file and can only be edited by root user. If you are > in KDE hit Alt+F2 and enter 'kdesu konqueror' to get a root copy of > konqueror file manager. > > If your IP address does keep changing, then it may be more convenient to > use samba instead of fish. > Samba allows you to join a Windows network, and you can pass files between > both Windows and Linux computers. > > > Since I would imagine part of my ping issue is that hostname is not set > > and user name may not be [not sure if user name is same as login user or > > if this is different user name] lets tackle username and host name first. > > How do I set them up? > > The user name is the login name. > > > > derek > > > > Thanks for the help > > Frank > > HTH > derek - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
