All you need to edit is a single file for each interface: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
Remaining determined to depend on a gui will always leave you stuck when the GUI isn't available. On Sun, 28 Sep 2003, koko wrote: > They are important to me because they tell me what information the system > needs, it allows me to bring up eth1 at boot and with DHCP etc. I don't yet > know which files I can edit manually to do what I need to do. My first > message says what I'm trying to do and what problems I ran into. I need to > bring up two NICs, one for network and one DHCP for uplink to ISP. With > linuxconf or netconfig I can do that. In any event, I fixed the X > configuration so I can now use the GUI in KDE to get to netconfig. > > > On Sunday 28 September 2003 09:11 pm, you wrote: > > On Sun, 28 Sep 2003, koko wrote: > > > Thanks. It allowed me to fill out info on first screen of Netconfig (IP > > > address, subnet mask, DNS etc) and when I hit enter it kicks me right > > > back to the command line. What about linuxconf? Any ideas why I'm > > > getting nowhere with these two very important configuration tools? > > > > Very important? There's nothing that they do that you can't do with good > > old ifconfig, route & assorted manual editing of files under /etc. I have > > no idea why they don't work for you, cause i never use them. What exactly > > are you trying to do? > > > > > On Sunday 28 September 2003 03:27 am, you wrote: > > > > On Sun, 28 Sep 2003, koko wrote: > > > > > Just when I think I'm getting better....... > > > > > > > > > > I am doing a new installation of RH 7.2 on a gateway machine for home > > > > > network. I intend to download Roaring Penguin to NAT and also the > > > > > gateway will server as my firewall. I did a workstation install and > > > > > will have to configure the second NIC (uplink via DHCP to ISP). > > > > > Although I was able to select the correct monitor during install, its > > > > > not working correctly; the graphical interface (KDE) is hosed and I > > > > > can't use the mouse to access Linuxconf or Netcfg. Fine. So I exit > > > > > from graphical interface to CLI. I am logged in as root. Linuxconf > > > > > and Netcfg are not recognized. I tried /sbin/linuxconf and > > > > > /sbin/netcfg, but they are still not recognized commands. Did I miss > > > > > a memo? > > > > > > > > /sbin/netconfig -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://mail.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
