Thanks heaps Benjamin! It all got cleared up. I found out that Linux was just responding to the fact that somehow I had misconfigured, and I didn't have access to the Internet, so it wouldn't let me use the connect/disconnect facility. I don't know what I changed, but I've managed to get things reconfigured and now Linux will let me have access to the relevant tools. One of my problems is not realizing that Linux is intelligent enough to know what I should be using under what circumstances. By the way, I just used VNC for the first time and that was a Peak Experience. Amazing stuff, and I'm just scratching the surface. . . wow! Cheers to all! -warren > Dear W.C. Baker: > > You are right. To connect to the Internet you need to click on the Mandrake > Software Manager icon, Network and Internet, Connection. Don't touch the > Internet Sharing button unless youa re connecting two computers. The > Connection interface is quite confusing. Use the Configure wizard at the > bottom right. I hope LM 8.1 will feature a more streamlined, accessible > interface for all this. > > Benjamin > > On Wednesday 22 August 2001 18:50, you wrote: > > Hi! I very recently installed Mandrake 8.0. The "internet" desktop icon > > in KDE (and I think, in Gnome, too) does not give me a button to connect & > > disconnect to Internet. . . I'm wondering how I can go about > > troubleshooting this problem. > > > > Thanks! > > > > -warren >
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