On Tue 01 Nov 2005 01:26, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Tuesday 01 Nov 2005 02:21, Terry Liittschwager wrote: > > I've installed 10.1 on my desktop machine (e5200). It's hooked to an > > ethernet router (eth0) as are my wife's machine (k7-700) and my laptop > > (i5100). K7-700 and i5100 are running WinXP, as was e5200 before > > changing it to Linux. There is an HP970Cse hooked to k7-700. Prior to > > converting e5200 to Linux, all three machines could access the other's > > files, all could use the HP printer on k7-700, and all could access the > > Internet. Now, however, though e5200 can still access the Internet, it > > cannot access the other two machines or the printer on k7-700, and I'm > > trying to troubleshoot the problem. > > > > I suspect I have somehow loused up the name of e5200 within Linux and > > that that may be connected to or the cause of the networking problems. > > For example, if I launch Konsole, I'm shown as [EMAIL PROTECTED] terry]$ in > > the command prompt and the taskbar shows > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/terry-Shell-Konsole. However, if I launch Emacs, the > > top line of the window shows > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and the taskbar show the same. > > > > I'm a complete newbie at Linux, but as I understand it, in both > > instances the character string following @ should be the machine name. > > So my question is, where, in Mandriva 10.1, can I set the machine name > > so that it will be known as e5200 to all applications? > > > > Any opinions as to whether this problem is related to the larger > > problem will also be much appreciated. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Terry Liittschwager > > in the wilds of western Oregon 30 miles east of Eugene up the McKenzie > > River > > No your hostname will not prevent networking to Windows computers > working. Your hostname is currently "e5200" if you want a different one > enter it in MCC>Networking>Miscellaneous
It turns out that I had a single line in /etc/hosts that read: 127.0.0.1 192.168.0.1 192 e5200 localhost Changing that to: 127.0.0.1 e5200 localhost solved what I thought was a problem with Konsole and Emacs showing a different machine. Now they both show e5200. > > To network with Windows computers you need to install > samba-client and samba-server That was/is there. > You should open your firewall on Linux to samba service if you have one. This was part of the problem. When I disabled the firewall completely - turns out it didn't work to just allow Samba - a grouped named Mdkgrp showed up on the Windows machines and I can now reach the Linux machine from the Windows machines. I still don't see Windows machines from the Linux machine though, but maybe I'm just not looking in the right place. > > If you use Mandriva 2006 you should see the windows network in the > "Devices" icon on the desktop, or install smb4k for a windows explorer > type interface. Unfortunately, I'm on 2005. It sounds like I should upgrade to 2006 though. I'm a Mandriva club member, so 2006 is free for the download, but I'm out in the country at the end of a very slow dial-up connection, so I may have to bite the bullet and pay the $85 for the CDs. > > To set your windows workgroup > KDE ControlCentre>Network>Samba admin mode also here enable those linux > users who will share their home directories with windows. I can't find this explicitly on 2005, but, as I say, the Windows machines can now see the Linux machine. > > For your printer run the Printer GUI from Mandriva control Centre. It > should find and configure the Windows printer. Unfortunately running PrinterDrake and asking for it to "Auto-detect printers connected to machines running Microsoft Windows" still results in a "No printer found" message. Is it perhaps necessary to first install a driver for the printer on the Linux machine to enable it to detect such a printer on the Windows machine? > derek Many thanks for you help. Terry
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