Re: [newbie] Firewalls...

[Ajudgeone]

mandrake comes with gfcc.  Simply type gfcc at the command prompt or whereis 
gfcc and execute the path.

Re: [newbie] MySQL RPM

[Ajudgeone]

mysql.com  should be installed already though (GPL)

[newbie] mqsql

[Ajudgeone]

Has anyone run mysql from the standard 7.0 distribution?  Do you need to 
install additional binaries?  I can't seem to make it work and it appears 
that the mandrake distribution is different from all the tutorials that I 
read.  Does anyone have any advice?

Re: [newbie] Dsl Modem

[Ajudgeone]

If you have a card, Linux probably doresn't support it.  Try external 
hardware that connects to your NIC.  Then you have to worry about connection 
type / protocol...  I'm still waiting for my crappy PPPoE connection which 
"doesn't work with Linux" according to Bell South

[newbie] Changing IRQ on NIC

[Ajudgeone]

How do you change the IRQ setting on a module dependent NIC?  I tried 
"options driver irq=N, in /etc/conf.modules but this didn't work.  I am 
trying to get two NICs to work, but after reading the dmesg, it says both 
IRQs are 0.

Re: [newbie] setting second NIC to broadcast

[Ajudgeone]

I had and have a similar problem.  What about if you run ifconfig -a, does it 
show the Eth1 and Eth0, but the Eth0 says "UP BROADCAST" and the Eth1 Says" 
Broadcast."  I  have experienced that on both my Linux machines.  I fixed one 
by changing the BIOS, but the other computer is quite stubborn.  On both 
occasions, the hub and ethernet lights light up though

Re: [newbie] help me in Network card setup, then cable modem card install

[Ajudgeone]

I suppose you tried etherconfig and made sure it is active.  Also try to see 
if the routes are okay w/ ifconfig -a and get the BIOS right.  If that 
doesn't work, try and isadump and isapnp to set the thing right.  Could be 
poor PNP support for ISA card.  Also make sure the driver is right.

[newbie] LNE100tx / Tulip driver again

[Ajudgeone]

Well, I made a little progress in that I can ping the internal IP (as 
assigned to eth0) from the machine itself as well as the local host 
127.0.0.1.  However, I can't get it to ping the other machine and vise versa. 
 I tried a lsmod and it stated that the tulip driver was unused.  Is that 
right?  I tried to insmod the tulip driver and it stated it was already 
running?  All lights are on (hub and NIC) and I think everything is okay, 
however, when I run ifconfig on eth0 it doesn't recognize the NIC as an 
LNE100TX, but calls it a PNC?

Is anyone using a LNE100TX NIC with the mdk7 supplied tulip driver?  I tried 
to compile the tulip driver included with the NIC per the instructions from 
Linksys.com.  All I got was about 500 lines of errors when I ran it through 
gcc.  Any insight would help.  Do I have to compile the entire kernel or can 
I just go with the module and replace the "old" tulip.o with a "fresh" one?

Re: [newbie] LNE100tx / Tulip driver again

[Ajudgeone]

Thanks for the reply.  It doesn't work on mine for some reason.  I really, 
really, really wish I knew why since I have about eight of these little 
suckers and I would like to use them.  Does it show in Lothar?  It doesn't 
appear in mine.

[newbie] Linksys LNE 100tx problems w/ mdk7

[Ajudgeone]

I tried setting up a Linksys LNE100TX NIC on my HP / MDK7 / Win98 machine.  I 
have it up at boot as seen in my dmesg, but when I run ifconfig, eth0 states 
Broadcast and not Up Broadcast.  I can't ping it from my internal network and 
I see the routes are correct.  Mdk7 has the tulip driver already compiled and 
everything I tried seems okay.  The card is set as active in the etherconfig 
and routes are correct in the route tables.  I have checked the scripts and 
they all have the required variables.  I guess the question is how to get the 
broadcast up or what else could be wrong.

My buddy said to buy a supported NIC like a 3COM.  Maybe he's right, but the 
Linksys should work... right?