Nick Texidor
Tue, 18 Nov 2003 22:36:42 -0800
Hi Joaquin, Linuxconf is an option in the Configuration/Other menu.
You will be asked for the root password that you entered at install time. You can also use the "Mandrake Control Center" (also in Configuration Menu, or is an icon on the taskbar) to configure your network settings. N On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:20, Generation NeXT wrote: > Hi, > > I'm desperately trying to get stuff to work. I am > relatively new to Linux, and Mandrake is highly > recommended. So I installed Mandrake 9.1. > > I'm not able to configure my networking setup. I try > the netconf from the KDE Start Applications menu, and > it says I need root. I then tried to setup a log in > for root through KDE, but couldn't figure it out (also > heard this wasn't recommended). I then noticed that > netconf uses linuxconf, so I went to the terminal, and > typed in linuxconf and got the following: > > --------------------------------------------------- > Error message from remadmin :Xlib: connection to > ":0.0" refused by server > Error message from remadmin :Xlib: No protocol > specified > Error message from remadmin : > Error message from remadmin : > Error message from remadmin :Gtk-WARNING **: cannot > open display: :0.0 > --------------------------------------------------- > > (1) So, how do I launch linuxconf? (2) Why doesn't > launching linuxconf work? (3) How can I configure the > network from the command line? > > - Joaquin > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard > http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree -- Nick Texidor Technical Director Webbods eml: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.webbods.com.au tel: 02 4368 6949 mob: 0414 810284 aim: webbod1 yah: webbod1 icq: 3900008 msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] jab: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ============================================================== Public key: http://texidor.webbods.com.au/nickt_public_key.asc ==============================================================