Hi all. I just installed Fink on my iBook G4 and I must say I am impressed. I managed to compile the whole KDE 3.5.4 from unstable flawlessly and it was exciting to be able to see my favourite desktop enviroment running on my Mac without the need to wipe out MacOSX to make room for Linux!
Hats off to the developers. Besides that, I am experiencing a weird problem with networking. Under Aqua, everything works fine, while under XDarwin, running my KDE session in full screen mode, I am unable to open websites, chat or check my mail... Needless to say, if I switch back to Aqua (with the KDE session running in the background) everything works. The same "ping <insert any internet host here>" command that miserably fails in KDE works in Aqua. I'd say that network behaviour under KDE is quite erratic. The only thing that works is dns name resolution... Anyway, that's my network setup: LAN (iBook) <--> IpCop Firewall <--> ADSL Router <--> Internet >From KDE I can see whatever is on my side of the LAN, connect to IpCop's web interface, make dns queries (IpCop acts as my gateway and dns proxy), but I cannot get beyond the firewall, is like packets get somehow lost inside the firewall when they're generated by Fink apps. Before indulging myself in the joys of analyzing Ethereal TCP dumps looking for some hint, I would like to know if this is a know issue and if there are workarounds. Not being able to get to the internet makes the whole thing useless... Thanks in advance. -- Piero Piutti ------------ Debian and Kubuntu Linux User - MacOSX User Member of Brindisi Linux User Group - http://www.brilug.it ---------------------------------------------------------- CCNA - MCP - MCSA Network Technician, Systems Engineering Group (ICC/DPKO) United Nations Logistics Base, Brindisi, Italy ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
