Suggestions below. Once again, I don't know Caldera specifically, so this
advice is generic to Linux.
At 12:09 AM 3/3/99 +0100, Miroslav Skoric wrote [abridged]:
>Now I have other problems. I tried to use Caldera's internet options: a
>communication terminal package and Netscape. So, I can connect my ISP and
log in
>with the terminal package ok, but I don't know where is the place to make tcpip
>configuration (DNS, gateway etc like in WinXX), because I don't know how to use
>Netscape after the connection is in place. Any suggestion?
The information on nameservers goes in a file called /etc/resolv.conf, in
the form
nameserver aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
where the second entry is an IP address. You'll also want to make sure that
/etc/host.conf reads
order hosts,bind
multi on
so the system will try more than one nameserver (assuming you have more than
one in resolv.conf).
Where the rest of the info goes depends on the connection type. For your
Ethernet card, you want to find the rc script (somewhere in /etc/rc.d/, if
Caldera follows the common convention) that runs ifconfig. To find out the
state of your interfaces, you can type "ifconfig" from the command line.
For a PPP connection (which you need to run Netscape - I can't tell from
your message if the "communication terminal package" you've used is seyon,
which doesn't use ppp, or xterm, which does), you need to create a script
that will run pppd. The PP HowTo (probably on your system, and on the Web at
URL http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO.html) describes the general
procedure better than I can here, and you can post again if you have any
specific questions after reading it.
One you have PPP running, BTW, ifconfig will show its interface (as ppp0)
and "route -n" will show it as a default route.
>The next thing is to use my 17" monitor Samsung SyncMaster 700p and S3Virge
video
>card. I went so far until now, to get 1024x768 resolution, but the visible
part of
>XWindows is only cca 75% large of the monitor capabilities. I am not sure
if it is
>possible to download some up-to-date drivers in order to make better setup
for the
>video sub-system (monitor and/or card)?
You haven't told us enough to be sure of whta your problem is. The easy (to
fix) problem is that you have a larger resolution configured as well as
1024*768. Whatever monitor resolution X uses, it makes it a window onto a
virtual desktop that is (at least) as large as your largest resolution. If
this is the problem, you should be able to move the monitor's "window" on
the desktop by dragging the mouse to the edges of the monitor. You can also
use ALT+ and ALT- to change among resolutions. The real solution, though, is
to edit /etc/XF86Config (using whatever tool Caldera provides - I myself use
xf86config, supplied by the XFree Consortium itself so always available) to
remove the high resolutions you don't want.
Of course, this may not be your problem ... it's only a guess.
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