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Ray Olszewski wrote:
> 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.
> ------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
> Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
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