can you browse sites by IP address with opera? eg go to a xterm and type
host www.ihug.co.nz then put http://111.222.233.244/ into opera (where 111.222.233.244 is the ip address returned by the host command.) On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 08:58:51 +1300 Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Problem now solved. I found lilo in very recent history so must have > gone back looking for something else & hit enter by mistake. Thanks for > the reply. > > I now have the modem working under M10 and the 2.6.3-7mdk kernel. As > user I can surf using Konqueror , but not using Opera the msg being > 'unable to locate.....'. As root, opera works fine, also as user for > local files. I can not find a setting in Opera which could affect this, > any help on this would be appreciated. > > TIA > > Barry > -------------------- > > Barry wrote: > > Have just finished reloading lilo, but what caused it to be altered in > > the 1st place???? > > > > My setup... > > hda7 Mandrake8.2 kernel 2.4.18-6mdk > > hda8 /home (for hda7 only) > > hda9 swap > > hda11 Mandrake10 (inc /home) kernel 2.6.3-7mdk > > > > I normally use hda7, its proved very reliable for me and the modem > > works. Lilo was set up and has been modified from this ptn to allow me > > to experiment on hda11. To allow this to work the 2.6 kernel, > > System-map, initrd files were copied to /boot in hda7. All worked fine - > > until this morning. > > > > Last night I booted hda10 and was looking at various log files and > > changing screen resolutions with ctl-alt+/-. Shutdown was normal. > > This morning on bootup I got a lilo screen based on the /etc/lilo.conf > > file for the Mandrake 10 setup. This would not boot my original setup > > until I copied the 2.4 kernel and files across and then reconfigured and > > ran lilo. > > > > As I have not had this problem previously and did not run lilo while > > running M10 on hda11 I am wondering how lilo got to be altered. > > > > Any ideas please anyone > > > > TIA > > > > Barry > > > > btw the LTmodem drivers for the 2.4 kernel do nor work with the 2.6 kernel > > > > > > > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
