Hi Nicky sorry for getting back to you so late, unnfortunatly I got very sick and also had to take care of my 1 year old son and wife who both got sick as well! Since I'm feeling better lets try to sort out some problems.
DNS Servers - I have Mandrake 9.2 Discovery Version and the only place to enter a DNS server is where you say it will. I do not know of any other graphical way to do it. However you could try editing the configuration file (is this what it's called?) as follows: Open a terminal and log on as root. Go to /etc and open with your favourite editor (example I used Vi) the file resolv.conf. Here you will see the DNS server you inputted in the GUI. Underneath it add the other DNS servers you need. In the documentation there is detailed explanation on how to use the Vi editor. Connecting to the Internet - You say this is a buiness network. Is the gateway PC a proxy? So do you point to a proxy server before going to the adsl or cable modem or do you go direct to the adsl modem or router? If your gateway is a proxy server then try finding the IP addres of that adsl modem or router and put that in as the gateway and see what happens. Viewing the Shared files - Have your disks ready at hand! Go to Mandrake Control Centre / mount points / Set Samba mount points. From there it should be straight forward and you should get a list of the computers with available shares. Click next to it and it should open up with the shares. Sharing Your files from the Linux Machine - Let me know how the progress went on the above. If all went well we can continue. Hope the above was helpful. Mario On Thursday 08 January 2004 14:00, Nicky Formosa wrote: > > Mario > > > > we are going to need more information for these problems: Lets start > > > > 1. What kind of network is this, home or business? Business > > 2. How many PCs? Its only a client eh! > > 3. Which PC is the gateway, Windows or Linux? If it is Linux do you have > > a firewall installed? Is it Shorewall? Windows > > 4. What do you mean by 2 DNS servers? Are they both belonging to your ISP > > or is one of the serving the internal network? ISP DNSs and a Gateway > > (SErver) 5. Yes you can view the shares between the PCs however you need > > to install SAMBA server and the SAMBA client on the Linux PC. But I think > > we need to resolve issues 1 to 4 first because they will affect this one. > > OK > > > > > > Nicky > > > > On Thursday 08 January 2004 09:36 am, Nicky Formosa wrote: > > > Ok Found the error! Had the incorrect setting for the graphics card so > > > it didn't install XServer! > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > PS. I'm trying to connect to the internet but i cannot get through! > > > Since its on a network i have a gateway and two dns servers! I've > > > inserted the gateway and it only lets me input one dns!! What am i > > > doing wrong! Or how can i go about internet! I can ping from one PC > > > (Windows) to this PC (Linux) and vice versa!! Also is possible to view > > > the shared files on the Windows PC from the Linux PC and vice versa! > > > > > > I have installed Mandrake 9.2! > > > > > > > > > Thanks All > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Mario Debono" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Malta Linux User Group - general list" <[email protected]>; > > > "Malta Linux User Group - general list" <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 2:09 PM > > > Subject: Re: [LINUX.ORG.MT] Running in GUI Mode > > > > > > > It could be you forgot to set the graphical server on > > > > installation. > > > > > > > > Try to log on as root and then run the command XFdrake. > > > > You should get the configuration tool as in the install > > > > but in text mode. > > > > > > > > Mario > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 13:40:56 +0100 > > > > > > > > Andrew Cilia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >There could be a number of reasons why this has happened. > > > > >Firstly, the installation may not have detected your > > > > >display adapter correctly and therefore attempts to start > > > > >X has failed. This is usually configure through > > > > >xf86onfig (not for the faint hearted) or some other > > > > >graphical incarnation such as redhat-config-xfree86 > > > > >(under redhat). Secondly, you may be at the wrong > > > > >runlevel. GUI Mode usually starts of in run level 5. If > > > > >you type in the command 'runlevel' under root and it > > > > >shows up as "N 5" then you are at level where X is > > > > >usually kicked off. If this is not the case, you have to > > > > >edit the initdefault line in your /etc/inittab to read > > > > >something like this: > > > > > > > > > >id:5:initdefault: > > > > > > > > > >And then reboot the machine. If that fails, attach a copy > > > > >of the dmesg command output to an email and we'll take a > > > > >look. > > > > > > > > > >Cheers > > > > > > > > > >At 16:21 06/01/2004, you wrote: > > > > >>Hi All > > > > >> > > > > >>I've just installed Mandrake 9.2. When i rebooted the > > > > >>first it seems that i've landed in 'Dos' Mode! How can i > > > > >>go to GUI Mode? > > > > >> > > > > >>Thanks > > > > >>Nick > > > > >> > > > > >>_______________________________________________ > > > > >>MLUG-list mailing list > > > > >>[email protected] > > > > >>http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > > > > > > >______________________________ > > > > >Andrew Cilia B.Sc. 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