This may be of interest:
I tried Gnome out, and it was just as slow .. but I did get to a
point where it asked me if I wanted to disable the LAN
configuration. I tapped the disable button, but it still shows
up when I try it again.
Why is it going so slowly? Memory info: total 62,460/51,544
used (10,936 free 82% used) CPU info: authentic AMD-k6 3D
processor, 500 MHZ ... cache size 64 kb. Disk info: 3443 MB,
2582 Free (2% full) ...there are 2 drives, but it only seed
/dev/hda1.
Rita
--- civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Saturday 23 June 2001 06:47, Rita F. Koenigs wrote:
> > MandrakeLinux 8.0 and the modem that is supposed to be
> > linux-compatible were both installed by the Tech Center at
> > CompUSA ... I'm not sure if the modem was completely
> > "configured" now that I've done some seeking.
> >
> > For one thing in Harddrake, nearly all the components are
> > assigned a module, while the modem is not ... I press the
> > configure hardware button and it makes the false claim that
> > it's a winmodem.
> >
> > I checked in the PCI device listing, and saw this about the
> > modem: Serial controller: U.S. Robotics/3Com 56K FaxModem
> 5610
> > (rev 1), IRQ 5, 1/0 at 0xec00, bus 1, device 0, function 0.
>
> http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/20010604b.html
>
> Says this model IS OK, but I am very curious about the
> behavior.
> Harddrake is hard-pressed to have up-to-date databases with
> new
> models of modems out every week. Just a couple of months ago
> there were three PCI modems that were not winmodems, and just
> a
> couple of months ago, we released 8.0.
>
>
>
> >
> > It looks like the Ethernet controller that's been sitting in
> > the box for a year or so unused *is correctly configured
> > though (too bad I don't have a network hooked up, or a high
> > speed connection)!!
>
> Whoa! If they configured the ethernet controller first, then
> the internet connection is looking at it as the default
> gateway.
>
> Go to Control Center=>Network & Internet=>Connection
>
> Click on Expert Mode A button called
>
> "Configure"
>
> will appear. Click it.
>
> Make sure you remove the configuration for the Ethernet
> card--you can add it later as a LAN
>
> Now configure the modem
> then click on "Configure Internet Access"
>
> NOW, You should be able to maintain your connection--it is the
>
> default gateway that was wrong.
>
> Civileme
>
>
> >
> > How would I go about correcting the problem, short of going
> > back to CompUSA?
> >
> > Rita
> >
> > --- "Rita F. Koenigs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I opened KDE's "Advanced Editor" after finding
> > > /etc/resolv.conf.
> > > Edited it and saved it.
> > >
> > > This did not solve the problem.
> > >
> > > Rita
> > >
> > > > ===================
> > > > OK Rita, humor an old man ;o)
> > > > Do not open a terminal (for command line), open a text
> > >
> > > editor.
> > >
> > > > Any of the K editor's is fine, just be certain to do
> this
> > > > as root.
> > > > Now tell the editor to open the file /etc/resolv.conf.
> It
> > >
> > > may
> > >
> > > > be
> > > > almost empty (or indeed, empty). Now add the three
> lines
> > > > I suggested in my last e-mail:
> > > >
> > > > search nocharge.com
> > > > nameserver <dns#>
> > > > nameserver <dns#>
> > > >
> > > > Now save those changes and try to connect again.
> > > > This is a simple matter of editing text, not using the
> > > > dreaded "command line" 8^)
> > > > HTH,
> > > > Mike
> >
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