On Wednesday 18 May 2005 22:36, Robert Yu wrote: > When I will network my printer-connect Windows computer to my > Mandrake/whatever Linux computer, I would have the following as facts: > > 1. Samba is needed yes > 2. The CUPs program is needed yes > 3. Konqueror with the Lisa "protocol" (shall I say that?) would help, > but it's not preferred. You will need some way to browse the Windows network. Konqueror/Lisa is one solution. It is not my personal favourite, but its your computer not mine. Other solutions are smb4k (my favourite) or LinNeighborhood > > THis is where I'm at a cross-roads. From what I've read so far, Kon is > the only thing that's to human terms). First off, it says it won't > concentrate on small things like Windows, or a filesystem, it will > concentrate on an IP address. I'm contemplating a problem right now, > as this Windows computer is DHCP-enabled. Does that mean it will > refuse to induct the computer if the IP address is not the same? I > know my questions seem challenged, but I need them answered.
Not sure I can follow what you are trying to say here. If you are asking can you use Windows Hostnames in konqueror URLs instead of IP addresses the answer is yes so long as there is a 'wins server' on the network to do the translation. Samba needs to be configured with the IP address of the wins server (in /etc/samba/smb.conf), or samba may itself be configured to be a wins server. However this is not an issue if you are using Lisa/smb4k/LinNeighborhood because they will find the remote hosts and mount them for you without needing to ask a wins server. > > And here's one for Derek: if I put Wine into the /usr partition, it's > wise to put the Windows on the /mnt/windows or /home section, correct? The Wine executable can go wherever you like so long as its in your $PATH so you can find it. If you install wine using the Mandrake RPM it will be put in /usr/bin. The pseudo windows partition will go wherever you configure Wine to find it. If you use the Wine setup application (whose name I forget) it will put the pseudo Windows partition in the /home of the user who runs the setup programme. Although Wine can be configured to run as multiuser the documentation recommends it is set up for a single user, so every user who wants to use wine would have their own pseudo windows partition in their /home. Personally I do not bother with Wine itself and use the commercial version of Wine 'Crossover Office' from www.codeweavers.com. Crossover Office "Just works" and installing Windows apps is real easy. The downside of Crossover Office is that it is not free. (Note whether you use Wine itself or Crossover Office you must be aware that many Windows apps simply will not work.) If you want advice on Wine one of the best places to get it is http://frankscorner.org/ derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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