Re: questions about generic Ethernet drivers, DHCP

I just installed slink recently. My IP address is assigned through dhcp, but while installing was unsure how to set dhcp up. I used the IP address I was currently assigned and that works for now. Will the below work to retrospectively setup dhcp so I won't have to change my IP address every

X Server won start

When I go through XF86Setup, I am a little unclear which options to choose. I have a RIVA TNT card and Gateway EV910 monitor. The specs on the monitor are.. resolution 1600x1200 display colors unlimited scanning freq. H 30-95kHz V 50-200Hz I chose several different

gateway.net

I am trying to connect through gateway.net. When I get a Login: prompt, I type my name and then I get a Password: prompt. I type it and get **BAD PASSWD** as a response. I have already ensured I am using the correct password. When I contacted gateway, they said they do not support this

Re: hard drive not found

Actually I figured this one out. The problem was my Ultra66 ATA controller. I unplugged my IDE cable from it and plugged it into the IDE on my motherboard instead. Thanks for the help. = rick __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions

Gateway name servers IP addresses

I use Gateway.net for an ISP and have been unsuccessful in retrieving their IP addresses for their name servers. Does anyone else use gateway.net? And if so, do you know the IP addresses? = rick __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores.

ISP says bad passwd

I just bought a Jaton 56K internal modem. wvdialconf set everything up for me. When I use wvdial to attempt a connection, It says looks like a login prompt... sending login... looks like a password prompt... sending PASSWORD **BAD PASSWD** several times then gives up. I have ensured the

Re: What video card do I use?

This is what I think I'll try. Download to my windows/dos partition...reboot into linux...mount my dos partition...use the downloads directly from my dos partiton to upgrade XFree86. Is there a bundle of somekind I can download instead of downloading all these files one at a time? = rick

Re: What video card do I use?

This is what I think I'll try. Download to my windows/dos partition...reboot into linux...mount my dos partition...use the downloads directly from my dos partiton to upgrade XFree86. Is there a bundle of somekind I can download instead of downloading all these files one at a time? Actually,

Unidentified subject!

I have an Ultra66 ATA hard drive controller card on my computer. When attempting to load debian onto it, it would not recognize the hard drive. I unplugged the drive from the controller and plugged it into the IDE on the mother board and it works fine. My question: Is there a way for debian to

Re: What video card do I use?

Here is what I would like to do until I can get a modem which supports linux. Download the packages necessary to upgrade my XFree86 on my windows partition...boot into my linux partition...mount my msdos partition...and upgrade it this way. Will this work? And if so, which files specifically do

What video card do I use?

I just laoded Debian for the first time. When I run XF86Setup, I dont see my video card listed and am not sure how to go about using the advanced options. I have a 16MB nVidia RIVA TNT AGP. Can anyone help me? = rick __ Do You Yahoo!?

Re: What video card do I use?

I have a winmodem and thus have not configured ppp yet. How do I go about doing this without being on the net? = rick __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com

hard drive not found

I have a Gateway PC with a PIII 450 and a 9GB western digital hard drive. When I boot up with my Debian cd, my hard drive is not found. I see in the install documentation that IDE-SCSI drives are not supported. How do I know if this is what I have? This is the first time I've attempted to