Re: can't ifconfig dummy

1996-08-19 Thread Dominik Kubla
Bill Roman writes: Why doesn't `ifconfig dummy songdog' work? It tells me: SIOCSIFADDR: No such device Try 'dummy0' when it is loaded as a module ... Am I the dummy here? No, this one is really a stupid bug (needs just ONE changed line in the kernel to be fixed!) Dominik

Re: can't ifconfig dummy

1996-08-18 Thread Pablo Bianucci
Hi Bill! On Fri, 16 Aug 1996, Bill Roman wrote: Why doesn't `ifconfig dummy songdog' work? It tells me: SIOCSIFADDR: No such device Am I the dummy here? The same happened to me, until I realized that the interface should be called 'dummy0' (or 1, 2, etc...) Bye Good Luck! Pablo B.

Re: can't ifconfig dummy

1996-08-18 Thread Michael Meskes
Bill Roman writes: Why doesn't `ifconfig dummy songdog' work? It tells me: SIOCSIFADDR: No such device Try dummy0 instead! Michael -- Michael Meskes |_ __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | / ___// / // / / __ \___ __ [EMAIL PROTECTED]

can't ifconfig dummy

1996-08-17 Thread Bill Roman
Why doesn't `ifconfig dummy songdog' work? It tells me: SIOCSIFADDR: No such device Am I the dummy here? -- Bill Roman ([EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED]) running linux

Re: can't ifconfig dummy

1996-08-17 Thread Dirk . Eddelbuettel
Bill Roman writes: Bill Why doesn't `ifconfig dummy songdog' work? It tells me: Bill SIOCSIFADDR: No such device Try ifconfig dummy0 hostname route add hostname and if you use kerneld to load modules, add this in /etc/conf.modules: alias dummy0 dummy --

Re: can't ifconfig dummy

1996-08-17 Thread Larry 'Daffy' Daffner
You gotta tell it which dummy: ifconfig dummy0 songdog -Larry -- Larry Daffner| Linux: Unleash the workstation in your PC! [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://web2.airmail.net/vizzie/ The great tragedy of science, the slaying of a beautiful theory by an ugly fact. --Thomas