jkpalmer

Connection is configured as LAN. I accessed my router (192.168.1.1) and saw that the host name is - 'newpc' (w/out quotes) and the domain is xyz.com. I assume that I should use the newpc value in the reference to hostname. It is not qualified.. Don't have any trouble connecting, execpt that I would like to have the connection startup at boot time. Doesn't matter if I have that option turned on or off, still won't be active when I see my desktop.

I configured my connection as a LAN interface. My question about what I place in my host name - If I view the configuration for my router (192.168.1.1) I can see an entry for the hostname with a value of - newpc. Is this what I put in the hostname (newpc) when configuring my connection or is it the domain name of my isp - xyz.com? Thanks for you help and patience!!! Regards, -jP

Have a cable modem connected to a Linksys WRT54G router and DHCP is enabled. I am directly connected (not using wireless) to the router.

couldn't find any file named resolv.conf. What directory should it be in? how do i determine what my DHCP host name is?

I've tried many alternatives. Re-installed Mandrake 10.1 several times. I even found a place when installing (do not remember exactly where) where I could set noapic and nolapic on or off. That setting didn't allow Linux to boot at all, so I reinstalled and made sure that the opens were not initially set "on" when I installed. Where should I supply noapic and nolapic values? Current contents of my lilo.conf: # File generated by DrakX/drakboot # WARNING: do not forget to run lilo after modifying this file default="linux" boot=/dev/hde map=/boot/map keytable=/boot/us.klt prompt nowarn timeout=50 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux" root=/dev/hde2 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="acpi=ht resume=/dev/hde3 splash=silent" vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux-nonfb" root=/dev/hde2 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="acpi=ht resume=/dev/hde3" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="failsafe" root=/dev/hde2 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="failsafe acpi=ht resume=/dev/hde3" read-only other=/dev/hde1 label="windows" table=/dev/hde I don't have the contents of the file that was erroring, because I had to reinstall O/S. I did run - lilo -v -v as su

Network connection not starting at boot up. Still have to manually connect each time I start Linux. Here is the contents of my ifcfg-eth0 file: DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp NETMASK=255.255.255.0 ONBOOT=yes METRIC=10 Any suggestions? TIA -jP

Condescending - NO, Professional - YES. I'm sure it will work. Thanks for the courteous reply! Regards, -jP

every time I start mandrake 10.1, I have to manually connect to the network. Click on configure network > Options, the Start at Boot option is checked. Help appreciated for newbie

tried your suggestion, but when i execute /sbin/lilo i receive an error. Is there a place where a NEWBIE can see syntax rules for editting lilo.conf?

Using Mandrake 10.1 on an older model Dell XPS 700. Installed great, starting to get to know Linux but found a troubling issue.... When trying to shutdown, the machine will stay on, so I hold the power button in for approx. 5 seconds and machine turns off. A few MINUTES later, the machine turns itself back on. The machine has Windows XP Pro on another partition and if I switch over to Windows and shutdown, the machine will turn off and stay off. Help. p.s. I'm VERY NEW to Linux so please be "gentle". Regards, -jP