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