Viper_Maniac

Ah ok. Thanks for explaining it. I cant do that on my xbox anyways cuz the dvd drive in it just croaked and I dont have any money to fix it. Heh. Just my luck. Even if it was working I wouldnt do it. I got a computer to put it on. ;)

I just had a question. What are these: Mandriva-Linux-2005-Limited-Edition-Mini.i586.iso Mandriva-Linux-2005-Limited-Edition-XBOX-Mini.xbox.iso Mandriva-Linux-2005-Limited-Edition-XBOX-boot.xbox.iso I see the regular CD download ISO's but I also saw these and wonder wtf are these. ;)

As far as I know I did do that back then and it still didnt work so dont call me an idiot. ;) :P

That worked. I'm now able to surf the net. Thank god its over. :lol: I'd like to thank you and everyone else who helped me with this. I really appreciate it.

Is Konstruct another easy way to go about upgrading?

Would that affect all browsers as well as firefox? DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp ONBOOT=yes METRIC=10 MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes DHCP_HOSTNAME=meanmachine (I dont know if this is right. I think I might have mistaken this for something else. Not sure though.) NEEDHOSTNAME=yes Determining IP information for eth0...rm: cannot remove `/etc/resolv.conf': Operation not permitted /sbin/dhclient-script: line 32: /etc/resolv.conf: Permission denied /sbin/dhclient-script: line 32: /etc/resolv.conf: Permission denied done.

I still cant get it to work. I dont know whats wrong and its driving me up a wall. I've tried the wizard numerous times to make sure it was set to LAN and DHCP. Is there anything else I can try?

It said something about assigning a name but I wasnt sure whether it meant give my computer a name or not.

As far as I know it was setup like that but I'll go check to make sure.

Well I did that Lan thing and removed the rp-pppoe thing. It was the only thing that came up for "pppoe" in remove programs. Now after I've done that it still will not do anything. I open up a browser and still nothing. Is this out to get me or something?

Ok I'll go give that a try. Just one question, how would I connect to the internet? Do I just open a browser and bam I'm on or do I have to do it another way?

I believe I setup my DSL using that rp-pppoe thing.

nameserver 208.198.194.10 nameserver 208.198.194.5 search localhost It should be obtaining it via DHCP. Setup what? The DSL connection? Sorry that I misunderstood this part. Hey if it helps to figure whats wrong then by all means do ask questions. ;)

Yes to all. I can connect to the routers config page in both windows and linux. I can connect just fine under windows. The only thing I've changed on the router is the password and what my dsl name and pass is. Other than that I havent done anything.

Just did that and still no change.

Ok, I tried all of those things except the firefox thing. Still nothing.

Its wired. I dont think it lost the connection because I'm online right now(windows) and it shows 0.0.0.0 as IP under Router Status. How do I know what packets need to get through?

It will connect but nothing else. I open up Firefox and no websites will load. Try to use Update and it says it cant connect. Could it have something to do with my router(Linksys)? I cant see why because not long after I hooked up the router and configured it I was able to connect & surf the web just fine under linux. Now it will only connect but nothing else.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}> No I didnt. BTW, I got Gaim up and running yesterday. Compiled from source. Havent had any problems yet.

Its ok. I know you werent trying to be rude. Someone had to say it and you did. second post Viper, what happened between these 2 post? what does rpm -qa | grep gcc say? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> [root@localhost eben]# rpm -qa | grep gcc gcc-cpp-3.4.1-4mdk gcc-c++-3.4.1-4mdk libgcc1-3.4.1-4mdk gcc-3.4.1-4mdk

Thanks. I guess I should have expected that soon(the spoon part I mean). Uhm I not running Red Hat. Mandrake has been the only linux distro on my PC. It doesnt matter anyways. The thread is pretty much done now. I gotta start figuring this stuff out on my own. bvc, Steve Scrimpshire, and Qchem for your help.

Just "urpmi rpm-build"? I typed in "urpmi rpm-build --rebuild gaim-1.1.2-0.src.rpm" and got this: Unknown option: r One of the following packages is needed: 1- automake1.6-1.6.3-2mdk.noarch : A GNU tool for automatically creating Makefiles. (to install) 2- automake1.9-1.9-1mdk.noarch : A GNU tool for automatically creating Makefiles. (to install) 3- automake1.7-1.7.9-2mdk.noarch : A GNU tool for automatically creating Makefiles. (to install) 4- automake1.8-1.8.5-1mdk.noarch : A GNU tool for automatically creating Makefiles. (to install) 5- automake1.4-1.4-25.p6.mdk.noarch : A GNU tool for automatically creating Makefiles. (to install)

I keep getting this message: bash: rpmbuild: command not found

Does it need dependencies too like installing it from source? The only thing left that it said needed for source was silc.pc but I couldnt find it.

Can the files/directory be deleted (/usr/src/RPM/RPMS/iXXX) after I save the rebuilt rpm?