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

Have you locked your /etc/resolv.conf?

 

Try:

 

chattr -i /etc/resolv.conf

 

then restart the networking and check for errors.

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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?

have you already done the firefox-thing, disabling  ipv6 in its about:config?

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Would that affect all browsers as well as firefox?

also please post again the contents of your /etc/sysconfig/networkscripts/ifcfg-eth0 file.

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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

Did you bring the card back up/reset eth0?

 

ifdown eth0

ifup eth0

 

Any errors generated?

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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?

Were you prompted to assign a name to your computer?

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

Go back through the wizard and set it to LAN and DHCP :D

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?

Qchem and kmc77 have it correct, from my experience.

 

If you have an ADSL Modem which also includes a lan connection and you connect via the lan connection then from that point onwards you ignore ALL reference to ADSL. You are now using it as a router and NOT as an ADSL Modem.

 

In MCC .......Internet Connections  ...        you must select .....LAN..  then select .....etho .... then ... Automatic IP .... click through to ...... Host Name ....... and type in a name for machine if you want one or click through  ......Restart Network. and click OK.

 

Again in MCC go to ....Manage Connections.... then....Options.... and make sure that in the part called .....Device selected .....,that .....etho:????? has been selected (????= whatever your machines etho chip type is).

 

Nowhere should there be any reference to " that rp-pppoe thing".

 

If you temporarily have your firewall disabled then you should now be online a downloading.

 

Cheers.                        John.

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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.

Can you check the DNS settings in linux, simply paste the contents of /etc/resolv.conf

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nameserver 208.198.194.10
nameserver 208.198.194.5
search localhost

How is the linux box obtaining its IP address, statically or with dhcp? Did you set this up with a mandrake wizard? For a new LAN connection?

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It should be obtaining it via DHCP. Setup what? The DSL connection? Sorry that I misunderstood this part.

Sorry about all the questions  :P

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Hey if it helps to figure whats wrong then by all means do ask questions. ;)

Well, at least we've eliminated that :)

 

Can you still ping the router? Can you connect to the routers config page? Have you tried to connect with a different machine/OS?

 

Sorry about all the questions, hopefully they'll lead to an answer.... eventually! ;)

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Yes to all. I can connect to the routers config page in both windows and linux. I can connect just fine under windows.

in case that you have fiddled around with your router settings: reset the router to the factory defaults. this helps quite often, when people change some values in their router that somehow affect mtu/mru values.

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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.

check these posts

http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=21457

http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=22702&hl=

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

Are you on a wired or wireless connection? In either case, first off check the WAN status of the router. The router could have lost its connection to the ISP (you'll see its IP address as 0.0.0.0).

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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.

Have you checked your firewall settings? It could be blocking the packets you want.

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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.

weird

 

so did ya get it?

localhost:/# urpmf silc.pc

silc-toolkit-devel:/usr/lib/pkgconfig/silc.pc

localhost:/# urpmf --description --summary silc-toolkit-devel

silc-toolkit-devel:summary:SILC toolkit

silc-toolkit-devel:description:SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing) is a protocol which provides

secure conferencing services on the Internet over insecure channel.

SILC is IRC-like software although internally they are very different.

The biggest similarity between SILC and IRC is that they both provide

conferencing services and that SILC has almost the same commands as IRC.

Other than that they are nothing alike.  Major differences are that SILC

is secure what IRC is not in any way.  The network model is also entirely

different compared to IRC.

 

This package contains all development related files for developing or

compiling applications using SILC protocol.

localhost:/#

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No I didnt.

BTW, I got Gaim up and running yesterday. Compiled from source. Havent had any problems yet.

hey, we're here to help after normal, common, basic resources are exhausted, so don't feel like you shouldn't ask for help afterward! I was not trying to be rude but felt it needed to be said, not just for you in this thread but for all that may read it.

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Its ok. I know you werent trying to be rude. Someone had to say it and you did.

interesting

 

first post

checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu

checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu

checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu

second post

checking build system type... i686-redhat-linux-gnu

checking host system type... i686-redhat-linux-gnu

checking target system type... i686-redhat-linux-gnu

 

Viper, what happened between these 2 post?

 

what does

rpm -qa | grep gcc

say?

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[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

the pkg is rpm-build but the command is rpmbuild...I know...stupid in light of most pkging

you could have done

rpm -ql rpm-build

and found the /usr/bin entry showing you

/usr/bin/rpmbuild

 

man rpm

man urpmi

man urpm<all at the bottom of urpmi's manpage>

 

man rpm shows you

rpm -ql

that you could have used above

 

if we hold the spoon, you'll never learn to feed yourself. The time we spend answering all these questions should be your time spent in reading manpages. Am I saying RTM? You bet! Else, you learn nothing and spend the rest of your unix life on forums. If it's because you are concerned with breaking something then you shouldn't be compiling. Bottom line.

 

Sorry, but 3/4 pages of post for one app, w/o any real compile errors is pushing it, IMO.

 

cya

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Thanks. I guess I should have expected that soon(the spoon part I mean).

One of the reasons you have had problems is because the Easy-Urpmi site is for the Mandrake Distro.

Your running Red Hat so some of the files you need  will probably not be available from Easy -Urpmi or may not be compatable.

 

Am moving this topic to the "Other Linux Distro's" forum.

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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)

has to be a

.src.rpm

and best if

.mdk.src.rpm

 

rpmbuild --rebuild <name_of _pkg.mdk.src.rpm>

 

see man rpmbuild for opt

 

it biulds and rpm that it'll put in

/usr/src/RPM/RPMS/iXXX ....

that you can install with

rpm -ivh /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/ixxx/<name_of _pkg.ixxx.mdk.rpm>

 

when the build finishes...look up about 210 to 20 lines for

 

Wrote /usr/src/RPM/RPMS bla bla bla

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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?