Sherpa

when i do that, and then try to go to a webste i does not work, it says host cannot be found, however i can acces web config utilities for my router, and other things on my network

and i can ping things that are on my network...

i just cannot go to public websites...

well i did chmod 755 /etc/profile

then

i went to mCC>>security then set the level to higher, restarted, then set it back to high, then everything worked...

what if i am on a local network>? dont i need a gateway address or something?

i have one of those hp all in one things, its a scanner and a printer....

but it is on a print server...

is there a way to make it scan eventhough it is on the print server?

fixed with iphitus's help

NOOOO!!!!!!!!! ok, well it is not that bad, but right now i cannot log on to my user, please help>>see my other post

when i try to log on as my user, the screen turns black and returns me to the login prompt, so i did ctrl alt f1 and typed my username and password, then it gave me this message:

-bash: /etc/profile: Permission denied

is there a way to reset the system permissions to default?

i can log into root from the GUI login screen but not as my user. how do i fix it?>

this has to be done without the mandrake control center.... (for a full explanation why see: Ndiswrapper Issue

anyway is there a way to set a static ip address for a device (wlan0) from the command line with ifconfig, or should i go and manually edit the ifcfg-wlan0 file in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ (if i should do the latter, what do i add and remove)

thanks for the help...

how do you install mr postman?

i tried to replace the code that was for my eth0 device (which has a static ip address) in the ifcfg-eth0 with the ip address information for my ifcfg-wlan0, but it does not work correctly. i have to do all of this manually, ie without the graphical front end, whenever i go to the mdk ctrl center to modify the settings, it screws up the ifcfg-wlan0 file and tries to configure it to be a lan device ie, it erases the essid line and the key line... do i have to reload the backup file. is there a way to set a static ip address from the command line with ifconfig or something?

seems like i have this thread to myself, but ill post this anyway for anyone who cares.....

i finally got it working!!! i removed all of the lines that beesea said to add to modprobe.conf.

i then left the settings in the file /etc/sysconfig/networking-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 (i think that is what and where it is).

i then ran the command /etc/init.d/network restart

then i ran iwconfig to make sure that the propper setting loaded up for the wireless card ie, encryption key, essidd, etc

once i saw that everyting was ok, i issued the command:

ndiswrapper -m

it outputted that is wrote the proper configuration to modprobe.conf (that is what that command is supposed to do anyway)

then i rebooted and everything came up fine, no failures at startup, and now i am talking to you through my linksys wireless g WMP54G card... (with all of my encryption settings)

now i will work on making a static ip address... shouldn't be hard (i dont think)

also when i run ndiswrapper -m to write the modprobe configureation, it tells me to remove the line that beesea said to add... and it tells me to make sure that i know what i am doing 100%....

i still can only connect to my local network in my house

i think that i am having this issue partly due to the fact that there used to be a line in my modprobe.conf file that was something like:

alias wlan0 rsomething

where the something is replaced with some number, i remember seeing it there before, but now it is gone, there is also one for my eth0 it is:

alias eth0 r8169

i am not sure what that number is but there used to be a line that had wlan0 and a "r####" is this number specific to my system? or could someone who has ndiswrapper working for their WMP54G please post their full modprobe.conf please?

it seems now that i can access my router, and i am able to ping other computers on my network wirelessly ( this is of course after i have logged on and issued the command "/etc/init.d/network restart" ) all through the wireless card. i am even able to use VNC to connect to other computers, however there is a slight problem... i can only access things on my local network. when ever i go into Firefox, mozilla, or konquorer, and type a web address, like google, it says "An error occurred while loading http://www.google.com/: Unknown host www.google.com" i do not under stand this. i am able to access all of the web based utilities on my network via the card, but then i am not able to access public addresses? i have checked all of the router settings to make sure it was nothing wron on that end, and there is not, i even booted into winblows (after 3 months of fasting) to make sure that it worked on public addresses, and it does. so i am pretty sure that it is something wrong on my computer's end. Anyone else had this problem. I ams still having the problem that i mentioned above. it still will not load at startup, i have to manually restart the network when i get into X........

Jul  4 01:50:49 localhost network: Bringing up interface eth0: failed 
Jul  4 01:50:51 localhost ifup: ndiswrapper device wlan0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization. 
Jul  4 01:50:51 localhost network: Bringing up interface wlan0: failed

this is the log entry for startup.....

this is the continuation of a problem that started after i followed all of the instructions in this thread:

http://www.mandrakeusers.org/index.php?act...=15#entry127339

the exact error message that is displayed at startup is:

ndiswrapper device does not seem to be present, delaying installation.

i will now check the system log, and see what the message

is there an install line? and do i add the same line in modprobe.preload?

is that a tab after the "*" in that line?

could some one with an nvidia video card please post their /etc/modprobe.conf i need to get the settings alias and install lines for the nvidia card...

[moved from Software by spinynorman]

having problems with this.... what if i wanted a static ip?

HAVING A PROBLEM WITH NDISWRAPPER, PLEASE See this thread:

Please help

in the install file it says that you can enter 10 hex digits for 128bit incryption, i have 26..... is this a problem, also when i type iwconfig it says command not found, did you have this same problem?

ya, i have mozplugger, but i cant seem to get it to work....

remove the i con you made, go to menu drake, add a link to firefox, make sure you put the command as being "firefox", then set an icon for it, save it, (it will say updating menu). once it is done right click on the taskbar ADD>>APPLICATION BUTTON>>FIREFOX (select your button that you just made). Now it will work....

as for the start maximized, open firefox, maximize the window then is the upper left hand corner click on the little down arrow then got to ADVANCED>>STORE WINDOW SETTING

then close and restart firefox, and it will start maximized

is it possible, if so what are the correct POP3 settings for hotmail

dont bash me for having a hotmail account, i have had it for 6 years and it would be a pain in the a.. to get rid of it..........

what is mozplugger?

How do I install Acrobat Reader on Linux?

 

    To install the Acrobat Reader plugin, copy nppdf.so to your Mozilla plugins directory, and make sure a copy of (or symlink to) acroread is in your PATH.

 

    Note: If you do not know how to mess around with the PATH environment variable, there is a quick and easy fix. Simply create a symbolic link to acroread in a location that is in your path - /usr/X11R6/bin is a good place to put it. If you installed Acrobat Reader in /usr/local/Acrobat5, issue the following command at a terminal as root. Replace /usr/local/Acrobat5/ with your Acrobat Reader installation directory if you installed it somewhere else.

 

ln -s /usr/local/Acrobat5/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread /usr/X11R6/bin/acroread

 

    Important! All users should upgrade to Acrobat Reader 5.0.9, as earlier versions of Acrobat Reader have security issues.

Source

i have not done anything to the PATH, mainly b/c i am a stupid n00b and dont know what it is or what to do, but i did issue that command that they gave as root..............

is there not an rpm for adobe reader????