On Sat, 2006-06-03 at 18:42 +0100, Freedom Web Services wrote: > > > On Tue, 2006-05-30 at 19:58 +0100, Freedom Web Services wrote: > >> > Freedom Web Services wrote: > >> >> Although dhcp is allocating ip addresses ok I can not access the > >> >> server using its name 'linux'. I assume this is due to samba not > >> >> running. > >> > > >> > A more general network problem may well be the first cause of your > >> > problems. > >> > > >> >> I need to install samba as the system says it is not installed when > >> >> I use 'rpm -q smb', so I downloaded 'samba-common-3.0.22.1.fc5.rpm'. > >> >> When I go to install it with 'rpm -ivh samba-common-3.0.22.1.fc5.rpm > >> >> I get loads of confiction errors. > >> > > >> > It's much preferable to use yum these days. There's no need to > >> > download the rpm or deal with dependencies manually. > >> > > >> >> I have also tried to use the 'Add / Remove software' and 'Software > >> >> Updater' from the 'Applications' menu and get an 'Unable to retrive > >> >> software infomation' error. When I try to use yum with the command > >> >> 'yum install samba-common-3.0.22.1.fc5.rpm' I get an 'Error: Cannot > >> >> find a baseurl for repo: core'. > >> > > >> > This looks like you have a more general networking problem on the > >> > system. Have you tried to run 'yum update' yet? I'm guessing you'll > >> > get a similar error about the core repo. If so, you should check > >> > first that your network is working correctly. If it is, then you'll > >> > need to look into the reason yum is not working. > >> > > >> > Once yum is working you should be able to run 'yum install samba' (or > >> > Add / Remove Software) to get it installed. > >> > >> My Linux machine is not yet connected to the internet! > > > > That's why 'Add / Remove software' and 'Software Updater' from the > > 'Applications' menu aren't working. They use yum as the backend and > > that's configured out of the box to get packages from the Internet. > > > > For a way of using yum and 'Add / Remove software' using the ISO images > > used to install the system instead of network repositories, see: > > http://www.city-fan.org/tips/YumRepoFromImages > > > >> I have a BT Voyager 100 ADSL USB modem and connect through AOL on my > >> windoze > >> box. > >> I have installed the drivers for this modem, eciadsl, and configured it > >> for > >> my modem and AOL but I can not get it to work. > >> I have looked on the net and found that I need a module called n_hdlc in > >> order to get this to work, the standard FC5 does not have this module. > > > > It's in the 2.6.16-1.2122_FC5 kernel though. Try downloading and > > installing that update. Much easier than recompiling the kernel > > yourself. > > > > Paul. > > > > Thanks for the help Paul. > > I have downloaded and installed the 2.6.16-1.2122_FC5 kernal update but > unfornatunatly this does not solve the problem. The eciadsl-doctor program > still shows that the n_hdlc module is not found, it also reports that I am > using the 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 kernal, how can this be when I have just > installed the updated kernal with no problems? Am I missing something? You won't be using the 2.6.16-1.2122_FC5 kernel until you've rebooted. Paul,
