Hello everybody

 

I have a futjitsu Siemens machine with 2 network interfaces, one is integrated, the other is external. I have installed linux redhat 9.0 and correctly configured both cards. when I start the network services everything goes fine, but after a short period (5 mn or 10 mn) I loose the connections, meaning that I can no longer reach internal and external networks (using the ping tool) :( .

 

When I run ifconfig, I remark that both interfaces are up and I also remark a collision rate of 83 and 74 for both interfaces . When I run service network status, I find that the network services are running. The problem is not solved untill I restart the network services. You may guess that after 5mn, I loose the connecions, and so on

 

Does someone have an idea about the cause of this problem and how may I overcome it

Thank you very much

Quote:CNR - Coming Soon to a Distro Near You! 

by Kevin Carmony

 

January 23rd, 2007

 

One of the biggest complaints I hear from MS Windows and Mac users about Linux, is that there are too many distributions, each with their own installation system. Desktop Linux isn't like MS Windows or Mac, where you can simply go hunting on the Internet (or at your local computer store), find a piece of interesting software, and quickly install it. With desktop Linux, you must first find the program, if it's even supported to begin with, then hope they've provided the right files and installation process for "your" particular Linux distribution. (.deb files, .rpm files, .tar.gz files etc.) It's all far too complicated for the average person, and it's no wonder they shy away from Linux. To see what I mean, just take a look at the download page for GIMP, one of the most popular open source applications: [/url]http://gimp.org/downloads .

 

When we started Linspire, we knew that we'd need to overcome this complexity. This led to Linspire's CNR ("Click 'N Run") technology. CNR does dozens of things to make finding, installing and managing software on your desktop computer extremely easy. CNR makes finding the right piece of software easy with user reviews, charts, screenshots, descriptions, friendly names, and so on. Once you've found what you're looking for, with literally one click, the software is installed to your computer and icons added to your desktop and Launch Menu. CNR then notifies you when updates are available, which you can then install with one click. (Visit: [url=http://www.linspire.com/gimp2.0]http://www.linspire.com/gimp2.0 Notice the differences?)

 

Even non-Linspire/Freespire users agree that CNR is an extremely easy, yet powerful system. Just think if this same system for finding and installing software worked for ALL desktop Linux distributions. This would not only bring Linux on par with MS Windows and Mac, but help catapult it beyond these systems. What once was one of Linux's biggest weaknesses, would suddenly become a strength and a key selling point for those considering desktop Linux.

 

Well, that time has come. This week we announced that CNR will soon be available for many of the most popular desktop Linux distributions, not just Linspire and Freespire. In addition to Linspire and Freespire, the first distributions you'll see supported throughout this year are (alphabetically): Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE, and Ubuntu.

 

Linspire will be launching a new website, www.cnr.com, which will become the new home for all things CNR. When fully launched, CNR.com will house a completely improved CNR Warehouse. Other distributions will be able to download the necessary "plugin" for their particular distribution to enable one-click installation from CNR.com. I don't have space here to share all the exciting improvements and changes coming to CNR, but if you visit CNR.com now, you'll find a lot of great information, screenshots, FAQs, and even a forum to start discussing the new, multi-distro CNR.

 

Why now?

 

Making CNR available for other distributions has been one of the most often made suggestions we've heard over the years, and I too have always believed it to be a very good idea. However, there were two main reasons we didn't feel the time was right to make CNR available for other distributions, until now. First, we had our hands full just building and refining the CNR technology over the past five years with the Linspire and Freespire distributions. We knew expanding the system beyond our own distributions would take a substantial amount of work and require a revamped multi-distribution capable CNR. We knew adding support for .rpm-based systems (not just Debian) would prove particularly challenging. About a year ago, we felt the time was right to start working on such a CNR system. When we started this work, it definitely taxed our resources, and our old CNR system was strained as we moved resources to redesigning CNR for multi-distributions. This work is now about complete, and will benefit not only the new distributions supported, but Linspire and Freespire users will also see a much enhanced, improved and more reliable CNR system. For example, a key difference they will see is our ability to keep software in the CNR Warehouse updated and current in a much more timely fashion.

 

Second, there were just too many Linux distributions, each with a very small market share. There was too much volatility in the distributions, and the popularity of each changed monthly. Today, however, leaders have started to emerge. The popularity of Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE, and Ubuntu, give each a sizable user base, making it easier to minimize the number of different distributions CNR must support initially while, still servicing a large number of users.

 

I know many of you will have a lot of questions, such as:

 

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Which distributions will be supported?

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Will the CNR Service remain free?

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Why is Linspire doing this? Isn't CNR a big competitive advantage for promoting their Linspire and Freespire distributions?

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Has Linspire met with and worked with leaders from the other distributions as they have built CNR.com?

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How is the new CNR.com system different from the old CNR previously used with Linspire and Freespire?

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I already have a CNR Gold Service subscription for Linspire. Will this work with the new CNR.com?

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Does this mean that Linspire is getting out of the Linux distribution business to focus on CNR.com?

 

To answer these and many other questions, we've included an extensive FAQ section at the CNR.com site. I'd encourage each of you to visit CNR.com and take a look around. The site won't be fully launched until the 2nd Quarter of this year, but there is a lot of information there now that will help answer many of your questions.

 

By shielding the user from the complexities of finding and installing Linux software, it is our hope that CNR.com will be the beginning of making desktop Linux easier for everyone to start using. I look forward to hearing your ideas, thoughts and suggestions, as Linspire ventures into this new and exciting territory.

 

- Kevin

Fedora have done a re-spin of version 6 fixing many bugs:

 

[/url][url=http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-anno...y/msg00005.html]http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-anno...y/msg00005.html

Hey dudes!

 

How do I create a SYMLINK to my dvd-player so I can use OGLE to play my dvd movies in Xubuntu?

I just installed "Okle" and it says "Media/CDROM0 is a DVD but not a SYMLINK" so it will not play.

With my box FC5 at work (Active Directory), I have been able to access the net , I have not logged in with my AD account , I logged in as username : root and password : forum,,,fake one (I know security implication, I have done this for test ).

 

First time when I tried to open a browser, window popped up asking me username and password for authentication to use internet (I entered my username: zillah and password:ad123 my active directory account,,,fake ), then I was able to browse the net.

 

When I tried to use the command below (via Terminal):

 

[root@local]#yum install yum (yumes),,,,It did not work, I believe because of the authentication (ISA proxy) that I mentioned above.

 

With the proxy , I followed the link below :

 

[/url][url=http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/sn-yum-proxy-server.html]http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/sn-yum-proxy-server.html

 

1- I added the line below to /etc/yum.conf

I have got FC5 , I tried to start the process of samba installation from scratch, but i could not get it done!!!! What I have done is this :

 

[root@localhost ~]# man samba

No manual entry for samba

 

[root@localhost log]# smbd -V

bash: smbd: command not found

 

[root@localhost ~]# ls -Rl | grep samba*

 

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa | grep samba*

samba-client-3.0.21b-2

samba-common-3.0.21b-2

 

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -i samba-client-3.0.21b-2

error: open of samba-client-3.0.21b-2 failed: No such file or directory

 

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -i samba-common-3.0.21b-2

error: open of samba-common-3.0.21b-2 failed: No such file or directory

 

[root@localhost ~]# apt -get install samba swat

bash: apt: command not found

 

I tried to use: less /var/log/packages/samba*

 

[root@localhost ~]# cd /var/log

[root@localhost log]# ls

anaconda.log btmp gdm maillog scrollkeeper.log wtmp

anaconda.syslog cron httpd messages secure Xorg.0.log

anaconda.xlog cups lastlog ppp spooler Xorg.0.log.old

boot.log dmesg mail samba vbox yum.log

 

[root@localhost log]# cd samba

[root@localhost samba]# ls -al

total 16

drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Feb 13 2006 .

drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Jan 20 13:51 ..

 

I could not find any thing

Desktop --> System Settings --> Server Settings --> Samba

 

 

Any comment where is my mistake ?

 

Regards

In advance i'm sorry for the picuter for those using slow connections, also for my grammer (never been friendly with grammer [img]<___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_dry.png[/img] ).

Alright so this probably doesn't belong here but I couldn't think of a better place to put it so here it is. I'm currently in school for networking and I want to specialize in security, by happenstance I found Backtrack. Now my question is on there mainpage they have a screenshot of the desktop running some type of information center but when I start the distro it doesn't come up. Whats the name of this program? I can figure out how to use once I know what it is.

 



 

As usual thanks for the help.

I'm a total n00b to Linux... I have no idea what I'm doing. :)

 

First of all, I'm having trouble picking a distro. And I'm not really sure what the advantages are for different distros... what's the difference? I'm looking at Ubuntu or Fedora, are any of those good for beginners?

 

Also, I'm concerned about getting internet to Linux. I have a network adapter (linux) which I use to connect to a router. It requires software to install so how would I get that to work on Linux.

 

How would I get software for my printer to work?

What about iTunes?

 

Also I tried to make a Live CD and tried to boot it up. I opened the .iso on a CD using MagicISO and all that came up was the title of the Linux distro.

 

Are you able to open .doc documents in Linux?

 

Thanks for anyone that helps, I'm so tired of Windows and looking for a more secure, faster, and greater OS.

So ive just finished my first install of linux ever. i have yellow dog 5.0 on my PS3. and its cool and all, but seeing that i already have a windows comp for school.. what is cool/interesting/useful to do with my ps3/linux. again ive never used linux before yesterday, so anything to do would be appreciated.

Hi folks,

 

Ubuntu-6.06.1-LAMP-server-amd64

Postfix

Domain: satimis.com

 

 

My mail server can send mail but failed to received mail.

 

Tried sending mail from yahoo.com to "satimis@satimis.com" with following result;