1. what makes it important 2. can't you let your distribution's dhcp configuration ocnfigure all that stuff for you? (ip, gateway in particular....) Christopher Paulin wrote: >Christopher Paulin wrote: > > > >>I met with the Glastonbury librarian, Sue Jensen, this morning to see >>how to connect to the Internet from the Friends Room, the room where >>we meet, and she showed me a Windows laptop that was able to access >>the Internet but one which we cannot use. It uses an Ethernet card, >>and the card's TCP/IP properties has the gateway set to an address, >>the DNS host, domain, and DNS server search order set, and the IP >>address not set (probably assigned through DHCP). I copied down those >>data. Also, that connection is inside the town's firewall. >> >>I think there is a good possibility we'll be able to connect to the >>Internet using Linux, but I want to know what others think. What I was >>thinking was that we'd set the gateway as the default route, enable >>dhcpcd (the DHCP client daemon) and comment out the static IP, and add >>the DNS information in resolv.conf. Is that correct? Is there anything >>else? I can ask the librarian questions and maybe test it. >> >> > >What do people (Dave) think of this Internet connection? This is important. > > > >>For the meeting, I was planning on bringing my desktop computer >>running SuSE 8.1, the one I'm using now. My laptop keyboard's ribbon >>cable is disconnected from the motherboard, and I have to come up with >>a creative way to create new line contacts that fit in the >>motherboard's slot's pins. If I can map the Fn key of my external >>keyboard to the Fn key function, then I can switch the display to both >>the internal LCD and the external monitor (the overhead projector) and >>bring my laptop, which is running Slackware 8.0 and Linux kernel >>2.2.19. The external keyboard Fn key currently doesn't do anything. >> >> > >This is not as important. > >I found out that I can use the laptop BIOS to set the display to both >the LCD and external monitor, so I don't need to use the Fn key; >however, the external monitor has a bluish tint where white is supposed >to be, so maybe I'll bring my desktop after all. I browsed articles >about xmodmap to map keys but couldn't find any information about >mapping the Fn key or any other key like the Windows logo key to act >like the Fn key. I installed xkeycaps but couldn't find my mini >keyboard. I think I need to know what the keysym is for Fn, e.g., F13, >Control_L, Meta_L, etc. I think I'd find that out if I can fix my >keyboard ribbon cable using a conductive pen on paper and use the xev >command. My external mini keyboard Fn key doesn't show anything in xev. > > > >>I'll be gone all day (7:30 AM to 1 AM) on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday >>for the Landmark Forum (http://www.landmarkeducation.com), only coming >>home for sleeping and cooking, so I'm getting ready now for Monday's >>meeting. >> >>Christopher Paulin >> >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >CCOSS mailing list >ccoss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >CCOSS mailing list page: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=3594 >CCOSS Web page: http://www.ccoss.org > > > _______________________________________________ CCOSS mailing list ccoss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx CCOSS mailing list page: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=3594 CCOSS Web page: http://www.ccoss.org