[TriLUG] There is no such thing as Beginners Luck..

Jon Carnes jonc at nc.rr.com
Fri Aug 31 17:50:41 EDT 2001


Have your tried configuring the card using Drakeconfig (logged in as root)?

Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sinner from the Prairy" <sinner at escomposlinux.org>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] There is no such thing as Beginners Luck..


> A Divendres 31 Agost 2001 02:02 pm, vàreu escriure:
> > Hi, I just recently installed Linux Mandrake 8 on my
> > computer.
>
> How fortunate you are! I also have Mandrake 8 !  :)
>
> Maybe I can help
>
> > I was very pleased with how easy it was to
> > install and set up on my machine.  The only thing I'm
> > having problems with is getting it to recognize my
> > network card.
>
> Usualy is relly easy... mmm ...
>
> What kind of network card do you have?
>
> Brand, model, PCI, ISA, USB...
>
> > I'm pretty new to Linux, and I'm not
> > used to how it operates and how the commands work, so
> > I'm not sure how to solve this problem.
>
> What error message do you get? What do you try to do?
>
> > Also, when
> > are you guys going to have another one of those
> > meetings?
>
> There's a meeting on the second thursday of each month. Usualy there's an
> announcement in the list. Sometimes is a day before, but... you can rely
on a
> meeting every second thursday.
>
> > I would like to come check it out and maybe
> > get some pointers from you guys on how to get the best
> > out of this system.
>
> Absolutely.
>
> Maybe, after you are done with the network card, you can start securing
your
> PC. It's easier than you think.
>
> > Anyway, thanks a bunch for taking
> > the time to read this and hopefully solving my
> > problem! :)
>
> No prob. And wellocme to TriLug
>
> > -Josh Adkins
>
>
>
> Salut,
> Sinner
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