Any Linux gurus about?

[Tsyr]

Any linux gurus about feel like helping me get my cable modem working on either Topologi Linux or Mandrake Linux (I'm considering both distros right now, for different reasons)

 

[Psychotic Dreamer]

I don't have an answer for you, but you might find some help over on the Just Linux forums:

http://www.justlinux.com/forum/index.php?


Back when I was messing around with it I found them quite helpful.

 

[RyanL]

fprot tarball !!!!!11

But seriously, folks. With a cable modem, you've usually got an ethernet connection with dhcp. It's usually just a matter of installing a dhcp client and running it. I've had good luck with "dhcpcd", but it's been a while. Ultimately, you'll want to configure ifconfig to automatically invoke the dhcp client at bootup, then you're golden.

Of course, this thread is a few days old, and Tsyr is a resourceful guy, so he's probably figured it out by now.

-Ryan

 

[Tsyr]

fprot tarball !!!!!11

But seriously, folks. With a cable modem, you've usually got an ethernet connection with dhcp. It's usually just a matter of installing a dhcp client and running it. I've had good luck with "dhcpcd", but it's been a while. Ultimately, you'll want to configure ifconfig to automatically invoke the dhcp client at bootup, then you're golden.

Of course, this thread is a few days old, and Tsyr is a resourceful guy, so he's probably figured it out by now.

-Ryan

LOL!

Got my cable modem working, yes.

Now my graphics stopped working alltogether. :/

Feel free to read about my ongoing plight in that regard here...

http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=110606

 

[RyanL]

Well, crap.

XFree is a black art, and it's very difficult to provide help over the net. I'm sure those guys at the other forum know more than I do.

I will say this: When the screen goes blank, is it actually crashing the machine, or only blanking the display? If it's merely a too-high-refresh-rate type of problem, then you should be able to hit ctrl+alt+backspace to kill the xserver and get back to your terminal.

-Ryan