linux localhost ,localdomain

[enrineer55]

could anyone help me with a link that explains what to put in the lines that mandrake 8.1 asks for when using the network setup screen. it does me no good to search any longer. i have a windows network that is set up with home as the network and john, john2, john3, etc as the hostnames. i have three win pc's and two linux pc's on a network. the win pc's all work fine but i can only ping the linux pcs. the linux pc's also dont see one another.

when i get to the first place to enter info on the network conf for linux they ask for (if i remember right) localhost-localdomain or something like that. for the life of me i cant figure it out. believe me i have tried. there is only five or so lines. someone somewhere must at one point also have had this problem. if you have and can help me out it would be terrific.

at this point i have set up the two linux machines on their own network to try to get them to see each other. i tried running linuxconf and each machine could see itself and the windows partition on itself but not the other machine. both machines will network in windows.

thanks in advance

 

[n0cmonkey]

localhost should be the hostname (john-linux)
localdomain should be the domain (john.net)

Im not sure what you mean by the machines not being able to see each other...

 

[enrineer55]

thanks for replying

when i say the two linux machines cant see one another i go into what would be the equivilent of windows explorer and click on local network? and get the error localhost not found. or something like that. if i can get the two linux machine to see one another then i can work on the windows machines with samba i would think.

ive been at this for two months and have no less than 100 hrs and at least i can get online with the linux pc's. when you mess around as root you get to reinstall quite often.

the other problem i have is i cant change the resolution to be able to see all the screen on some configuration boxes. the moniter and video card should support it but i cant get it to accept any change.

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< when i say the two linux machines cant see one another i go into what would be the equivilent of windows explorer and click on local network? >>



Ok, I have no clue what you are talking about.

If they can ping each other they can see each other. Try loading SAMBA and seeing if that will work with Windows. It should if they can all ping each other and you set SAMBA up correctly. As far as the resolution problems, I cant really help you without knowing some information.

 

[manly]

You should read the NET HOWTO although that document doesn't specifically address your question.

 

[ebaycj]

ok you are obviously very confused.

in order to be able to integrate linux (or just about any other unix for that matter) machines into your windows network (network neighborhood), you need a software package called SAMBA ( www.samba.org ) installed on the linux machines. mandrake makes this very easy and there are a bunch of configuration tools in X-windows for configuring samba, my favorite being webmin (open a browser, type https://127.0.0.1:10000 and use your normal root login and password). you can also do a 'man samba' from the command prompt.

also- in order to play with your X settings.. try this: when you are in X windows, hit CTRL - ALT - + (the plus on the far right of the keyboard, near the numerical pad) that SHOULD change your color depth / resolution. keep hitting it until you get to a setting you like. if that doesnt seem to do anything, you can edit the file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and edit the color depths / resolutions towards the bottom. leave only the setting you would like ( if you want 1024x768x24, leave only "1024x768" under the 24bit header). also delete all lines that begin with "1024x768" except for the one corresponding to the refresh rate (in Hz) that you want to use (and that you know will work).

anyway good luck.
you might want to try mandrake 8.2 as well, its out now.

later
ebaycj