New Debian Install / Network Settings

Am 09. Nov, 2003 schw=E4tzte John Tynan so:

I'm running a little behind on my PLUG mail. Sorry for the delay :).

> I just wanted to write to say I was able to install a
> new hard drive and am now back up to speed with a new
> Debian install. I have the following questions:
>
> 1) When Linux starts, it goes directly into Window
> Maker (or, if I exit Window Maker I go directly into
> TWM). I tried finding and editing the .xsession file
> using Midnight Commander but with no success. Am I
> looking in the wrong place? Are there other ways
> around this?

update-alternatives --display x-window-manager

It sounds like you don't have sawfish or whatever gnome wants to use these
days or KDE installed.

If they are listed use update-alternatives to choose your preferred window
manager.

apt-get install sawfish-gnome

That should get all the dependencies.

I also suggest installing both gdm and kdm, but using kdm. That way if kdm
gets borken you can use gdm until kdm works again :).

> 2) The network setting issues from last time are still
> present. While I know that Marcia, Mike and others had
> proposed some solutions, my steps toward a resolution
> are a incremental at this point.
>
> I was able to send the results of netstat to a text
> file but was unable to copy the text file to a dos
> formatted floppy. Basically Netstat told me that the
> destination was 192.168.1.0 and the gateway was
> 0.0.0.0. This does not seem quite right.
>
> I am using static IP addresses on my network, as
> opposed to DHCP.

Edit /etc/network/interfaces.

iface eth0 inet static
        address         192.168.0.5
        broadcast       192.168.0.255
        netmask         255.255.255.0
        gateway         192.168.0.1

Change numbers to match your network. There is a GUI tool. I have no idea
what it's called, though.

Check my guide to RCS for info on how to keep track of old versions of
config files.

https://www.LuftHans.com/unix/

cioa,

der.hans
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