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Date:      Fri, 12 Jun 1998 03:34:31 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Tim Gerchmez <fewtch@serv.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Help with two things, please...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980612033345.11999D-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980611180144.007e0100@mx.serv.net>

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On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Tim Gerchmez wrote:

> Hi, I need help with two problems (one advanced, one sort of newbie-ish).
> If anyone has encountered these before, please post the answer to the
> mailing list (or send directly to me at fewtch@serv.net).  I would really
> appreciate the help.
> 
> (1) I'm trying to network my Win95 PC to FreeBSD on another PC via Ethernet
> (works just fine Win95 to Win95 so it's not hardware related).  I've tried
> both basic TCP/IP and IPX on the Win95 machine (enabled/set up in rc.conf
> on the BSD machine, of course).  The packets are getting received on the
> FreeBSD machine, but I get "Socket : Protocol not supported" messages and
> nothing else happens.  I tried to connect via anonymous FTP to the FreeBSD
> machine, and the socket connected, but then it just sits there and does
> nothing forever - no welcome message, nothing (I'm sure I set it up right).
>  Yes, I set "TCP Extensions = YES" in rc.conf.  Doesn't help.

Can the machines ping each other?

Try setting tcp_extensions to NO.

> (2) I can't get any of the X clients but the default to work.  Anything
> else (fvwm95, Enlightenment, Qvwm, etc) simply say "Can't open display" and
> terminate with no further messages.  I've tried everything I can think of.
> Any hints?

How are you starting the X server?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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