Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 12:31:41 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Tim Gerchmez <fewtch@serv.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help with two things, please? Message-ID: <19980612123141.09803@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980611180503.007dc680@mx.serv.net>; from Tim Gerchmez on Thu, Jun 11, 1998 at 06:05:03PM -0700 References: <3.0.5.32.19980611180503.007dc680@mx.serv.net>
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Tim, we don't deal with questions in freebsd-newbies so I'm sending this one
off to freebsd-questions for you. You should get an answer by email from there.
On Thu, Jun 11, 1998 at 06:05:03PM -0700, Tim Gerchmez wrote:
> Hi, I need help with two problems (one sort of advanced, one 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.
>
> (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?
>
> Thanks much for any help,
>
> Tim
> fewtch@serv.net
>
>
>
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