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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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