From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Jun 11 19:34:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA08347 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 19:34:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA08185; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 19:34:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA24495; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 12:31:47 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980612123141.09803@welearn.com.au> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 12:31:41 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: Tim Gerchmez Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help with two things, please? References: <3.0.5.32.19980611180503.007dc680@mx.serv.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e 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 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message