Subject: RE: NIC swap & software suggestions
To: 'Rick Soth' <sothtrust@comcast.net>
From: William Lam <antitoch@earthlink.net>
List: port-hpcmips
Date: 05/16/2004 21:54:35
> 	The problem or question is, when I want to move to my 
> office location or
> 	pull out the NIC card and use a PCMCIA CF card in that 
> slot, and then
> 	return to the NIC card, I can't access the network 
> again. I can reset the
> 	ifconfig commands, but can't re-establish an IP via 
> dhclinet.  The
> 	only solution has been a re-boot.  Am I doing something 
> wrong or is this
> 	how it is supposed to work?
> 
> 2) 	Suggestions on Window Managers for X given our half-VGA 
> format? What
> 	do you like and why?  There are so many choices, and 
> many don't have
> 	compiled binaries ready for pkg_add via their tzg 
> files.  I have not yet 
> tried
> 	to "make" something, but if that is the approach to 
> using your suggested
> 	window manager just let me know.
> 
> 	Along this same line, do you have an X office manager 
> or wordprocessor
> 	and spreadsheet that you like and work well on the small screen?
> 
> Thanks for your input.
> 
> Rick
>   
>

1) Did you kill dhclient first?

2) Ratpoison is another nice minimalist windowmanager. Although I use it
on a full VGA z50, ratpoison has no window decorations at all so it's
equally well suited for a half VGA screen.

Will

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