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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