NEWBIE !!!
I thought I would give Linux a try so I installed Opensuse 11.3.
I used the automatic setup and accepted all default settings on a new HD. At end of installation I clicked Firefox and received a “no server” message.
The only info I found was in KDE Chapt. 17 by Lauri Watts. She says that if I have IP, gateway, submask, and dns numbers, Internet connection is easy but she tells nothing about using the numbers. I have those numbers.
How do I get online?
I have a no-proxy, static service.
Why-oh-why-oh-why would an installation end without an online connection? Or at least easy-to-find instructions to get online?
I had to disconnect the new Linux HD and connect to this old Windows HD to contact you.
cbb6cbb wrote:
> NEWBIE !!!
>
> I thought I would give Linux a try so I installed Opensuse 11.3.
>
> I used the automatic setup and accepted all default settings on a new
> HD. At end of installation I clicked Firefox and received a “no
> server” message.
>
> The only info I found was in KDE Chapt. 17 by Lauri Watts. She says
> that if I have IP, gateway, submask, and dns numbers, Internet
> connection is easy but she tells nothing about using the numbers. I
> have those numbers.
>
> How do I get online?
>
> I have a no-proxy, static service.
Did you configure your network interface card with your static IP
address?
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Per Jessen, Zürich (23.8°C)
http://en.opensuse.org/User:Pjessen
Are you on a desktop/wired or a laptop/wireless?
Dwarfer99 wrote:
>
> Are you on a desktop/wired or a laptop/wireless?
>
>
Are you asking me or the OP? If you’re asking the OP, it really would
be beneficial to everyone if you responded to his posting instead of my
reply.
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Per Jessen, Zürich (23.9°C)
http://en.opensuse.org/User:Pjessen
Why would I ask you that question? I didn’t respond to your reply but to the thread. And, what is OP? It really would
be beneficial to everyone if you used recognised acronyms.
Dwarfer99 wrote:
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> Why would I ask you that question? I didn’t respond to your reply but
> to the thread.
Well, your posting turned up referring to mine, not to the OPs.
Besides, you don’t respond to a thread, always to somebodyelses
posting.
> And, what is OP? It really would be beneficial to everyone if you used
> recognised acronyms.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OP
“Generally: OP, short for original poster, or sometimes original post.
Used on online message boards and forums to denote the first poster.”
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Per Jessen, Zürich (20.9°C)
http://en.opensuse.org/User:Pjessen
My post was merely chronologically after yours, in what way did it refer to yours?
Anyhoo, s/he hasn’t been back to check for answers so the thread is probably dead now anyway.
Dwarfer99 wrote:
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> My post was merely chronologically after yours, in what way did it
> refer to yours?
The References: header pointed to my posting. Anyway, it’s no really
any of your doing - I have just found out why, see:
http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=442683
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Per Jessen, Zürich (25.8°C)
http://en.opensuse.org/User:Pjessen