Samba install problem

[Freedom Web Services]

> On Sat, 2006-06-03 at 18:42 +0100, Freedom Web Services wrote:
>>
>> > On Tue, 2006-05-30 at 19:58 +0100, Freedom Web Services wrote:
>> >> > Freedom Web Services wrote:
>> >> >> Although dhcp is allocating ip addresses ok I can not access the
>> >> >> server using its name 'linux'.  I assume this is due to samba not
>> >> >> running.
>> >> >
>> >> > A more general network problem may well be the first cause of your
>> >> > problems.
>> >> >
>> >> >> I need to install samba as the system says it is not installed when
>> >> >> I use 'rpm -q smb', so I downloaded 
>> >> >> 'samba-common-3.0.22.1.fc5.rpm'.
>> >> >> When I go to install it with 'rpm -ivh 
>> >> >> samba-common-3.0.22.1.fc5.rpm
>> >> >> I get loads of confiction errors.
>> >> >
>> >> > It's much preferable to use yum these days.  There's no need to
>> >> > download the rpm or deal with dependencies manually.
>> >> >
>> >> >> I have also tried to use the 'Add / Remove software' and 'Software
>> >> >> Updater' from the 'Applications' menu and get an 'Unable to retrive
>> >> >> software infomation' error.  When I try to use yum with the command
>> >> >> 'yum install samba-common-3.0.22.1.fc5.rpm' I get an 'Error: Cannot
>> >> >> find a baseurl for repo: core'.
>> >> >
>> >> > This looks like you have a more general networking problem on the
>> >> > system.  Have you tried to run 'yum update' yet?  I'm guessing 
>> >> > you'll
>> >> > get a similar error about the core repo.  If so, you should check
>> >> > first that your network is working correctly.  If it is, then you'll
>> >> > need to look into the reason yum is not working.
>> >> >
>> >> > Once yum is working you should be able to run 'yum install samba' 
>> >> > (or
>> >> > Add / Remove Software) to get it installed.
>> >>
>> >> My Linux machine is not yet connected to the internet!
>> >
>> > That's why 'Add / Remove software' and 'Software Updater' from the
>> > 'Applications' menu aren't working. They use yum as the backend and
>> > that's configured out of the box to get packages from the Internet.
>> >
>> > For a way of using yum and 'Add / Remove software' using the ISO images
>> > used to install the system instead of network repositories, see:
>> > http://www.city-fan.org/tips/YumRepoFromImages
>> >
>> >> I have a BT Voyager 100 ADSL USB modem and connect through AOL on my
>> >> windoze
>> >> box.
>> >> I have installed the drivers for this modem, eciadsl, and configured 
>> >> it
>> >> for
>> >> my modem and AOL but I can not get it to work.
>> >> I have looked on the net and found that I need a module called n_hdlc 
>> >> in
>> >> order to get this to work, the standard FC5 does not have this module.
>> >
>> > It's in the 2.6.16-1.2122_FC5 kernel though. Try downloading and
>> > installing that update. Much easier than recompiling the kernel
>> > yourself.
>> >
>> > Paul.
>> >
>>
>> Thanks for the help Paul.
>>
>> I have downloaded and installed the 2.6.16-1.2122_FC5 kernal update but
>> unfornatunatly this does not solve the problem.  The eciadsl-doctor 
>> program
>> still shows that the n_hdlc module is not found, it also reports that I 
>> am
>> using the 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 kernal, how can this be when I have just
>> installed the updated kernal with no problems?  Am I missing something?
>
> You won't be using the 2.6.16-1.2122_FC5 kernel until you've rebooted.
>
> Paul,

I have rebooted a couple of times plus the computer was off overnight!

Thanks,
Garry