techMonday, January 24, 2005
More fun with Linux networking
Broke my network again. Fixed it by editing one configuration file (two lines). I accidentally replaced my net config file durring an update - my fault, not the update software's. It would have been fine if I had a dhcp client installed, but I don't 'cause I don't like using dhcp. I'm static all the way, baby!
Messed up my xorg.conf file and had to fix it as well. Just one line and I knew which one right away from reading the output from the failed startx command.
I also broke some libraries required for qiv and mplayer. Fixed them - it took a bit longer because I had actually unintsalled them and had to recompile.
The only reason I found config errors is because I rebooted after trying to fix the libraries. It didn't do me any good to reboot and I didn't have to reboot to fix it. It must be some residual instict from the old days with Windows. My uptime was like 3 days and I could be going on 4 if I hadn't needlessly rebooted.
I'm going to keep track of my uptime and post it here every once in a while.
current uptime: 3 hours, 53 minutes.
Messed up my xorg.conf file and had to fix it as well. Just one line and I knew which one right away from reading the output from the failed startx command.
I also broke some libraries required for qiv and mplayer. Fixed them - it took a bit longer because I had actually unintsalled them and had to recompile.
The only reason I found config errors is because I rebooted after trying to fix the libraries. It didn't do me any good to reboot and I didn't have to reboot to fix it. It must be some residual instict from the old days with Windows. My uptime was like 3 days and I could be going on 4 if I hadn't needlessly rebooted.
I'm going to keep track of my uptime and post it here every once in a while.
current uptime: 3 hours, 53 minutes.
