Re: [aclug-L] Very confused computer

[JOHNSTONE JEREMY S <jsjohnst@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

First of all use ppp not minicom. Second of all when using minicom and you
want to get a file. Type (on remote prompt) sz <filename> which means send
using zmodem, then minicom will automatically start dling it for you. 

On Fri, 11 Sep 1998, Cheez-Czar wrote:

> 
> 
> On Fri, 11 Sep 1998, Wayne White wrote:
> 
> > Anyway, here's what went on. Logged into a shell on onyx, my
> > prompt was "[Wayne@localhost Wayne]"When I started. I ftp'd to 
> > the Netscape site and got the file down to /var/tmp on onyx. At 
> > that point I didn't know how to get it into my machine. I knew it 
> > would involve the use of zmodem, but after that I was guessing. I 
> 
> When I was on southwind through and I d/l a file with lynx it gave me the
> option to "download with zmodem" after chosing that it automatically
> started d/l .
> 
> 
> 
> > tried several things that didn't work. Then I thought, hey,
> > let's suspend minicom and see if we stay connected to onyx.
> 
> Why were you connected via minicom instead of ppp? If you were you could
> ftp netscape directly from netscape's ftp site.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > I
> > did. Then it had me by the short ones. I couldn't download the
> > file. I couldn't escape onyx. I couldn't restart minicom. Well,
> > you guessed it, the three finger fix. 
> 
> a better thing to try :
> 
> ps -x         #to find the pid of minicom     
> kill -9 <pid>
> 
> if that didn't work do a 
> 
> shutdown -r now 
> 
> which will reboot your computer after shutting everything down correctly.
> Not doing it that can hose a partition or worse.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> During the reboot I heard 
> > the modem drop the connection. When the reboot was done my
> > prompt was "[Wayne@Southwind Wayne]$". I'm not sure if the "$"
> > was in the original "localhost" prompt or not. My guess is that 
> > when I suspended minicom I became like another terminal on onyx,
> > so when I rebooted it came back to the last host it had known.
> > 
> > So, that's the story of how my Linux box became Southwind. Now,
> > the question is, how do I once again become "localhost"? I know
> > that if I were to reinstall Linux it would fix it. However, I
> > would rather not do that. I am thinking that learning how to 
> > change the name of your computer might be a good lesson, and I
> > was never to fond of the appellation "localhost" anyway.
> 
> the name of your machine is in /etc/hostname so something like
> echo 'WaynesWorld' > /etc/hostname should change it.
> 
> (of course you could bring up vi or some editor to change this, but allut
> that takes to long :) )
> 
> 
> > 
> > Anyone care to offer some instruction on where I went wrong, 
> > how to fix it and/or what I should have done instead?
> 
> We'll I've added my 2cents, but take it with a grain of salt, because I
> can't even get my kernel to compile and boot.
> 
> Clint
> 
> +------------------------------------------------------+
> | The Cheez-Czar  http://www.cs.twsu.edu/~cabrubak     |
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Due to technical difficulties, my normally scheduled signature has been
> replaced with Folger's Crystals.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> ---
> This is the Air Capitol Linux Users Group discussion list.  If you
> want to unsubscribe, send the word "unsubscribe" to
> aclug-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx.  If you want to post to the list, send your
> message to aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx.
> 

---
This is the Air Capitol Linux Users Group discussion list.  If you
want to unsubscribe, send the word "unsubscribe" to
aclug-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx.  If you want to post to the list, send your
message to aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx.