Yast vs firefox web access via modem
- From: baconeggsandspam@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: 8 Sep 2006 06:32:54 -0700
Hello all, I wonder whether the solution to my problem is obvious to
anybody --
I only have a winmodem in my machine, so under linux I have to access
the internet via my Apple airport modem. I instruct the Airport to
dial-up from my Mac, and once connected my SuSE 9.3 Linux box is
connected to the airport via ethernet through a splitter.
I have in the past been able to download email to my linux box from a
server through this routing (although I've intentionally disabled it),
and I am able to ping from the command line and access the web through
firefox. I am unable, however, to successfully specify a mirror as a
software source under Yast trying both http and ftp protocols with
appropriate mirrors. I know the syntax can be very fussy, and I've
permuted every possibility I can think of (e.g. regarding forward
slashes or not in the installation directory, and looking up the IP
address for the mirror and using it instead of depending on DNS). I'm
stuck, but desperately need to update some packages on my machine
before I can install third party software, as some things were
apparently missed the first time around (e.g. "gtk-config").
Does anybody have any ideas?
Regards
.
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