Networking :: open ports

Hello cbagger01

Thank you for the info - I'm just waiting for my router to be installed (well, for the phone line to be upgraded to an adsl capable exchange really) and then I will be giving DSL a shot - one thing I'd like to ask, tho' not a network issue:

Where do I set the parameters for the wheel of my mouse - there's no xorg.conf or similar that I can see in DSL and I need to set the usual "4 5" to activate the wheel.

Cheers - Gray

You can either set it by doing the following:

Boot with the

dsl xsetup

cheatcode and say yes to IMPS2 mouse,

or exit the Window manager (not "Shutdown", just exit window manager) and then type:

xsetup.sh

and answer the prompts.

Then type

startx

to resume graphical mode.

thanks cbagger01 - guess I'm used to looking for text files to edit

Gray

Quote (doobit @ Dec. 26 2005,15:13)

I've been playing around with firestarter, but not on DSL because it doesn't need it. Still, firestarter is Debian packaged so you can apt-get it with a hard drive install of DSL, or you can compile it from the source code. It's a pretty cool firewall to use if you are going to use samba, or some other sharing utility.

I am Linux Newbie. Firestarter looks like a nice firewall to try. Can you give me detail instruction on how to use apt-get to get the firewall and install it?

I am a beginer linux learner. Thanks in advance.

Quote (roberts @ Dec. 25 2005,12:46)

I have already covered port 68.
Port 68 is needed for obtaining IP via dhcp.

I have to boot using dhcp.

How could I configure to turn it off, after dhcp has done it's thing?

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