Re: Network Manager dies, OpenServer 5.0.4

From: Dennis Mood (dmood_at_diamatrix.net)
Date: 07/09/03


Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 11:23:49 -0400


"Brandon Nuttall" <b.nuttall@vanderbilt.edu> wrote in message
news:3722dbb7.0307090655.7bce967@posting.google.com...
> Greetings.
>
> I am trying to get an OpenServer 5.0.4 machine to connect to the
> Internet through an existing gateway (a Hawking router w/DHCP) rather
> than through its own dedicated modem. The documentation says I should
> be able to change these settings through the Network Configuration
> Manager; I can successfully start the manager, but when I try to
> modify the driver settings in my network card's chain it fails with
> the following error message:
>
> prompter(SendRequest): BackEnd script died
> Error in /opt/K/SCO/tcp/2.1.1Eb/usr/lib/tcprt/bin/sco_tcp.BE
> Press Enter to continue
>
> Can I change the gateway and DHCP settings for this interface without
> restoring the system or using the network manager in any way?
> Restoring this file from backups is possible but inconvenient.
>
> Thank you,
> Brandon Nuttall

I don't have 5.0.4, but on 5.0.6 I might try editing /etc/rc2.d/S85tcp
directly (back it up first).
Not exactly an official procedure...but it may help. Just an idea...



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