Telnet installation was broken in the official Fedora 2 release. Bill figured out a fix and applied it to the Speakup Modified, but that fix only wnet in sometime last week. Therefore, if you don't have the latest Speakup Modified release, you'll get exactly what you report. Please check your time-stamps. Perhaps you should rsync? The file list should look like this: -rw-rw-r-- 1 wacker users 522049536 Jun 7 15:04 FC2-i386-SRPMS-disc1.iso -rw-rw-r-- 1 wacker users 522375168 Jun 7 15:05 FC2-i386-SRPMS-disc2.iso -rw-rw-r-- 1 wacker users 522143744 Jun 7 15:07 FC2-i386-SRPMS-disc3.iso -rw-rw-r-- 1 wacker users 522108928 Jun 7 15:08 FC2-i386-SRPMS-disc4.iso -rw-rw-r-- 1 wacker users 668184576 Jun 7 14:59 FC2-i386-disc1.iso -rw-rw-r-- 1 wacker users 665788416 Jun 7 15:01 FC2-i386-disc2.iso -rw-rw-r-- 1 wacker users 668565504 Jun 7 15:03 FC2-i386-disc3.iso -rw-rw-r-- 1 wacker users 205324288 Jun 7 15:03 FC2-i386-disc4.iso -rw-r--r-- 1 wacker users 448 Jun 7 15:11 MD5SUM -rw-r--r-- 1 wacker users 4186112 Jun 4 19:44 boot.iso -rw-r--r-- 1 wacker users 79579136 Jun 4 19:59 rescuecd.iso Jacob Schmude writes: > Hi > OK, the installer runs, but I can't connect to it. Here's what I get the first time I try to telnet into the IP > it's using: > Trying 192.168.1.102... > Connected to 192.168.1.102. > Escape character is '^]'. > Connection closed by foreign host. > and if I try again after that I get a simple connection refused message. I'm trying to telnet in through my linux > desktop using the standard telnet command. What am I missing? This s a DHCP-supplied IP, if I give it an IP manually and > try to telnet in it just hangs there indefinitely. I even tried running nmap on it and it appears that *all* ports are > closed. Do I need to configure a something in my router, a port forward to forward the telnet port, perhaps? > On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 04:07:54PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > Get the Speakup Modified Fedora Distribution. At the boot> prompt supply: > > > > text telnet > > > > if you're plugged into a source of dhcp addresses. Else do something like: > > > > text telnet ip=123.456.789.012 netmask=255.255.255.0 > > > > Jacob Schmude writes: > > > Hi all > > > Just got a new laptop that I'd like to install FC2 on. Problem is, > > > it doesn't have any serial ports--they're getting harder to find by the > > > day. I remember a while back it was discussed that RH9 could be installed > > > via telnet. Is this possible with FC2 and if so how would I go about it? > > > Everything in this laptop is linux compatible, so getting the network > > > adapter up and running isn't going to be an issue, so I'd like to install > > > FC2 this way if the option is available. If not, I'll use a kickstart > > > file, though I'd rather not. > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup > > Free Standards Group (FSG) > > > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
