Re: [Gumstix-users] New to linux and need some help getting started

[Dave H. <dhy...@gm...>]

HI Marques,

On 1/9/07, marques rasmussen <mar...@ya...> wrote:
> Here is what I get when I checked ifconfig on my host computer I got this:
>
> linux-iaxn:~ # ifconfig -a
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0F:B0:61:A2:A3
>           inet addr:169.254.164.127  Bcast:169.254.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0

So when you did:

ssh root@169.254.164.127

you actually trying to run ssh into your host machine, and not into
the gumstix (since you used the IP address of the host machine and not
of the gumstix).

> When I tried to check it on the gumstix I wasnt sure how to do it so I tried
> this:
>
> linux-iaxn:~ # ifconfig root@169.254.164.127
> root@169.254.16: error fetching interface information: Device not found

You would need to have serial port access so you can run the command
on the gumstix itself.

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Dave Hylands
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