Re: (clug-talk) Knoppix

Myles Green Fri, 03 Jan 2003 07:17:01 -0800

People, please, please.... HTML is for web pages and plain old ASCII 
belongs in email. I have to switch from my usual client (Mutt) to Kmail 
(or worse) just to read these... and so early in my morning too ;-)


Not picking on you in specific Dan, it's just that it was about the 4th 
one I encountered already today.

/me climbs back under my rock

Myles

Dan Graham wrote:
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> <big><big>Hi Dave,<br>
> <br>
> It sounds like it has not detected or setup the lan card properly.
> You could do a few things to help us determine the trouble.<br>
> 1. Get into a Knoppix root concole by keying Ctrl-Alt-F3. <br>
> 2. Enter the command ifconfig to see how eht0 "your Lan card" is
> configured. It should appear something like this:</big></big><br>
> <br>
> <br>
> [root@dan dan]# ifconfig<br>
> eth0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Link encap:Ethernet&nbsp; HWaddr
> 00:E0:7D:D8:0B:26<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; inet
> addr:192.168.1.11&nbsp; Bcast:192.168.1.255&nbsp;
> Mask:255.255.255.0<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; UP BROADCAST
> NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST&nbsp; MTU:1500&nbsp; Metric:1<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; RX
> packets:33573 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TX
> packets:36358 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; collisions:23
> txqueuelen:100<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; RX
> bytes:34913172 (33.2 Mb)&nbsp; TX bytes:4820249 (4.5 Mb)<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interrupt:11
> Base address:0xa000<br> <br>
> lo&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Link encap:Local
> Loopback<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
> inet addr:127.0.0.1&nbsp; Mask:255.0.0.0<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; UP LOOPBACK
> RUNNING&nbsp; MTU:16436&nbsp; Metric:1<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; RX
> packets:2586 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TX
> packets:2586 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; collisions:0
> txqueuelen:0<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; RX
> bytes:138424 (135.1 Kb)&nbsp; TX bytes:138424 (135.1 Kb)<br> <br>
> <big><big>2. If eth0 does not appear in the lineup we'll have to run
> the command lsmod which will render something like this:<br>
> </big></big><br>
> [root@dan dan]# lsmod<br>
> Module&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb
>sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Size&nbsp; Used
> by&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tainted: P<br>
> binfmt_misc&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs
>p;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5696&nbsp;&nbsp; 1<br>
> parport_pc&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp
>;&nbsp;&nbsp; 21672&nbsp;&nbsp; 1&nbsp; (autoclean)<br>
> lp&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&
>nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
> 6720&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; (autoclean)<br>
> parport&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n
>bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 23936&nbsp;&nbsp; 1&nbsp; (autoclean)
> [parport_pc lp]<br>
> agpgart&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n
>bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 31840&nbsp;&nbsp; 3&nbsp; (autoclean)<br>
> NVdriver&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&
>nbsp;&nbsp; 1065920&nbsp; 10&nbsp; (autoclean)<br>
> sr_mod&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb
>sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 15096&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;
> (autoclean) (unused)<br>
> floppy&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb
>sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 49340&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;
> (autoclean)<br>
> snd-seq-midi&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb
>sp;&nbsp; 3680&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; (autoclean) (unused)<br>
> snd-emu10k1-synth&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
> 4220&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; (autoclean) (unused)<br>
> snd-emux-synth&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
> 25532&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; (autoclean) [snd-emu10k1-synth]<br>
> snd-seq-midi-emul&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
> 4880&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; (autoclean) [snd-emux-synth]<br>
> snd-seq-virmidi&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
> 2888&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; (autoclean) [snd-emux-synth]<br>
> snd-seq-oss&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs
>p;&nbsp; 26176&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; (unused)<br>
> snd-seq-midi-event&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3208&nbsp;&nbsp;
> 0&nbsp; [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-virmidi snd-seq-oss]<br>
> snd-seq&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n
>bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 33264&nbsp;&nbsp; 2&nbsp; [snd-seq-midi
> snd-emux-synth snd-seq-midi-emul snd-seq-virmidi snd-seq-oss
> snd-seq-midi-event]<br>
> snd-pcm-oss&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs
>p;&nbsp; 36932&nbsp;&nbsp; 0<br>
> snd-mixer-oss&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n
>bsp; 9016&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; [snd-pcm-oss]<br>
> snd-emu10k1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs
>p;&nbsp; 56592&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; [snd-emu10k1-synth]<br>
> snd-pcm&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n
>bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 55808&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; [snd-pcm-oss
> snd-emu10k1]<br>
> snd-timer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 9964&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; [snd-seq
> snd-pcm]<br>
> snd-util-mem&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb
>sp;&nbsp; 1280&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; [snd-emux-synth snd-emu10k1]<br>
> snd-rawmidi&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs
>p;&nbsp; 12864&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-virmidi
> snd-emu10k1]<br>
> snd-seq-device&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
> 3836&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; [snd-seq-midi snd-emu10k1-synth
> snd-emux-synth snd-seq-oss snd-seq snd-emu10k1 snd-rawmidi]<br>
> snd-ac97-codec&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
> 25508&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; [snd-emu10k1]<br>
> snd-hwdep&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3840&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; [snd-emu10k1]<br>
> snd&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 24804&nbsp;&nbsp;
> 0&nbsp; [snd-seq-midi snd-emux-synth snd-seq-virmidi snd-seq-oss
> snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-emu10k1
> snd-pcm snd-timer snd-util-mem snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device
> snd-ac97-codec snd-hwdep]<br>
> soundcore&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3780&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; [snd]<br>
> nfsd&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp
>;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 66576&nbsp;&nbsp; 8&nbsp;
> (autoclean)<br>
> lockd&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs
>p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 46480&nbsp;&nbsp; 1&nbsp;
> (autoclean) [nfsd]<br>
> sunrpc&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb
>sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 60188&nbsp;&nbsp; 1&nbsp;
> (autoclean) [nfsd lockd]<br>
> af_packet&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 13000&nbsp;&nbsp; 1&nbsp; (autoclean)<br>
> ip_vs&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs
>p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 74328&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;
> (autoclean)<br>
> 8139too&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n
>bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 14472&nbsp;&nbsp; 1&nbsp; (autoclean)<br>
> mii&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
> 1152&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; (autoclean) [8139too]<br>
> supermount&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp
>;&nbsp;&nbsp; 14340&nbsp;&nbsp; 3&nbsp; (autoclean)<br>
> ext3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp
>;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 73736&nbsp;&nbsp; 3&nbsp;
> (autoclean)<br>
> jbd&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 38608&nbsp;&nbsp;
> 3&nbsp; (autoclean) [ext3]<br>
> ide-cd&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb
>sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 28712&nbsp;&nbsp; 0<br>
> cdrom&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs
>p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 26848&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;
> [sr_mod ide-cd]<br>
> ide-scsi&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&
>nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 8212&nbsp;&nbsp; 0<br>
> scsi_mod&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&
>nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 90372&nbsp;&nbsp; 2&nbsp; [sr_mod
> ide-scsi]<br>
> usb-uhci&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&
>nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 21676&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; (unused)<br>
> usbcore&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n
>bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 58304&nbsp;&nbsp; 1&nbsp; [usb-uhci]<br>
> rtc&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
> 6560&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; (autoclean)<br>
> reiserfs&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&
>nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 169776&nbsp;&nbsp; 1<br> [root@dan dan]#<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <big><big>When you have completed this, please jot down the names of
> the modules and post this back to us on the board.<br>
> <br>
> Thanx, Dan<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> </big></big><br>
> <br>
> Dave Bourassa wrote:<br>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite="[EMAIL PROTECTED]">Hi
> Chris, <br> <br>
> Thanx 4 the reply and the info.&nbsp; Yeah, when the knoppix cd is
> not in the drive and it boots normally into Windows ME (ugh), it has
> no problem  getting on the net.&nbsp; It's only when we boot it off
> the knoppix cd that  we can't get access.&nbsp; I tried obvious url's
> like <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
> href="http://www.microsoft.com";>www.microsoft.com</a> etc  and no
> luck.&nbsp; If the trouble was in the windows platform I'd know what 
> to do, but I'm still really green when it comes to linux.&nbsp; I
> didn't try  a ping or anything, because it was my impression that it
> was just not  going to work as the connection failure I suspected was
> in the  recognizing the adsl modem and I didn't know where to start
> with trouble  shooting it.&nbsp; I probably won't be able to get any
> more work done on  this, as they live out of town, and therefore it
> becomes too cumbersome  to try to solve it, but If I had some ideas
> as to where to look for the  next time I was out there, that would
> help. <br> <br>
> Thanx for the response, and Happy New Year to all. <br>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>- <br> Chris Wallace wrote: <br>
>   <blockquote type="cite">Hi Dave, <br>
>  <br>
> The only real proviso with Telus is that you have to "register" the
> MAC <br> of the connecting machine with their silly little service
> (you receive a <br> private class A address until this is completed.
> <br>
>  <br>
> Of course, I'm assuming that this was previously done in windows from
> <br> the sounds of it, so that would leave basic IP
> troubleshooting...i.e. <br> can you obtain a public IP addy from
> DHCP? Can you ping the gateway?  Can you ping a known internet host
> by IP or FQDN?, etc. <br>
>  <br>
> I've got Telus DSL service and have had no probs with getting on-line
> <br> with Knoppix, so it's not the distro ;-) <br>
>  <br>
> Best of luck with it. <br>
>  <br>
> Regards, <br>
>  <br>
> Chris <br>
>   </blockquote>
> </blockquote>
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Myles Green
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