On Sun, Sep 17, 2000 at 09:55:42PM +1100, Glenn McGrath wrote: > Im trying to get my network setup, my rtl8139 card is detected on > bootup, i have tried setting up a translator by doing > > settrans -fg /servers/socket/2 /hurd/pfinet --interfaces=eth0 > --address=192.168.1.3 --gateway=192.168.1.1 --netmask=255.255.255.0 > > When i run this command it takes me directly back to the command prompt, > no message to say if it did or didnt do anything, when i do a ps aux > there is mention of /hurd/pflocal, but no mention of /hurd pfinet, > should there be ?
No, it is started dynamically on request. What you did with settrans is to install a passive translator, which is justa string in the inode (eh, a pointer to a block with a string of course). The inode you wrote it in is /servers/socket/2, and the string you wrote is: /hurd/pfinet --interfaces=eth0 etc etc On the first access of /servers/socket/2 (for example, stat or open), glibc will start the translator with the given arguments (/hurd/pfinet ...) and forwards the file operations to the translator, which can process them. As writing the translator setting is fast, it returns immediately. As you didn't access /servers/socket/2, it doesn't show up in the process table. The -a option Neal suggested sets the active translator, which just means to start up the translator immediately, not writing the string in the inode. -ap does both (active and passive). -fg just "forces" any old translators to "go away". > if i try and ping 127.0.0.1 i get the error message "ping: socket: > translator died", i assume i can giveup trying to get eth0 working > untill i can get localhost working. You can for example check if pfinet accepted all your arguments by running it directly: /hurd/pfinet --interfaces=eth0 ... /hurd/pfinet: --interfaces: unrecognized option (see /hurd/pfinet --help) But if it says "Must be started as translator" all is well so far. If it still dies, run it as -a as Neal suggested to see other error messages. > Is there any way to get more info on what translators are doing (or not > doing) apart from ps ? Yes. You can manipulate a running translator with "fsysopts". (from memory, so probably a bit wrong) $ fsysopts / /hurd/ext2fs /dev/hdc6 --readonly --sync=5 $ fsysopts / --writable $ fsysopts / /hurd/ext2fs /dev/hdc6 --writable --sync=5 etc. There is also showtrans to check for translators. > On the bright side i had a go at compiling busybox (used by > boot-floppies, busybox.lineo.com) i think most of them will work without > much effort at all. Great. I didn't find a Debian package for it, is it included in boot-floppies? Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org Check Key server Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org for public PGP Key [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
