Linux-Networking Digest #913, Volume #9 Sun, 17 Jan 99 16:13:58 EST
Contents:
Re: Connect without hub (Rob Wiltbank)
DOES LINUX SUCK
Re: Connect without hub (Tom Hogevoll)
Re: Re: PAP/manual login?? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Winmodem (Matt Kressel)
Re: hostname killed eth0 ! (Juergen Heinzl)
Re: PPP/SLIP/Null Modem Connection Help (Brian McCauley)
Help with Firewall FWTK2.0 on REDHAT 5.1 ("Mike")
Re: Win98 home dir on linux box (Reinder)
Re: DOES LINUX SUCK (Matthias Warkus)
Re: This is Linux, not Windows, so why not superior flexibility AND idiot-friendly?
(Alexander Viro)
Re: SOS SOS SOS HELP HELP HELP SOS SOS SOS (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: This is Linux, not Windows, so why not superior flexibility AND idiot-friendly?
(Alexander Viro)
Re: Linux-Linux networking problem (another symptom!) (Jesse Hughes)
RedHat Linux 5.2 and Xircom CE3B eth card (Neal Magee)
Re: This is Linux, not Windows, so why not superior flexibility AND idiot-friendly?
(John Hasler)
Re: How do I deny ip packets? (Luca Filipozzi)
request-route file not working!! ("Paul Harper")
Help: Cannot connect to ISP form command line ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Howto go from Redhat 5.1 to 5.2? ("Mike")
Re: DOES LINUX SUCK (David M. Cook)
Linux Red Hat Newbie! Internet Dial-up ("Nausherwan I. Malik")
Re: When I'm online, my hard drive makes noise... (Enno Middelberg)
Re: traceroute is using the wrong interface (L J Bayuk)
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From: Rob Wiltbank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.win95
Subject: Re: Connect without hub
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 14:20:14 +0000
Jan wrote:
> All is standardized nothing to my knowledge that prevents this from working.
>
> >However, I would like to know the following points:
> > (1) Will there be any degradation in performance or stability if
> > I do not use a hub?
No, a hub is designed to to take packets and distribute them as best as
is can to their destination. You're more likely to have packets collide
on a peer to peer than through a hub.
>
> > (2) Will there be any danger in connecting 10 Mb only (Sparc) directly
> > to 10/100 Mb (PC) with a crossover cable?
>
Nope. The cable sends packets, whether they be ethernet or ring packets,
they're all the same on every machine -- it's a standardized protocol.
> > (3) Will there be any other problems if I use a crossover cable
> > without a hub?
>
If you use a crossover cable WITH a hub, then you'd definitely have problems.
Crossover cable is basically made to do a peer to peer connection with another
machine via RJ-45.
> >
> >I would appreciate any help, comment, or pointer related to this subject.
> >Thanks in advance.
> >
> >---------
> >Mike
> >
Rob
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,linux.redhat.install
Subject: DOES LINUX SUCK
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 13:05:37 -0500
Reply-To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I know this questions is highly debated.
But consider this,
I've got a generic un-modified RedHat 5.2 install,
with a supported PCMCIA card from 3com, a 3CXEM556B.
Now after 2 full days of work, and countless emails to and from helpful
folks, including the gentlemen who maintains the PCMCIA page, the darn
thing still doesn't work.
On the other hand, the install under WINDOWS 95 to about 2 mins, and
Everything Worked !!
Now I'm no fan of MicroSquissy, but I've never had a supported product be
this difficult to
get to work under WINDOWS. In fact I do tech support for a huge UNIX shop,
and I've never seen this
much grief.
More to the point, there's Hundreds of folks with similar problems ( Go to
www.dejanews.com - Do a search
for "LINUX tcgetattr" )
With this kind of problems, on a stable release of the O/S, with a supported
product, it makes me really wonder
"Does LINUX SUCK ?"
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From: Tom Hogevoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.win95
Subject: Re: Connect without hub
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 14:04:39 -0500
If you have a RJ-45 crimper it is very easy to make a cross-over cable. If not
they are available commercially.
10/100Base-T use only two pairs (four conductors) and pins 1, 2, 3 and 6. A
straight cable connects 1 to 1, 2 to 2, 3 to 3 and 6 to 6. A crossover cable
connects 1 to 3, 2 to 6, 3 to 1 and 6 to 2.
If you hold a RJ-45 cable so that the metal contacts are facing up and the
clip is on the bottom then the pin numbering is as follows:
___________________
|_______8 |
|_______7 |
|_______6 |_________________________________
|_______5
|_______4
|_______3 _________________________________
|_______2 |
|_______1 |
|___________________|
I believe that there is a minimum cable length though. I think it is one meter
or some such. In any event even though your machines are only two feet apart
you should still make a longer cable than that, at least five or six feet.
For such a short distance you could almost get away with regular four
conductor telephone wire. The need for cat3 with 10 baseT and cat 5 for 100
baseT is based upon getting the signal down 100 meters of cable, but cat 5
cable is inexpensive enough at about 10 to 15 cents per foot. You can get it
for even less if you buy 1000 feet at a time.
Mike Humski wrote:
> I am planning to connect the following two machines with ethernet
> without using a hub.
>
> These machines are only two feet apart.
> I heard it is possible to directly connect two machines with
> ethernet cards if you use a crossover 10 baseT cable.
>
> But I would like to make sure it is really possible in my case,
> since I have no experience in setting up an ethernet connection.
>
> There is no possibility to add another platform in the future,
> hence no need to use a hub.
Hubs are very inexpensive now days though. NetGear has a nice 4 port hub for
$35. You can spend less that that at a Market Pro computer show if you are
willing to accept a really off the wall brand.
> However, I would like to know the following points:
> (1) Will there be any degradation in performance or stability if
> I do not use a hub?
NO
> (2) Will there be any danger in connecting 10 Mb only (Sparc) directly
> to 10/100 Mb (PC) with a crossover cable?
NO
> (3) Will there be any other problems if I use a crossover cable
> without a hub?
NO
I have run a two subnet network at home for many months where one subnet
consisted of only a crossover cable between one of my PCs and and the server.
The other subnet has two hubs in it, one in the basement and one upstairs for
network distribution. It all works very well. I may be upgrading to a 10/100
auto sensing switch so that I can have all the machines on the same subnet and
I can do away with having two network cards in my server and no longer need to
route through the server plus I get back a network card to use in another
machine with buying another one.
Any way, good luck with your "network."
Tom
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Re: PAP/manual login??
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 16:02:40 GMT
Brian McCauley wrote in message ...
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>> Then it notifies me (tailing /var/log/messages) that it can't get a
remote
>> ip address.
>
>In that case you appear to have got past the authentication stage.
Yep
>This means you login twice? That is possible but definitely unusual.
>Have you tried going straight to PPP immediately after you get the
>modem "CONNECT" message without sending _any_ characters to the annex
>first?
No, I'm not sure actually, but what you say might work... now how do I do it
(forgive a newbie)
>It is no different from one where you don't start ppp manually -
>execpt, of course, that the chatscript starts ppp.
>
>Check the debug log. Does the other end ask that you should use PAP?
No, but the sysadmin **thinks** I should
I would definitely appreciate a little help on trying to start ppp
immediately?
what do I start? pppd? how?
Forest....
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
From: Matt Kressel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Winmodem
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 18:24:32 GMT
Bounty Hunter wrote:
>
> On Thu, 29 Oct 1998 11:24:00 -0500, Shenzhi Yang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > I got a Winmodem in my computer. So, is there anyway to make in
> >working in Linux? If not, any recommendation for a modem that can work
> >in Linux?
> > Thanks for any response.
>
> I am looking right now at a package called isapnptools.
> It says that it will work with the newer win-type modems.
> Be advised though, some hacking is required! This package will help
> you get started though.
>
> Steve
isapnptools works with ISA plug and play devices but NOT winmodems.
winmodems are modems that are controlled by your computer and not the
modem itself. Inherently, a stupid idea IMHO since this leaves less CPU
cycles for other tasks. A hardware device should take away from the
CPU, not add to it.
Conclusion: STAY AWAY FROM WINMODEMS !
-Matt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl)
Subject: Re: hostname killed eth0 !
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 15:01:13 GMT
In article <9Hio2.20$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, loomi wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I have spent the weekend setting up rh5.2, gnome, e and networking and
>finally had everything running well.
... nothing better to do, eh ...
>
>Finally I decided that I no longer liked my host name and wanted to change
>it. I issued a 'hostname moonraker' from within Eterm and then rebooted. BIG
>mistake, I no longer have an eth0 !!
... bad, though if hostname was that your hostname binary must not be
from this world, so ...
>Running netcfg show eth0, and /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
>looks correct but if I ping eth0 IP I get network unreachable. I assume that
>'hostname must have screwed something up as all was working beforehand.
... see your scripts and the files /etc/hosts and /etc/host. For instance
on my machines hostname -f is called, then /etc/hosts gets read and using
the IP address there the network interface is configured.
If it works @ you somewhat like here assume your /etc/host reads ...
nano.hard.com
... and in /etc/hosts there is no entry like that ... no IP address ...
no network ... voila, it does not work 8)
Since those distributions do a lot behind your back you might do a
grep hostname /etc/init.d/* and take a closer look. Might be of interest
anyway, just so you get to know what is going on in general.
BTW, use a FQDN, say genius.brain.org or something like that for
a networked machine.
Good luck,
Juergen
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From: Brian McCauley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP/SLIP/Null Modem Connection Help
Date: 17 Jan 1999 14:57:13 +0000
Rob van der Putten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Most null modem cables are no good. This is how it should be wired;
>
> RXD--------\ /--------RXD
> X
> TXD--------/ \--------TXD
>
> RTS--------\ /--------RTS
> X
> CTS--------/ \--------CTS
>
> DTR--------\ /--------DTR
> X
> DSR--*-----/ \-----*--DSR
> | |
> DCD--+ +--DCD
>
> GND---------------------GND
That looks like a standard null-modem cable to me. What do "most"
look like then?
> The screen of the cable should be connected (soldered) to the connector
> shell at both ends of the cable.
Both? I thought that was not recommeded. (Words like earth-loop
spring to mind).
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From: "Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help with Firewall FWTK2.0 on REDHAT 5.1
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 14:45:00 -0500
I am having problems compiling firewall tool kit 2.0 on redhat 5.1, kernel
2.0.34. For one it says I am missing intrinsic.o from the X11 grouping to
get x-gw to compile. Also, adding in the auth portion at compile (make),
gets errors in resolving crypt for pass.o. How do I fix this???
Any help is appreciated,
Mike
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From: Reinder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Win98 home dir on linux box
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 19:52:48 +0000
"Johnny P." wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering how I can map a directory on my linux box to h: drive on
> my win98 box...
>
> I have TCP/IP running with static IPs in 192.168.1.x IP pool. My win98
> user account (windows client network login) is enabled on the linux box
> and the home directory has been set up on the linux box...
>
> thanks,
>
> johnny p.
Sorry, thought you wanted to make a directory on your linux machine point
to H drive on
your windows box instead of the other way around.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: DOES LINUX SUCK
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 20:37:41 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was the Sun, 17 Jan 1999 13:05:37 -0500...
..and [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> With this kind of problems, on a stable release of the O/S, with a supported
> product, it makes me really wonder
> "Does LINUX SUCK ?"
I think the folks who wrote mutt and SIAG Office will agree with me when I
say:
Yes, it sucks. But it just sucks less.
mawa
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alexander Viro)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.powerpc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: This is Linux, not Windows, so why not superior flexibility AND
idiot-friendly?
Date: 17 Jan 1999 11:32:34 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I was suggesting to the person who said to write your own grep that he try
>using it on Word documents.
John, excuse me, but it's an idiocy. It's not a work for grep and we both know
it very well. And no, I'm not advocating Windows. Word's format is weird and
ugly and I don't see what relevance it has to search for regular expressions.
*If* you have some strange reason to deal with Word turdlets - though luck.
<weird speculation>
Probably piping the output of Word->ASCII convertor (I've heard there are such
beasts) to grep might be used if you are *really* pressed.
</weird speculation>
We also *both* know that asking whether one CAN grep on <substitute a system>
is asking whether one can count lines in a file. Yes, if you have read() and
write() you can write *any* filter, and grep is a simple one. That's what I
replied to and I don't know how it could be misparsed. You managed <shrug>
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"Here's a nickel, kid. Get yourself a better computer" - Dilbert.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: SOS SOS SOS HELP HELP HELP SOS SOS SOS
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 15:48:34 GMT
"CRASH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
>System is 560 KB
>System is too big
>Make [1]:***[zImage] Error 1
>Make [1]:Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.0.30/arch/i386/boot'
>Make :***[zImage] Error 2 "
[...]
>CAN ANYONE GIVE ME A CLUE WHAT IS GOING ON. I BADLY WANT TO USE LINUX AND
>REMOVE WINDOW95 FROM MY SYSTEM.
You didn't read the "Changes" part in /usr/src/linux/Documentation .
Your present kernel is indeed too big (too many drivers compiled in),
so "make zImage" fails. Do a "make bzImage" instead.
Michael
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alexander Viro)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.powerpc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: This is Linux, not Windows, so why not superior flexibility AND
idiot-friendly?
Date: 17 Jan 1999 11:18:31 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Allan Olesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>>*CAN* you grep in windows?
>
>Just for the record: This posting is not a MS
>defense/advocacy/criticism. I just want to eliminate the guessing
>here.
>
>Sorry for my Linux ignorance. My experience with Linux is one week
>old, so I may have misunderstood the purpose of grep. Grep is the
>function that can search several files for a text string, right?
grep "foo[0-9]*" bar.c baz.c quux.h
types all lines from said files containing 'foo' followed by any amount
of digits.
ps aux | grep netscape
will print all lines from the output of ps aux (i.e. list of all processes)
containing 'netscape' (good candidates for kill ;-).
gzip -dc big_list.gz | grep -e "\(Bill|William\) \+Gates" | sort >foo
will print out all lines from unpacked contents of big_list.gz that
mention BG, sort them and write into the file foo. (Mentions BG -- contains
(Bill or William)(1 or more spaces)(Gates)).
It's a standard UNIX tool, ported to hell and back (there are versions
for DOS, etc.), very flexible and convenient.
>You can do that in W95 too. It is part of the standard built-in file
>search function, which can search for file names, sizes, dates and
>text strings. But it cannot replace text strings (don't know if Linux
>grep can), and it cannot be used from a prompt instead of GUI (suppose
>that Linux grep can).
For replacement use sed. Example:
if the file foo contains
pen $10
knife $15
bottle $10
#That's Jim's
cigarettes $3.45
and you'll say
sed -e 's/\([a-z]\+\) \+\(.*\)/\2: \1/' <foo >bar
bar will contain
$10: pen
$15: knife
$10: bottle
#That's Jim's
$3.45: cigarettes
Translation: if the line starts from several (at least one) letters, followed
by several (at least one) space, followed by any characters replace it with
whatever went for 'any characters' (chunk #2), then :, then space, then
whatever went for 'several letters' (chunk #1). Sed can do more interesting
things, but that alone does more than your typical DOS editor does for
search/replace bit.
See man sed, man grep for all their glory. Regular expressions (way to describe
patterns) are *extremely* powerful and once you got the idea behind them
pretty straightforward.
>And Word97 docs (example used in another part of this thread) can be
>searched too, if you have Word97 installed.
Yes, but to do that you have to fire up Word and be at the keyboard. You can't
put it into the script and tell to execute it each midnight, mailing the
output to you. You can't ask the system scan through the news for your name
as soon as load will be low enough and put the list of postings into the
file for later viewing (some, erm, net.persons tend to do that, so mentioning
their names in vain may lead to interesting results ;-)
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From: Jesse Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux-Linux networking problem (another symptom!)
Date: 17 Jan 1999 11:41:16 -0500
Hey ho.
This problem is really odd. Recently, when I tried "arp -a
192.168.1.2" (from 192.168.1.1), it reported a hardware address of
00:00:00:00:00:00! This was while machine 2 was booted in Linux mode.
At the same time that arp was misreporting 2's address, a tcpdump on 2
showed that 1 was asking for spurious addresses -- that is,
arp who-has (meaningless address) tell 192.168.1.1
occurred repeatedly.
Once rebooted into win95, arp reports the correct hardware
address.
I don't know where to begin to look for answers. Any help is greatly
appreciated.
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Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 11:48:01 -0500
From: Neal Magee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RedHat Linux 5.2 and Xircom CE3B eth card
I'm sure this question is answered frequently, since I know
Xircom hasn't supported it's cards for linux, but I am looking
for the simplest, most straight-forward instructs for how to
get my CE3B-100BTX card running w/ my Linux 5.2. I'm pretty new
to this, so don't know how to do too much yet, but it would be
a worthy project to work towards. Thanks,
neal magee
syracuse university
(I posted this to comp.os.linux.setup as well)
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.powerpc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: This is Linux, not Windows, so why not superior flexibility AND
idiot-friendly?
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 14:14:17 GMT
Allan Olesen writes:
> Grep is the function that can search several files for a text string,
> right?
Wrong. Grep is a command that can search files or the standard input
for a regular expression.
> And Word97 docs (example used in another part of this thread) can be
> searched too, if you have Word97 installed.
I was suggesting to the person who said to write your own grep that he try
using it on Word documents.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Luca Filipozzi)
Subject: Re: How do I deny ip packets?
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 12:38:53 -0800
In article <LtDn2.4006$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> Say for example I wanted to deny access from my lan out to www.microsoft.com
> through my Linux router/server, I would add the following rule:
>
> ipfwadm -O -a deny -S 10.0.0.0/0 -D www.microsoft.com
You nearly got it. The netmask for 10.0.0.0 is 255.0.0.0 because
10.xxx.yyy.zzz is a class A network. In other words, the first eight bits
are set to 1 and the rest are set to zero (always count from most
significant bit to least significant [left to right]). So the command
should look like:
ipfwadm -O -a deny -S 10.0.0.0/8 -D www.microsoft.com
You may also want to use the -W option,
ipfwadm -0 -a deny -S 10.0.0.0/8 -D www.microsoft.com -W eth0
which says to apply this rule to outgoing (-O) packets on eth0 only.
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From: "Paul Harper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: request-route file not working!!
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 16:21:00 +0200
I have a linux machine set up as a modem-dial ppp server with
IP-masquerading. I'm trying to setup auto-dialling, and have read about it,
but my kernel simply doesn't invoke a /etc/request-route file. Do I need to
recompile or something? Any help.. Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Help: Cannot connect to ISP form command line
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 16:00:44 GMT
Hi all,
I have RedHat 5.1 installed on a PC and have managed to configure PPP using
the network configurator in Xwindows. I have Netscape and Lynx running in
Xwindows, but I would like to connect from the command line, to use Lynx
without X. I have Linux Under Cover manual from RedHat but unfortunately some
of the info in the HOWTOs does not seem to apply. I end up managing to
connect using minicom and pppd manually, but route -n only shows a single
entry (127.0.0.1) so Lynx will not work.
Can anyone please advise on how to start PPP from the command line? Since it
works in X, the config files must be OK and I should only need a command to
initiate whatever sequence does the trick in X.
Thanks all in advance
Neoklis Kyriazis My RiscOS Homepage: http://www.arcsite.de/hp/neoklis
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From: "Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Howto go from Redhat 5.1 to 5.2?
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 14:47:02 -0500
Can somebody give me advice for going from 5.1 to 5.2? I don't particularly
want to buy the cdrom of 5.2 as I have just purchased 5.1.... How/what do I
need to just complete the upgrade?
Thanks,
Mike
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: DOES LINUX SUCK
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 20:48:09 GMT
On Sun, 17 Jan 1999 13:05:37 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>"Does LINUX SUCK ?"
No, your machine sucks, and so do you for making this silly post.
Dave Cook
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From: "Nausherwan I. Malik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux Red Hat Newbie! Internet Dial-up
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 19:53:15 +0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can someone please help me cos I am well and truly stuck!
I have recently installed a Linux Red Hat System and now want to connect
to the Internet. My ISP requires me to dial-up and use a proxy server.
May sound stupid, but I am completely stuck!
Nim.
P.s. you can also mail me :
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Enno Middelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: When I'm online, my hard drive makes noise...
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 18:19:23 +0100
Enno Middelberg wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've a little problem with Linux and my modem: When I'm online and eg
> telnetting to another machine, EACH letter I type makes the hard drive
> making some noise. And compared to M$Windows, the harddrive is running
> much more during surfing or networking under Linux. Does anybody know
> where I can change this???
>
> thanx
>
> Enno Middelberg
>
> Please feel free to mail answers directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED], as I'm
> a rare guest here. Thank you!!!
Ok, seems like I fixed it:
I don't know why, but EACH single letter I type via telnet is logged
into /var/log/messages. This file had grown to 14MB, so I deleted it and
now everything's fine. Bue WHY THE HELL does Linux lock each single
letter??? tail -f /var/log/messages looks like
Jan 17 18:12:15 flow kernel: ppp_dev_xmit_lower: fcs is 46b9
Jan 17 18:12:15 flow kernel: ppp_dev_xmit: writing 61 chars
Jan 17 18:12:15 flow kernel: ppp_dev_xmit [ppp0]: skb 03d38e7c
Jan 17 18:12:15 flow kernel: ppp_dev_xmit_lower: fcs is 1b4d
Jan 17 18:12:15 flow kernel: ppp_dev_xmit: writing 44 chars
when I'm telnetting to another machine. Lots of stuff which I don't
understand :-(
My /etc/syslog.conf contains the following:
kern.warn;*.err;authpriv.none /dev/tty10
*.emerg *
mail.* -/var/log/mail
news.* -/var/log/news
*.warn /var/log/warn
*.*;mail.none;news.none /var/log/messages
Ok, seems like its the last line which is the "bug". I think I'll go
into the man syslog.conf and check how to configure it so that only
warnings and stuff like this are logged.
Happy linuxing
Enno
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (L J Bayuk)
Subject: Re: traceroute is using the wrong interface
Date: 17 Jan 1999 20:53:37 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I am running Redhat 5.2 as a SMB and DHCP server for some Win95 clients. I am
>now trying to connect to the internet using PPP.
>
>I have three network interfaces when ppp is connected: lo, eth0, ppp0.
>
>I have tested both ping and http to both ip addresses and domain names, and
>both appear to use the correct interface(ppp0).
>
>But now when I attempt a traceroute, it says it has found multiple interfaces
>and is going to use eth0 (which is the wrong one).
>
>How can I get it to choose the correct interface???
Have you tried traceroute -s ip-addr-of-my-ppp0-interface ... ?
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