Linux-Networking Digest #332, Volume #11 Sun, 30 May 99 01:13:43 EDT
Contents:
Re: RH 5.2 and probably routing problem? (Bill Unruh)
Re: YOUNG BEAUTIFUL MODEL AVAILABLE (Rob Farrell)
Re: 3c509b Conspiracy theory! (Tim Bourne)
Re: SMC etherpowerII problem in RH6 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Proplem with ip routeing/forwarding, privet to i-net. ("Andrey Smirnov")
Newbie question about NFS sharing & Samba (Viau)
mgetty .. modem trains and trains .. (Chris Locke)
Re: New to Networking / Questions about Client-Server Network ("Andrey Smirnov")
Re: New to Networking ("Andrey Smirnov")
Re: Samba name lookup problem (Andrew Baerst)
Re: 2 3C509B BUT ONLY 1 can be probed (John Chapman)
Re: Installing an NE Ethernet Card ("bwilling")
Re: Networking question - Looking for a Howto ("Bobby D. Bryant")
Re: drivers for DEC 21041 NIC ("bwilling")
3c509b problem solved! :-D (root)
Re: crazy networking scheme (Mark & Candice White)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: RH 5.2 and probably routing problem?
Date: 30 May 1999 00:10:40 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dean and Mary Guenther
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]Its setup pretty much the same as the firewall HOWTO document. The eth1
]talks to my ISP's gateway successfully. The eth0 is setup as
]192.168.0.254 with the netmask as 255.255.255.0. On the inside of my
192,168.x.y are private addresses. They are illegal on the net. Thus
anything outside your particular little enclave has no idea where to
send packets with those addresses, and they get thrown away. Thus your
packets might reach them, but they will have no way to reach you.
(remember that there are thousands of machines in existence using those
numbers, and which one is yours?)
]net, I setup one machine as 192.168.0.34 with a netmask of 255.255.255.0
]and the gateway as 192.168.0.254, my linux box. As I mentioned above, I
]can reach the linux box just fine, and reach the ISP's gateway and ISP's
]DNS server just fine. But can't go beyond the ISP. Is the problem that I
]need to turn on IP Masquerading?? Is IP Masq. available in RH 5.2, or do
]I have to upgrade to RH 6.0 to do this?
Yes, you HAVE to have masquarading turned on, and turned on ona machine
which has a legal IP address. That way packets get returned to that
machine (which they can since it has a legal IP address) and that
machine, by looking at the port number to which those packets are
addressed, sends then to the correct machine with an illegal IP address.
Altenatively youcould apply for and pay for a legal set of addresses for
your subnet.
(Masquarading is available for 5.2) Read the Masquarading HOWTO.
]Oh, I have also tried starting up routed and I can't get to the world
]either with routed running.
]I presume the IP Forwarding is turned on. If not, I don't think I could
]have reached the ISP through my linux box. Isn't that true???
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From: Rob Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: YOUNG BEAUTIFUL MODEL AVAILABLE
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 00:32:20 GMT
Anisha wrote:
>
> Hi!
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> I would like to accompany you (discerning gentlemen) for dining,
> entertainment and pleasure in Europe.
> I've long black hair and dark eyes,a slim good figure with beautiful
> face
> I am well educated, sociable, polite and fun to be with.
>
> If you'd like to arrange a liaison, you can contact me at :
*snip*
w00w00!!! Sounds like she throws one helluva install party!!!!
--
__ _ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
/ / (_)__ __ ____ __
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/____/_/_//_/\_ _/ /_/\_\
The choice of the GNU generation!
oOOo GBH Network Operations oOOo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Bourne)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: 3c509b Conspiracy theory!
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 00:58:17 GMT
>> I had him run the diag/config program
>> (it's on the disk you get with the card if you buy it from a
>> dealer who's honoring his contracts...) and find out to where
>> the interrupt had moved.
>
> The card came installed with the machine. Does 3com have this
>configuration program on their website?
Yes they do:
http://192.156.136.13/infodeli/tools/nic/3c509/3c509v6.htm
or just grab the file:
http://192.156.136.13/infodeli/tools/nic/3c509/3c509x2.exe
This contains PnP disable and io/irq/... DOS config utilities, which I used to
set up my card for Linux.
>BTW, from all the stuff I have been
>hearing about 3 com and (especially) the 3c509 in this NG, 3com should start
>supporting their stuff under Linux or risk loosing a lot of business.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: SMC etherpowerII problem in RH6
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 00:42:32 GMT
My problem seems solved ; it wasnt the EPIC driver after all, got sth
wrong with routing ....
My card is SMC9432TX, i dont know about your card exactly but maybe you
dont have to use Tulip drivers but EPIC100 driver. You gave it a try yet
?
> I have a SMC Etherpower (SMC8432BT) that works fine under RH 5.2 but
> doesn't work under RH 6.0. The link light on the hub comes on as soon
as
> the "tulip" module is loaded then goes off as soon as the startup
scripts
> try to "ifup eth0" the device. I re-compiled the kernel to have the
> absolute minimum amount of drivers (modules or otherwise) which
usually
> solves my problems but it didn't help in this case. I'm using a HP
> Pavilion 6370Z (Pentium II 350MHz) with ATI Rage Pro video board and
96MB
> of memory. I would be interested in knowing what type of system you
are
> using. Some people don't seem to have any problems but others, like
> myself, can't get the ethernet interface up at all.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil
>
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: "Andrey Smirnov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Proplem with ip routeing/forwarding, privet to i-net.
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 19:15:44 -0700
Hello!
Do you have ip_masquerading configured.
If not, check HOWTOs on http://www.linux.org -->support
Good luck!
cmos wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hello,
>I am some what new to linux, but I have read the verious related
>how-to's and spent hours trying to get it to work, with no luck.
>
>Ok, here is the discription of the linux box.
> Runing RH6.0, was installed as "custum" and "everything" installed.
> It has a modem in it that is used for my internet conection, ppp0
> and I am dynamicaly asigned an ip# when I connect.
> It also has an ethernet card (eth0) (ip# 192.168.1.1), that is
> connected to my privet network.
> Also, ip forwarding is enabled on linux box.
>
>Here is my 2nd, computer, conected to my privet network.
> This is runing windows 3.11 with the MS tcp/ip-32.
> It is set as ip# 192.168.1.2 and gateway is set
> as 192.168.1.1
>
>Ok, this is what I can do:
> ping the windows box from linux, no problem.
> ping the linux box from windows, no problem
> I can also ping the ppp0 ip# from the windows box,
> That being 12.17.3.79 in the below example.
> I can ping anything on the privet network or the
> internet with the linux box.
>
>What I can't do:
> I can not ping anything passed the ppp0 ip#, (12.17.3.79),
> from the windows box.
> I can not ping the ppp0 P-t-P address, (12.17.3.20),
> from the windows box.
>
>Ok, here is my ifconfig and my route:
># ifconfig
>
>eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:CC:24:C8:4B
> inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:26 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> Interrupt:12 Base address:0x7800
>
>lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
> RX packets:96 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:96 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>
>ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
> inet addr:12.17.3.79 P-t-P:12.17.3.20 Mask:255.255.255.255
> UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:20 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:1
> TX packets:34 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
>
># route -n
>Kernel IP routing table
>Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
>192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0
>12.17.3.20 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
>192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
>127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
>0.0.0.0 2.17.3.20 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0ppp0
>
>
>Can some one tell me why I can't get to the internet with my
> windows box ?
>
>What command lines do I want to type in to fix the problem ?
>
>Could the problem be that the defult gateway is automaticaly set to
>the P-t-P ip# 12.17.3.20 and not the asigned ip# 12.17.3.79 ?
>if so, how would I fix this ?
>
>I sure hope some one knows the answer, becase I don't.
>Thanks for any help.
>
>Jim Martz,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Viau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie question about NFS sharing & Samba
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 22:08:51 -0400
Hi,
I recently pruchased a Linksys home-net starter kit (2 PCI cards and a 4
prot hub). The physical installs were easy and wnet witohut any
problems; I then installed RH5.2 with kernel 2.0.36...
I'm trying to access the linux drive. Once successfull, I'll proceed to
switch over my cable modem to the linux box as well.
I can ping the lcal host on the linux box & on my Win95 PC, but I can't
ping the other box across the HUB, it just sort of sits there.
Any clues as to what I might of forgotten or did wrong???
NOTE: I also still have my cable modem hooked on a SMC pci card on the
Win95 PC.
Thanks.
Steph.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Locke)
Subject: mgetty .. modem trains and trains ..
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 02:16:01 GMT
Greetings,
I've setup mgetty on a(n) rh5.2 and the only way I've been able to
connect is by forcing low rates at the calling end .. if I set a
moderate baud rate (should defaul to to V.34 ) and let the modems 'do
their thing' they train and retrain and never connect. Eventually the
mgetty gives up and drops the line. (I have a Telebit T2500 that I'll
call in with next and see if V.32 works ..)
The Linux host has a USR sportster 28.8 and I'm letting mgetty init it
.. can someone suggest an init-chat that might fix this problem? (or
is there another solution .. :^)
Inbound fax works great though!
Thanks loads,
Chris
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From: "Andrey Smirnov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New to Networking / Questions about Client-Server Network
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 19:42:40 -0700
Hello!
It all depends on the ability to have technician on staff to install and
support network.
Will you have a full time network support technician on site?
If not you may be better off with NT and BackOffice. Linux requires somewhat
of networking/systems expert on site or at least on staff.
If you do, you should check the possibility of configuring Linux as your NOS
(network operation system).
Another think to beware about is availability of network applications.
You are not planning on running any network apps just yet, but who knows in
the future.
I'm sure most of users of this group will disagree with me, but I've been a
network technician for period of over 12 years, so I know a little bit about
this subject.
Good luck
Steven P. Burrows wrote in message ...
>My employer is considering purchase of a network for our office and
>laboratory. We have about twelve client systems (some notebooks and some
>desktops) running Windows 95 and 98. There are also a few desktop systems
>in our lab running MS-DOS 6.2 and Windows 3.1, but they may be soon
upgraded
>to Windows 9X.
>
>Our business is at a point where shared access to database files for
>tracking business prospect development and laboratory sample tracking seems
>to demand a file server. We are meeting with a network consultant to
>discuss a proposal for a network next week, but he will almost certainly
>push hard for NT Server 4.0 and Microsoft Backoffice.
>
>I have almost no experience in working with networks other than as a user.
>I have played around with peer-to-peer networking of my home desktop
>machine, my wife's PC, and my notebook PC with mixed results. However,
>since even my limited experience with networks is above that of my
>coworkers, I am likely to become the administrator of this proposed
business
>network, ready or not. Since my employers are extremely cheap, I expect
>that they will not go for NT Server 4.0 and Backoffice. The possibility of
>using Linux is appealing, especially its cost (free). Once the NT approach
>is vetoed I would like to have an alternative solution to offer up.
>
>My questions are:
>
>1. Is is possible to setup a client-server network system running Linux as
>the server OS and Windows 9X on the client systems? If we only use the
>server for data file sharing and don't try to run any Windows 9X software
>from the server, can this work?
>
>2. Can we setup some sort of intra-office email system with MS clients and
a
>Linux server?
>
>3. How powerful of a machine would we need for the Linux server (assuming
>that the answers to 1 and 2 are yes)? Can we get by with a Pentium II
system
>with 128 MB RAM?
>
>4. What are some good resources (books or web pages) for guiding us in
>setting up amd administrating a Linux - MS Windows mixed network?
>
>I would appreciate any advice or other assistance that could be offered, as
>I am new to Linux also.
>
>
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From: "Andrey Smirnov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New to Networking
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 19:26:10 -0700
Hello!
I've noticed that you have 10.255.255.254 as a default gateway.
Do you have machine with that address on the network?
If not you need to look at your network file in /etc/sysconfig for GATEWAY
variable and change the value to whatever your gateway is. If you don't have
one, just put 10.0.2.15 as default gateway (your network card IP).
Good luck!
Juan Carlos wrote in message <7iphbj$7j9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I just installed two Linksys EtherFast cards, one in Win98, and the other
in
>my Dell running RH 5.2 I did a complete re-install of linux, and went
>through the setup, and chose the tulip driver. I let Windows install the
>drivers for the card. I put 10.0.2.15 and "lacalena.dell.linux" in
>c:\windows\hosts.
>
>But I can't ping, telnet, etc from W98 into the linux server. Any idea
what
>step I have missed? Below are output from ifconfig and route if there are
>any clues there.
>
>Thanks for any clues.
>
>
>lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1
> RX packets:373 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:373 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0
>
>eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:CC:29:0B:98
> inet addr:10.0.2.15 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:69 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:212 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0
> Interrupt:10 Base address:0xfc00
>
>
>Kernel IP routing table
>Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
>Iface
>127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 1 lo
>10.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 1
eth0
>0.0.0.0 10.255.255.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 1
eth0
>
>
>
>
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From: Andrew Baerst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.samba,comp.protocols.smb
Subject: Re: Samba name lookup problem
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 21:07:21 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I'm trying to configure SAMBA to work only on the inside of my IP
> Masqueraded network. I've been following the diagnosis text file from
> the samba.org mirrors. I'm running Debian potato, with Samba 2.0.4
>
> I've gotten up to test 4, which is where I'm stuck. When I do
>
> nmblookup -B wall __SAMBA__
>
> I get
>
> Sending queries to 127.0.0.1
> name_query failed to find name __SAMBA__
>
> If I do:
>
> nmblookup -B 192.168.0.1 __SAMBA__ (192.168.0.1 is wall's IP address)
>
> I get
> 192.168.0.1 __SAMBA__<00>
>
> I can use smbclient to interact with samba from another Linux box.
> I can see the samba server from an NT box, but I can't mount any shares.
>
> Can someone tell me where to look for my mistake?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ted Leung
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
Sounds like 'wall' might not be defined in your 'hosts' file or 'hosts'
is not defined in 'host.conf'.
Andrew
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Chapman)
Subject: Re: 2 3C509B BUT ONLY 1 can be probed
Date: 30 May 1999 03:57:28 GMT
"Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> But after rebuilding the kernel and even I pass parms while
>> booting or add a append a line such as:
>> append="ether=10,0x300,eth1 ether=11,0x320,eth0"
^^^^ ^^^^
Don't you want to set up eth0 first? Set it to be the card with the lower IRQ and
address, and
see whether that might help. It works on mine, with the 2.0.36 kernel. I have 3c509
support
compiled in, and not as a module; a few years ago, that was the only reliable way to
get the
3c509 going, and I've done that ever since.
--
John Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux-lover since 1.1.59
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From: "bwilling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing an NE Ethernet Card
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 22:56:20 -0500
That could be a problem Wayne, depending on the age of the ethernet card.
The older ones are jumper selectable to control the IO base address and the
IRQ (interrupt request). Thats what the kernel setups are looking for...you
may need the orginal documentation that came with the card to set the
jumpers, or in the case of newer card (I have one of these) a setup disk
that has some utility software that sets the card up as PNP, or nonPNP and
software selects the IO base and IRQ. Without the disk, i can't do squat...
good luck,
bwilling
Wayne Olive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I recently installed a LAN in my basement to hook my two Windows 95/98
> machines and my one Linux machine together. I got the two Windows
machines
> running no problem but I am rather new to this whole Linux thing. My
Linux
> machine is an older 486 and it only has ISP ports so I was forced to use
> this ISP NE ethernet card that my friend had laying about. Anyway, I got
> the card physically installed but when I tried to install the modules for
it
> the kernel starting asking me for information such as hardware
> configurations and I have no idea where to find what it wants. Can
someone
> give me a hand or maybe just point me in the direction of an installation
> How-to for idiots. (and I do mean for idiots) I took a look over some
other
> how-to's and they all seemed to skip the very basic stuff that I am having
> problems with.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Wayne Olive
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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From: "Bobby D. Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Networking question - Looking for a Howto
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 23:04:34 -0500
John Martinez wrote:
> Chip Wiegand wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >I have two (going on 3) pc's networked at home ...
>
> Sounds like you need a proxy server...
>
> SInce you have one CPU physically connected to the ISDN modem, that means
> that computer (Computer A) is the only one that will receive a "valid" IP
> address from your ISP. (be able to talk on the internet)
>
> You want Computer B to be able to do activity on the internet so you use the
> proxy server to forward your request from Computer B to Computer A, then A
> requests the info you are looking for (Web page, IRC, etc), upon reception,
> returns it to B.
>
> Kinda like a middle-man...
I've been wanting to set up a similar environment just for learning about
networking, but I'm a complete newbie. I've got a Linux-only system with a
modem (soon to be Computer A) and a "spare" dual-boot system without networking
(s.t.b. Computer B).
For hardware, do I just buy a couple of NIC cards and a cable to string them
together with, leaving the existing modem in Computer A?
Then, I suppose, read up a bit on proxy servers before I get too bogged down in
the NET-3 HOWTO ?
Any suggestions as to specific hardware and specific FMs to read will be
appreciated. Thanks,
Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas
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From: "bwilling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: drivers for DEC 21041 NIC
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 23:01:02 -0500
Some of the DEC chipsets are covered by the tulip driver also, but I'm not
sure which ones...I have a Kingston 10/100 card uses the DEC chipset/tulip
driver under RH 6
Arthur Buse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Bayardo Eugene Lopezpineda O'Reardon wrote:
>
> >Does anyone know where I can get drivers for the DEC NIC card.
> >model: DE450 chipset 21041
> >
> >I am planing on installing red hat 6, & was just woundering if there are
> >any drivers for that card. or if anyone knows of any compatible drivers
> >i can use!
>
> On my SuSE system the driver for the DE450 is called de4x5, and is
> documented in /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/de4x5.c and in
> /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/README.de4x5
>
> There is information on SCO UNIX/OpenServer drivers at
> http://www.networks.digital.com/dr/nics/drivers/readme.html
> although I have no idea wether these are of any use with Linux.
>
>
> Arthur.
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: 3c509b problem solved! :-D
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 00:32:47 -0400
Cameron wrote:
>
> Turns out while Microsoft Windows 95 Hardware Wizard was fooling with
> the IPX stuff, it also changed the interrupt setting on his 3C509B.
> (He had NOT changed any hardware settings or configuration,
> nor added nor removed anything, nor changed Linux.)
Thanks for your help people, but it turns out it may have been a red
herring. Or maybe not... I finally got the 3509b configuration program
working, (My Win 95 partition seems to want to hang every time I put it in
dedicated DOS mode) and found that PNP was turned off, but the I/O address
had been moved to 0x200, and on bootup, Linux was looking for it at 0x300.
so, one line added to /etc/conf.modules:
options 3c509 io=0x200 irq=10
solved the problem. I don't whether the card mysteriously moved addresses,
(with or without the help of a windows "Wizard") or Linux changed its mind
about the default I/O address where it was looking for it. But at least the
software and hardware are happy. Thanks one and all very much for the
suggestions. Hopefully my trials will help some other Linux newbie. This
takes me down to a half dozen issues I am struggling with, if anybody in a
particularly bored or helpful mood this weekend :-)
1) I can't get my HP laserjet 6L working - it is connected to the parallel
port. It never worked under SuSE 6.0, but strangely enough, it worked fine
instantly my previous Redhat 5.2 installation. SuSE does not have support
for it listed in YaST - I can only assume it is not a popular printer in
Europe. Some possible clues in the boot log:
<6>parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP,ECP,ECPEPP,ECPPS2]
<4>parport0: detected irq 7; use procfs to enable interrupt-driven
operation.
<6>parport0: Printer, Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet 6L
<6>lp0: using parport0 (polling).
Do I need to enable interrupts on this port? I don't think i have a
program called procfs.
When I try to print from the bash shell, I get:
bash-2.02# lpr minicom.log
May 30 00:12:38 sheridan lpr lp: cannot open any printcap files!
I have tried various YaST configurations, but the best I can do it to get
it spewing pages and pages of blank paper. This is the biggest barrier to a
workable system, and hence the next item on my list to tackle, if I find
time this weekend.
2) diald produces the following syslog message:
May 29 23:31:29 sheridan diald[391]: Nonzero exit status (7) on command
'/sbin/route add 127.0.0.2 metric 1 dev sl0'
May 29 23:31:29 sheridan diald[391]: Nonzero exit status (7) on command
'/sbin/route add default metric 1 dev sl0'
The following message also sometimes appears:
tcp_v4_rebuild_header(): not valid sock addrs: saddr=00000000
rcv_saddr=00000000
The errors appear to be because sl0 has already been started at this
address, but diald seems to insist on restarting it. I have read the man
pages to death, but I can't seem to find how or where to control this
behavior. Sometimes diald hangs after a long period of disuse, (dnothing
else unusual in the messages log) and must be manually stopped and
restarted.
3) Network connections appear two or three times when I do a route -n. is
this normal? For example:
bash-2.02# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
137.186.0.2 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
137.186.0.2 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
127.0.0.2 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 sl0
127.0.0.2 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 1 0 0 sl0
192.203.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
192.203.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 ppp0
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 1 0 0 sl0
You will note the newly working eth0 connection. <Yeah!> I wonder if this
is somehow related to my previous problem with sl0.
4) SB 128 PCI card works under Gnome, but not KDE. Can't get a peep out of
it with the KDE 1.1 control panel, and when I click on cat *.wav > /dev/dsp
does work, but the .wav file is usually pitch shifted. Under
Gnome-Enlightenment, I hear beautiful music on startup, and nice clicks when
I move windows around. If I look under the KDE control panel, and click
under the information tab for sound, it reports that there is no information
available, or the system is unsupported. When I tried to access the sound
information I found some new syslog messages:
May 30 00:05:53 sheridan modprobe: can't locate module sound-slot-0
May 30 00:05:53 sheridan modprobe: can't locate module sound-service-0-6
I don't know what these modules are. They certainly are not part of the
kernel.
5) KDE Starts up with a warning that it cannot find x-bzip in
/opt/kde/share/applink/system/kpackviewer.kdelink
I can only assume that this is part of some library kde is looking for, but
I have installed all of the most recent .rpm files from the SuSE FTP site.
My apologies for the length and diversity of this posting - admittedly some
of the questions are a bit off topic, but I felt I may as well dump all of
the remaining problems in one place. If you like, you can follow up the non
networking discussions to comp.os.linux.misc I will check both NG for any
responses. Thanks in advance!!!
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From: Mark & Candice White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: crazy networking scheme
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 04:31:32 GMT
sam wrote:
> I have some spare RJ45 network cards and was wondering whether I could
> use these in any way to avoid having to buy a hub for a small hobby
> beowulf system. Basically, can I have two network cards per system and
> set up a daisy chain affair with crossover cables? I know this isn't
> the easiest way of going about it but I'm just curious about a use for
> presently unused equipment. If this crazy idea could work then what
> performance issues will I face?
>
> Thanks
>
> Sam
Be warned I am not familiar with beowulf:
If you have enough card for two per machine how about
building a tree not a chain.
You could put as many cards as possible into the ?controller?
pc, and one card in each node. If you have too many machines
to put a card for each in the main one you might be able to replicate
out a level. I would guess for peek performance you would only
use the ?end? machines as nodes, using the others as switches.
The performance should be better than chaining from one end
to the other.
--
Mark & Candice White
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