Linux-Setup Digest #257, Volume #19 Thu, 27 Jul 00 17:13:14 EDT
Contents:
Strange problem with pinging (Anurag Purwar)
Re: cannot get exclusive lock on database ("David ..")
Re: Installing ("David ..")
syslogd question ("Devin M. Ash")
Linux 6.2 onto a sun IPC....?? (rhidiani)
Re: Help, CHAP error (Gernot Fink)
Re: Starting from scratch on Alpha... (John Beardmore)
Re: Problems with printing PDF files ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Installing Linux on a Compaq Presario 5700N (Eric Pop)
Re: help with installing printers (Andrey Vlasov)
Re: Gnome or KDE (OSguy)
fixing MBR to see linux again (post Win2K install...) ("colinr")
Re: Gnome or KDE
Re: HD formating problem (DeAnn Iwan)
Need Help Installing DSL Modem on Mandrake ("Quantum_Dynamix")
Re: rpm crashes my machine (Elliot Williams)
screen resolution (Raphael Wolfe)
W2K NTFS resized to install Linux (Sandhitsu R Das)
[RED HAT] Installation probem - FDISK and DRUID ("Sandro Martins")
Re: ftp & telnet ("dale hites")
SuSE 6.4 PATH VARIABLE and TrueType Fonts ("Cheeby")
How to remove LILO (Tony Tremblay)
e2fsck problem (Marco Baiocco)
Re: how to setup CHAP for a free isp? (Will Parsons)
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Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 14:22:16 -0400
From: Anurag Purwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Strange problem with pinging
I have set up basic networking on a Linux box running RedHat6.2 inside a
firewall and I am seeing some strange problem. I ping to a host outside
my firewall and it responds. I ping again and it responds. I ping
another time and it does not. Now from this point onward, I can not ping
any host outside my firewall. But I can ping any host inside my local
network anytime.
This is how my routing table looks like: (192.168.27.75 is the IP
address of my machine, and yes, 192.168.27.1 is IP of firewall)
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt
Iface
192.168.27.75 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
eth0
192.168.27.0 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
0.0.0.0 192.168.27.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
eth0
Other info: I can ping both name and IP wise, so no name resolution
problem here. And DNS is OK too, atleast when the outside hosts are
responding. My trouble is that everything works fine for a few minutes
and then it does not. I mean by not responding as: no reply at all.
i.e., it just waits until I do a Ctrl+C.
Any Networking gurus, plz? Thanks.
Anurag
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cannot get exclusive lock on database
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 13:15:58 -0500
lin juang wrote:
>
> Hi All!
> I am a newbit.
> When i install "kernel-headers-2.2.5-15CLE.i386.rpm
> (use "rpm -i kernel-....rpm command), a message appear and say "cannot get
> exclusive lock on database".
> can any expert tell me why it appear and what shoud i do.
Have you tried rebuilding the rpm database.
rpm --rebuilddb
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 13:19:34 -0500
Iwan Wendy Oen wrote:
>
> Could anyone help me to install linux ?
> I had partitioned my hard drive using fdisk into fat32 fully system no room
> for another system, how can i partition my hard drive ?
You can do it with a program that is included with most Distro's named
FIPS.
Here is a link that should help.
http://www.igd.fhg.de/~aschaefe/fips/
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: "Devin M. Ash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: syslogd question
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 14:50:12 -0400
Does anyone have experience setting up a loghost machine to keep logs
from several different Linux/Solaris/FreeBSD machines or Cisco/Bay
routers? I have read quite a bit on the subject but my log machine still
does not appear to be recieving any logs from the other machines or
routers. Perhaps someone has set something like this up before and has a
working syslog.conf or other files I could look at. Any help would be
appreciated.
--
- Devin M. Ash
- The Internet Ramp, a OneMain.com Company
- System/Network Administrator
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Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 19:30:37 +0100
From: rhidiani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux 6.2 onto a sun IPC....??
Hi there,
I'm trying to put red hat linux onto an sun ipc
(possibly a tad ambitius, as I'm neither used to sun or linux....)
and I can get it to boot from the cd and go through and
choose my keyboard and monitor,
Just before the 'prepareing to install' time bar comes up, there
is a msg saying that the system needs to create a swap file
immediatly because there isn't enough memory ( it has 24 M )
I answer yes to this and start installing.
it gets about a 1/3 of the way through the installation
and comes up with the error msg:
"Install exited abnormally
recieved signal 10
sending termination signals"
And the it it unmounts every thing and tells me I can reboot.
Very nice of it, but I've no idea why...
Thanks in advance
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gernot Fink)
Subject: Re: Help, CHAP error
Date: 27 Jul 2000 18:54:03 GMT
In article <8lppnf$q14$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hi,
> I have problem login to my isp using chap, here is the logfile:
> -------------------------------------------
> Serial connection established.
> Using interface ppp0
> Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
> sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x545cd29e> <pcomp>
> <accomp>]
> rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 < 00 04 00 00> <mru 1524> <asyncmap 0x0> <auth
> chap MD5> <pcomp> <accomp> < 11 04 05 f4> < 13 09 03 00 c0 7b 91 2c 45>]
> sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x1 < 00 04 00 00> < 11 04 05 f4> < 13 09 03 00 c0
> 7b 91 2c 45>]
> rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x2 <mru 1524> <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MD5>
> <pcomp> <accomp>]
> sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x2 <mru 1524> <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MD5>
> <pcomp> <accomp>]
> sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x545cd29e> <pcomp>
> <accomp>]
> rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x545cd29e> <pcomp>
> <accomp>]
> rcvd [CHAP Challenge id=0x1 <06fd4fd79de3df84888d0e6f5e597da8>, name
> = "tnttlpg1-1"]
> sent [CHAP Response id=0x1 <fe3a38a7ce0f123949d032b13d47c86e>, name
> = "myusername"]
> rcvd [CHAP Failure id=0x1 "\016Request Denied"]
It looks like your password is wrong.
But I had such a problem with a username (at the provider) wich contains
punctuations (a ,) .
Using pap resolved the problem.
Its less secure but was the only way to get this username to work.
> Remote message: ^NRequest Denied
> CHAP authentication failed
> sent [LCP TermReq id=0x2 "Failed to authenticate ourselves to peer"]
> rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0x2]
> Connection terminated.
> ---------------------------------
>
> also include my options file:
> -----------------------------options
> debug
> remotename tnttlpg1-1
> user myusername
> /dev/ttyS1
> 115200
> modem
> crtscts
> lock
> connect /etc/ppp/net-connect
> usepeerdns
> default-asyncmap
> defaultroute
> noauth
>:
> ---------------------------------net-connect
> #!/bin/sh
> /usr/sbin/chat -v -t 60 -f /etc/ppp/net-chat
>
> ---------------------------------net-chat
> ABORT '\nBUSY\r'
> ABORT '\nNO ANSWER\r'
> ABORT '\nRINGING\r\n\r\nRINGING\r'
> ABORT '\nNO CARRIER\r'
> "" AT&F\r
> OK AT&D2&C1L0\r
> OK ATDTXXXXXXXX\r
> CONNECT '\d\c'
>:--: myusername
> word: mypassword
>
> --------------------------------chap-secrets
> myusername tnttlpg1-1 mypassword
> ---------------------------------
>
> any suggestion?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
--
MFG G.Fink
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From: John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha
Subject: Re: Starting from scratch on Alpha...
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 19:50:35 +0100
In article <8lmf02$2fng$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Christian Weisgerber
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >Start with http://www.netbsd.org.
>>
>> OK, but the AlphaServer 2100 isn't listed as supported hardware.
>
>Hmm, right. Pointers to development snapshots for this platform
>have been posted to the NetBSD port-alpha mailinglist.
>
>The AlphaServer 2100 will be supported in FreeBSD 4.1, to be released
>any day now.
Multiprocessor ?
Cheers, J/.
--
John Beardmore
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Problems with printing PDF files
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 18:58:13 GMT
I think in the print setup "fit to page" is selected...I think that is
the default, try turning it off.
In article <Pine.GSO.4.21.0007241518510.28941-
[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Guohong Cao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I am using RedHat 6.1. When I use Adobe Acroread 4.05 to print some
PDF
> files, the print-out is a little bit smaller than its original font
size
> (about 95% of the original size)? Everything is fine with Postscript
file.
>
> Does anyone know the reason? Thanks,
>
> --Guohong
>
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Eric Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing Linux on a Compaq Presario 5700N
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 12:17:09 -0700
I've had Red Hat 6.1 and then 6.2 running on a Compaq 5100c without any
problems whatsoever. I've got a 400 Mhz k6-2, 128 mb ram, 13 Gb maxtor
drive, ESS chip ES1869, ATI Rage LT Pro. The Red Hat installer did not
recognize my sound card at first, but sndconfig did later on.
> I was wondering if anyone has ever installed Linux, distro does not matter,
> on a Compaq Presario 5700N. I have just bought this comp a few weeks ago..
> now I have read that there are problems getting X to work properly with
> Presario's or Compaqs in general for that matter. The stats for my system
> are as follows:
>
> 466mhz celeron
> 64mb ram
> 10gb HD
> onboard Intel 810 video chipset
> onboard sound. ESS solo-1
> 56k modem..I assume its WinModem. so I am hust going to install a new one.
> 17in monitor.
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,apana.lists.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.questions,hk.comp.os.linux,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: help with installing printers
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 12:20:26 -0700
Hi Eric,
this is you page and reference for driver
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=158569
Andrey
Eric Wong wrote:
> Help me please......
> i've just install RedHat linux 6.0 to act as a server in my office of 8
> win98pc and 2 Macs, it works fine as a file server. But I hit a brick wall
> when I tried to install an Epson Laser (EPL-5700L) printer. I couldn't get
> it work. I look at the printtool section and couldn't find my printer on
> the select list.
>
> The Question is how do I install the printer to act as network printer
> amongs the pcs and the Macs?? Help is very much appreciated..
>
> Thanx you in advance
>
> Regards
>
> Eric
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: OSguy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Gnome or KDE
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 14:36:45 -0500
Pig wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> I am a newbie of Linux and using the SUSE linux 6.3.
> I've tried different GUIs.
> I think the Gnome and KDE are the best.
> So, which one is better? Pls. suggest.
Do you know that you can have 2 accounts, 1 running Gnome, and the other
running KDE? (I run Gnome on 1 account, Motif on another account, KDE
on a 3rd account, and Afterstep on a 4th account....because I can.) Set
the accounts up, try both Desktops, and decide which you like.
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From: "colinr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: fixing MBR to see linux again (post Win2K install...)
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 12:33:29 -0700
I had RedHat up and running real nice---dual booting between Linux and Win2K
using LILO as boot manager.
Then I reinstalled Win2K. Now it boots directly into Win2K without the
slightest regard for Linux.
I assume M$ was nice enough to overwrite my MBR info.
How can I restore this? My kernel vmlinuz is on the third partition (I
believe /dev/hda2)
I have access to rawrite, fips, restorrb, etc... I don't have an existing
LILO bootdisk.
What do I need to do to make things happy again?
thanks,
Colin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Gnome or KDE
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 19:42:48 GMT
On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 14:36:45 -0500, OSguy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Pig wrote:
>
>> Hi All:
>>
>> I am a newbie of Linux and using the SUSE linux 6.3.
>> I've tried different GUIs.
>> I think the Gnome and KDE are the best.
>> So, which one is better? Pls. suggest.
>
>Do you know that you can have 2 accounts, 1 running Gnome, and the other
>running KDE? (I run Gnome on 1 account, Motif on another account, KDE
Depending on how Suse is setup, you might have the option of
choosing which enviroment you want to run everytime you log in.
This gave a colleague of mine great relief under Redhat, for he
didn't take to GNOME.
>on a 3rd account, and Afterstep on a 4th account....because I can.) Set
>the accounts up, try both Desktops, and decide which you like.
>
--
Unless you've got the engineering process to match a DEC,
you won't produce a VMS.
You'll just end up with the likes of NT.
|||
/ | \
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From: DeAnn Iwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HD formating problem
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 15:52:36 -0400
David wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm an absolute beginner in Linux (and writting english... as you see).
>
> I have been trying to install RedHat 6.1 in an AMD 400 Mhz 64Mb system with
> 2 HD, one 6Gb HD to W98 (master) and another 850Mb HD (slave) which should
> be completely devoted to my Linux installation. The install program
> recognize 850Mb but is only capable to allocate 533Mb to / partition and 16
> Mb to the swap.
I do not know why you are having trouble seeing the entire 850 MB.
Perhaps part of the disk is allocated to something else? Take a look at
it with linux "fdisk"--this program is usually on a rescue disk / boot
floppy.
Once installed (the installation sometimes stop when
> formating /, and I had to reinice two times (?) ), the system works fine but
> there is no space to install any programs... What is wrong?
>
You are filling up your entire disk with the programs you've
requested. Although the linux kernel is small and many fine miniature
distributions exist that will run off of 1 to a few 3-1/2" floppy disks,
most modern linux distributions come with many hundreds of megabytes of
assorted programs. Suse comes with many gigabytes of assorted
programs. A typical default install these days assumes you have several
gigabytes of drive space to devote to all these wonderful unix tools,
GNU tools, web servers, office suites, engineering programs, etc. Your
850 MB drive does not have room for all of these. Try a minimum
install, and add packages from there.
> Another question is that I have installed a poor resolution (KDE) and I
> would like to display 800x600 with 16 bits colour depth at least. What is
> the file controling the display resolution. Can I change the display from
> any window utility (as in W98).
>
> Thanks
There are several tools that will help you reconfigure your
Xwindows set up. Xconfigurator is one. Since I usually run Suse, I ran
SaX, which is Suse specific, (and do not recall the other general
utitlities). To get best configuration, you need to know details about
your video card and monitor. RH may have additional tools (check your
docs).
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From: "Quantum_Dynamix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need Help Installing DSL Modem on Mandrake
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 20:06:41 GMT
Hey I have the Sympatico High Speed Edition connection, but I don't know
how to install it on Linux. I've downloaded the files from their website
that I need to use in order to get it working, but I'm new at Linux and
don't know how to work it. Could someone please help me out?
Thanks,
Alex
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Elliot Williams)
Subject: Re: rpm crashes my machine
Date: 27 Jul 2000 20:10:14 GMT
My machine also seems to crash under RPM only. I have an Abit BP6 w/ two
celerons. I was at first suspicious of the SMP stuff, but it still crashes
in uniprocessor mode. Mandrake 7.1, Redhat 6.1, and Abit's Gentus 6.1 all
crash under RPM, not all the time but occasionally.
Anyone have any clues?
====================================
Elliot Williams ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Economics Department, UCSD
San Diego, CA
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From: Raphael Wolfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: screen resolution
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 20:26:43 GMT
I'm a newbie to linux and would like to know how to change my screen
resolution. I use Red hat 6.2 and the GNOME Gui. Any help would be much
appreciated.
Regards
Raphael
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From: Sandhitsu R Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux
Subject: W2K NTFS resized to install Linux
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 16:34:38 -0400
I have W2K with NTFS on a single 30 gig hard drive. What's the best way to
go about resizing/partitioning and installing Mandrake 7.1. I heard that
DiskDrake can't resize NTFS. Also, is there a problem with LILO dual
booting with this configuration ? Do I need to have FAT for W2K ?
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From: "Sandro Martins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [RED HAT] Installation probem - FDISK and DRUID
Date: 27 Jul 2000 16:33:20 -0500
Hi managers,
I have a problem during the instalation that I cannot solve.
My machine is:
Compaq Pres�rio 7598
40 Gb of HD
256 Mb of memory
Windows 98b installed
Iniatial partition is C:\ with 37.* and d:\ with 2.*
1) First PROBLEM
As recommeded by the Red Hat manual, before install the Red Hat, I
partionned my disk using FIPS.EXE.
I partitionned the first partion (c:\) like:
1) 7.* Gb (old 37.* Gb partition)
2) 2.* Gb (originial partition of drive D:\ - comes from Compaq)
3) 7.* Gb (new partition for Linux - starting in cylinder 997)
4) 23.* Gb (new partition)
When I run the instalation and try to use Druid or fdisk I receive the
following message:
"An erro occurred reading the partition table for the block HDA. The error
was: No such file or directory"
When I press <OK> another message comes:
"An error has occurred - no valid devices were found on which to create new
filesystems. Please check your hardware for the cause of this problem"
I dont have any physical problem on my hard disk.
2) SECOND PROBLEM
I used the RESTORRB.EXE to undo what the FIPS did. But I still have 4
partitions entries, although the last two partition doesn't have any size
information (zero).
If try to install I have the same error I got in problem 1.
I saw other people with similar problems in the internet, but nobody
answered that.
It is very important to finish this installation. Can someone help me?
Thanks,
Sandro Martins
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Reply-To: "dale hites" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "dale hites" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ftp & telnet
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 15:36:12 -0500
vururu,
Most likely ppp and ftp are installed. Check your boot log. To get them
working fully you need to configure your modem. Get a good book on linux for
this and other questions. My suggestion for Mandrake is Linux: The Complete
Reference from Walnut Creek.
Dale
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From: "Cheeby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SuSE 6.4 PATH VARIABLE and TrueType Fonts
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 15:37:20 -0500
Can anyone tell me in which file to set the PATH variables? I need to add a
directory for Perl files, and can't find where SuSE declares them.
Also - has anyone successfully imported/ftp'd truetype fonts into their
XConfig86 file and gotten them to work with StarOffice and Netscape? If so,
I could use a tip or two, it appears.
Thanks.
Cheeby
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From: Tony Tremblay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to remove LILO
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 20:41:00 GMT
I've been running Linux on my computer for almost a year now, but for
the moment I need to go back to Win98 for a couple of months to get some
work done. I'm satisfied with Linux (running Mandrake 7.0), but there
are some apps that have no equivalent under Linux (all Adobe apps for
example). I've tried to format my HD to come back with a
MS-DOS partition (FAT32) but it seems to be impossible, since the
Windows boot disk won't be able to repartition a HD that is under Linux
native partitions. I want to go back to Win for a moment. Can I? I need
some help to get back to win partitions...
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From: Marco Baiocco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: e2fsck problem
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 23:09:32 +0200
Hello everybody,
I've got a problem that I hope you may help me to solve.
I have a linux box running on a 3 partitions filesystem: 1 for root,
1 for /usr and 1 for /home. They all stay on the extended partition
after the first, primary, win98 one. The flavor of linux is red hat
version 6.2. It has always run fine till now, and it still does, but
today I have noticed a small warning during the boot messages.
It says something like the checking time has arrived, and that it
should be wise to run e2fsck on the linux partitions. It has nothing
to do with the maximal mount count, though, because it was written
before, during and after the "forced check" due to the mount count.
I started linux in single user mode, unmounted all the three
partitions and run e2fsck manually, but nothing happened. BTW, I used
the options -c -f on /dev/hda[5-7]
But then the warning still popped out. What should I do to convince
linux I'm a good guy and I regularly check my filesystems, and that I
just checked them?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you very much
Marco
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Will Parsons)
Subject: Re: how to setup CHAP for a free isp?
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 21:09:47 GMT
macefindu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>This is the dark time for the Republic, On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 20:17:53 GMT, The Supreme
>Chancellor Palpatine's new powerful ally: Lord [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Will Parsons) said:
>
>>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, macefindu wrote
>>
>>>I have a free isp account, they suply "an small program" to users to login
>>>under w98. When i login the connection box says the CHAP is used, so i went to
>>>linux but realized that
>>>in chap-secrets file the remote name and password are needed, but i have no way
>>>to find them out (the support guys are useless coz they know nothing but
>>>windoze98).
>>>So if i can login under w98 using CHAP, then there must be a way to do it under
>>>linux, right?
>>>----------
>>>You have saved our lives, we are eternally grateful!
>>
>>This is how I did it:
>>
>>1) Make sure the debug option is specified when starting pppd (perhaps in
>> /etc/ppp/options. This will log packets thru syslog (man pppd).
>>
>>2) Make sure there is a suitable entry in /etc/syslog.conf for facility daemon,
>> level debug. For example the following extract from my syslog.conf causes
>> the messages to able to be viewed in xconsole:
>>
>> daemon.*;mail.*;\
>> news.crit;news.err;news.notice;\
>> *.=debug;*.=info;\
>> *.=notice;*.=warn |/dev/xconsole
>>
>>3) Start up xconsole (if that's what you're using to view the messages), then
>> start pppd to dial to your ISP.
>>
>>4) You should be able to see the CHAP challenge from the remote host after
>> the connexion is made. Extract the host name from the message and insert
>> your username (to the ISP) the remote hostname, and the password you chose
>> (or your ISP provided) and put these in your chap-secrets file. The remote
>> host you connect to may vary between sessions. I just added a separate
>> chap-secrets line for each hostname I saw.
>>
>>5) Your ISP probably won't authenticate itself, so specify the noauth option
>> to pppd, use the user option to identify yourself to the ISP, and start
>> pppd again. You should now be able to authenticate yourself using CHAP.
>I thinks i still need some more asistence here...:)
>I've discover the remotename, but it seems that the remote won't take my userid as a
>valide one, please see below:
>-------------------------------------------------------
>Serial connection established.
>Using interface ppp0
>Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
>sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x545cd29e> <pcomp> <accomp>]
>rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 < 00 04 00 00> <mru 1524> <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MD5>
><pcomp> <accomp> < 11 04 05 f4> < 13 09 03 00 c0 7b 91 2c 45>]
>sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x1 < 00 04 00 00> < 11 04 05 f4> < 13 09 03 00 c0 7b 91 2c 45>]
>rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x2 <mru 1524> <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MD5> <pcomp> <accomp>]
>sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x2 <mru 1524> <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MD5> <pcomp> <accomp>]
>sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x545cd29e> <pcomp> <accomp>]
>rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x545cd29e> <pcomp> <accomp>]
>rcvd [CHAP Challenge id=0x1 <06fd4fd79de3df84888d0e6f5e597da8>, name = "tnttlpg1-1"]
>sent [CHAP Response id=0x1 <fe3a38a7ce0f123949d032b13d47c86e>, name = "myuserid"]
>rcvd [CHAP Failure id=0x1 "\016Request Denied"]
>Remote message: ^NRequest Denied
>CHAP authentication failed
>sent [LCP TermReq id=0x2 "Failed to authenticate ourselves to peer"]
>rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0x2]
>Connection terminated.
>----------------------------------------------------------
>and here is my options and chat files...
>
>------------options-----------------
>debug
>remotename tnttlpg1-1
>user myuserid
>/dev/ttyS1
>115200
>modem
>crtscts
>lock
>connect /etc/ppp/net-connect
>usepeerdns
>asyncmap 0
>defaultroute
>noauth
>:
>---------end options-------------
>
>----------net-connect------------
>#!/bin/sh
>/usr/sbin/chat -v -t 60 -f /etc/ppp/net-chat
>---------end net-connect---------
>
>---------net-chat---------------
>ABORT '\nBUSY\r'
>ABORT '\nNO ANSWER\r'
>ABORT '\nRINGING\r\n\r\nRINGING\r'
>ABORT '\nNO CARRIER\r'
>"" AT&F\r
>OK AT&D2&C1L0\r
>OK ATDTXXXXXXXX\r
>CONNECT '\d\c'
>:--: myuserid
>word: mypassword
>------------end net-chat-----------------
>
>------------chap-secrets----------------
>myuserid tnttlpg1-1 mypassword
>------------end chap-secrets------------
>
>Any suggestion?
>
As far as I can see, your configuration files look OK. I presume
you're sure that you're specifying the correct username and password?
You could try to see if you can connect using PAP by commenting out the entry
in the chap-secrets file and adding an entry for PAP in the PAP secrets file.
Choose a name for the remote end, e.g. "my_isp" and change your entry in
ppp/options to "remotename my_isp". The PAP entry would also refer to my_isp.
Even if this doesn't solve the problem, the log data from pppd might help.
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