Linux-Setup Digest #827, Volume #19 Sat, 14 Oct 00 19:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Configuring network/sound/supend mode on Thinkpad A20m (Mandrake 7.1) (Laurent
Duperrval)
Re: Q:can't telnet into own host. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Please help me move on with the rest of my life - please ("A-Need-to-Learn")
RH7: named won't transfer/update secondaries, worked with same config on RH62
("mnip")
Re: A new directory hierarchy standard - need opinions (The Ghost In The Machine)
Re: Configuring network/sound/supend mode on Thinkpad A20m (Mandrake 7.1)
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Linux Chat Server (Zer0Oxygen)
Re: modem dials, but connections fail (both minicom & kppd) (M. Buchenrieder)
SuSe Setup Questions (Exador)
Re: Savign xmodmap setting between sessions (Colin Watson)
Promise Ultra 100 ???? ("I.Korpershoek")
Re: Q:can't telnet into own host. (Colin Watson)
Re: Linux Partition Link Corrupted (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Re: Trapped in X Window - HELP ("Steven J. Hathaway")
Re: Please help me move on with the rest of my life - please (David Efflandt)
Re: Problem with compiling the kernel ("ne...")
Web Based Linuxconf ("Rob")
Re: RH6.2 disconnect modem ("ne...")
Re: RH-6.2 Email ??? (David Efflandt)
IPChains and Cable Modems - Fequently loosing connectivity to the Internet ("Vinson
Armstead")
/var/log/messages problems? ("A-Need-to-Learn")
RH Hangs on Sound -- HELP (Dodd)
Re: X question (gnome) (Hagbard)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Laurent Duperrval)
Subject: Configuring network/sound/supend mode on Thinkpad A20m (Mandrake 7.1)
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 18:11:48 GMT
HI,
I just got a Thinkpad A20m and I'm trying to configure it correctly. I've got
a few things to fix and I'm hoping someone can help.
- How do I configure the network card? All the docs I've seen say to use the
eepro100 driver (or som similarly named driver) but when I try to load it,
it reports that it can't find any device of that type. Any ideas what should
be used instead? How do I ask the OS to tell me what it thinks it is? I can
make it work with a PCMCI card but I'd rather use the builtin card.
- My sound card isn't working. When it boots, it sometimes hangs trying to
load the sound driver (cs41?? something, I think -- I don't have the
computer in front of me right now). I see some posts that say to use the
ALSA stuff. I'll try them to see what happens but if there are some issues I
should know about, please let me know.
- I heard there's a linmodem module somewhere that could be used with the
(yucky) WindModem that comes with the system. Where can I find that?
- Suspend mode doesn't work. When I close the lid, the machine doesn't fall in
sleep mode. But if I try to shut down the machine, when it stops the amd
process, the machine falls into suspend mode. I have to Fn-F3 it to wakeit
up and complete the shutdown process. Anyone have an idea what the problem
is?
All this is being done on a Mandrake 7.1 system, if that can help give better
pointers. FWIW, I had most of this working on a Dell Inspiron 3500, using
Mandrake 7.0. I don't remember doing anything special to get things working
correctly (suspend mode in particular).
Thanks,
L
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Q:can't telnet into own host.
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 18:27:05 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
SneakyPete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > If I try to telnet/rlogin or ping from myhost to myhost,
> > I get a error message:
> > Unable to connect to remote host: Network is unreachable
> > This is not a DNS problem either.
> > There is no problem telnet/rlogin or ping from OUTSIDE myhost.
> >
> > What can be the problem? do I need to rebuild any package, or is it
> > simpler than that..? Because of this I cannot set up a NFS server on
> > myhost.
> >
> > Any suggestions appreciated..
> > Thank you.
> >
> > SJ
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
> Is "myhost" set up correctly in /etc/hosts ?
>
Yes /etc/hosts and /etc/host.conf is setup correctly.
Iget the same result when I telnet with the IP address.
If I do need to rebuild, what should I rebuild?
SJ
--
> "In a world without walls and fences...
> Who needs Windows and Gates?"
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "A-Need-to-Learn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Please help me move on with the rest of my life - please
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 20:21:31 +0100
Hi Folks,
I need a bit of intense help:
I can get my Linux to ping my Win98SE but
I cannot get Win98SE to ping my Linux by IP and by name in the Hosts file.
On each machine as a separate entity I can ping by 127.0.0.1 and by its name
in the local Hosts file.
When I have booted Linux I then Login as Root and config my eth0 card:
ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.4 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
I then try:
smbclient -L turnbui [turnbui is my windows machine]
and this works fine BUT it asks for a password? I just press enter, all is
OK
I get the following:
Sharename Type Comment
================ ======= =============
LINUX Disk
D Disk
C Disk
My_VB Disk
ADMIN#$ Disk
IPC$ IPC Remote Inter Process Communication
Server Comment
========= =========
TURNBUI IAN TURNBUI-1
Workgroup Master
=============== =========
DOMAIN TURNBUI
BUT I just cannot ping from Win98SE to Linux. Naturally I also cannot find
Linux in my W98SE's Network Neibourhood. Please help.
Ian Turnbull
0961 931941
mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web : www.turnbui.freeserve.co.uk
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From: "mnip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: RH7: named won't transfer/update secondaries, worked with same config on RH62
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 19:35:27 GMT
I have a fresh installation of RH7. I got the named service configured the
way I had it before on RH62, but this version won't transfer zones to the
secondary dns' I have set up, nor will it refresh the external servers on
the net. The name server does answer all requests specifically referencing
it by IP.
Is there anything specific to RH7 I have to do to correct this? I don't
*think* I've forgotten anything. I need some help, please.
BTW. Linuxconf doesn't like the SOA setup on my copy of RH7. I upgraded to
It gives an error message
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (The Ghost In The Machine)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: A new directory hierarchy standard - need opinions
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 19:37:31 GMT
In comp.os.linux.development.system, David Wragg
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote
on 10 Oct 2000 14:18:00 +0000
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (The Ghost In The Machine) writes:
>> 2. NFS is easily sniffable, as it does not have cryptographic capability
>> as far as I know. This may be addressed sometime in the future,
>> and there may be good replacements for NFS that do have crypto.
>> I certainly hope so, but I haven't looked.
>
>It was addressed sometime in the past. RFC2203, which specifies the
>RPCSEC_GSS security flavour for ONC RPC (which NFS sits on top of), is
>dated September 1997. RFC2623 goes into more detail about applying
>RPCSEC_GSS to NFS.
>
>Solaris has implemented this since 2.6 I think, with Diffie Hellman
>public key encryption as the security mechanism. 2.8 (maybe 2.7 too?)
>can also use Kerberos v5 as the security mechanism.
>
>The group (at the University of Michigan?) doing the Sun-sponsored
>NFSv4 implementation for Linux were implementing RPCSEC_GSS as a part
>of that.
>
>
>David Wragg
Interesting; I was not aware of that.
Is there a RFC2203/2623-compatible implementation of NFS available
for Linux yet, then? (Will there be part of one as of Linux 2.4? :-) )
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- insert random misquote here
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Configuring network/sound/supend mode on Thinkpad A20m (Mandrake 7.1)
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 19:44:08 GMT
Laurent Duperrval <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> HI,
> I just got a Thinkpad A20m and I'm trying to configure it correctly. I've got
> a few things to fix and I'm hoping someone can help.
> - My sound card isn't working. When it boots, it sometimes hangs trying to
> load the sound driver (cs41?? something, I think -- I don't have the
> computer in front of me right now). I see some posts that say to use the
> ALSA stuff. I'll try them to see what happens but if there are some issues I
> should know about, please let me know.
I fixed this one with the ALSA drivers. Just three to go!
L
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From: Zer0Oxygen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux Chat Server
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 19:43:26 GMT
Does anyone know of a good linux chat server that can be accessed using
telnet? I have tried out a few like jdkchat, nexus, nuts, and
geektalkd... But they are all very plain. I'm looking for one that will
notify users either visually or verbally when there is activity.
Thanks for any help
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: modem dials, but connections fail (both minicom & kppd)
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 17:58:36 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (DTi4565459) writes:
>When I try to "debug" messages are something
>like this:
> Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
> LCP: timeout sending config-requests
> connection terminated
[...]
Your pap-secrets or chap-secrets file is missing or contains
invalid data.
Michael
--
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Lumber Cartel Unit #456 (TINLC) & Official Netscum
Note: If you want me to send you email, don't munge your address.
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From: Exador <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SuSe Setup Questions
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 20:26:25 GMT
I need some help
i installed SuSe 7.0 successfully
my only probs are that it doesnt like
plug n play devices
my printer i found is not compatable
lexmark 5000
i have a creative soundblaster PNP
that any time i do anything
with sound that i totally lock up
and second i have a
us robotics 56 k int pnp
that the auto search cant seem to find
i downed a prog called
isopnptools
but am sort of afraid to use it
for fear of fucking something up...
i would really rather not mess with the jumpers on the
modem as it works fine with win98me
and am trying to integrate SuSE on the puter
and learn to us it.
I need help...please
Exador
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Savign xmodmap setting between sessions
Date: 14 Oct 2000 20:29:40 GMT
D. D. Brierton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Now how do I get these settings to automatically take effect each time
>I start X?
>
>My machine boots into X and I use gdm as my login manager. I do not
>have a .xinitrc file in general;
.xinitrc is only used when you're using startx. If you're using a
display manager like gdm, you need to edit .xsession instead.
HTH,
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"And finally, the most important part of any GUI, the command-line
interface." - Branden Robinson, Debian XFree86 maintainer
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From: "I.Korpershoek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Promise Ultra 100 ????
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 20:31:20 GMT
Hallo allemaal,
Ik ben volledig nieuw in de linux wereld en ik moet zeggen het bevalt prima.
Momenteel heb ik Redhat 7.0 draaien op een Abit BP6 met 2 x celeron 466 en
alles loopt prima.
Na veel gestoei heb bijna alles draaien zoals ik dat wil.
Er is echter een klein probleem dat ik ook wil oplossen.
Momenteel zijn mijn HD aangeloten op de standaard IDE poort van het mobo.
Ik zoe echter graag mijn HD ( UDMA 5 ) aansluiten op m'n Promise Ultra 100
controller.
Als ik dit zondermeer doe dan kan ik niet meer opstarten.
Weet iemand waar ik over dit onderwerp meer kan vinden zodat ik deze
controller kan gaan gebruiken.
Met vriendelijke groet
Ies Korpershoek
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: Q:can't telnet into own host.
Date: 14 Oct 2000 20:32:18 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>If I try to telnet/rlogin or ping from myhost to myhost,
>I get a error message:
>Unable to connect to remote host: Network is unreachable
What does 'route' say? Is there a routing table entry matching your host
IP and pointing to the right place?
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"And I forgot the next verse / Oh well, I guess it pays to rehearse
The music sheet's so hard to find / What are the words? Oh nevermind"
- "Smells Like Nirvana", Weird Al
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Subject: Re: Linux Partition Link Corrupted
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 21:37:17 GMT
Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Bruceh wrote:
>>
>> Eric... here it is...
>>
>> Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 2343 cylinders
>> Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes
>>
>> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>> /dev/hda1 * 1 586 4430128+ b Win95 FAT32
>> /dev/hda2 587 2343 13282920 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
>> /dev/hda5 587 594 60448+ 83 Linux
>> /dev/hda6 1173 2343 8852728+ b Win95 FAT32
>> /dev/hda7 595 871 2094088+ 83 Linux
>> /dev/hda8 872 941 529168+ 82 Linux swap
>> /dev/hda9 942 1172 1746328+ 83 Linux
>>
>> -bruceh-
>>
>> Eric wrote:
>>
>> > Could you post the result of fdisk -l /dev/hda
>> >
>> > Eric
>
>The partition type of /dev/hda6 is wrong. It should be type c and not b.
>I cannot guarantee you that changing it will be without side effects.
>The entire extended partition may be/get corrupted (even if you do not
>change it). So I'd back-up whatever you can change the type and cross
>your fingers.
>
>Eric
The 0C type is used for primary partitions only. Inside an extended
partition the type of the extended partitions defines whether extended
interrupt 13h should be used or not.
It will be possible to rewrite the partition tables in this case using
sfdisk. For details, read the sfdisk documentation. The partition
numbering of cause will change.
After this it may be needed to change the extended partition type back
to 0F. Leaving it as 05 will damage data.
--
Svend Olaf
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Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 14:52:59 -0700
From: "Steven J. Hathaway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Trapped in X Window - HELP
Web Enthusiast wrote:
> I'ma Linux newbie who thinks he knows it all.
> Tried editing xf86config and downright MESSED it up
> Now my x window boots butr everything is HUGE
> To top it off my mouse works like it's on crack, just
> zipping all over the place. I cannot even use it to access
> the menu to open up a console window, don't know how to boot into
> text mode only, so stuck since it always boots into X
>
> HELP
>
> Using RH6.2
The ungracefull way to exit from "X" is the <ctrl-alt-backspace>.
Anoter poster mentioned edit /etc/inittab and make the entry
id:3:initdefault:
to start Linux in mode 3 instead of 4 or 5.
You might also check your startup scripts to make sure that
a display manager is not started (ie XDM, KDB, GNM, etc.)
Steven J. Hathaway
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Please help me move on with the rest of my life - please
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 22:01:07 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 14 Oct 2000 20:21:31 +0100, A-Need-to-Learn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi Folks,
>I need a bit of intense help:
>I can get my Linux to ping my Win98SE but
>I cannot get Win98SE to ping my Linux by IP and by name in the Hosts file.
Is that name only on the Linux /etc/hosts, or is it also in \windows\hosts
on the Win box?
>On each machine as a separate entity I can ping by 127.0.0.1 and by its name
>in the local Hosts file.
>When I have booted Linux I then Login as Root and config my eth0 card:
>
>ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.4 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
>
>I then try:
>
>smbclient -L turnbui [turnbui is my windows machine]
>
>and this works fine BUT it asks for a password? I just press enter, all is
>OK
>I get the following:
>Sharename Type Comment
>---------------- ------- -------------
>LINUX Disk
>D Disk
>C Disk
>My_VB Disk
>ADMIN#$ Disk
>IPC$ IPC Remote Inter Process Communication
>
>Server Comment
>--------- ---------
>TURNBUI IAN TURNBUI-1
>
>Workgroup Master
>--------------- ---------
>DOMAIN TURNBUI
>
>BUT I just cannot ping from Win98SE to Linux. Naturally I also cannot find
>Linux in my W98SE's Network Neibourhood. Please help.
Can smbclient find your own Linux box? If not, you have to fix that
before Win can find it. Browsing Linux samba does require a valid guest
account, but it does not need to have a password (note, the guest account
should NOT have a shell).
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/ http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with compiling the kernel
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 22:03:11 GMT
On Oct 14, 2000 at 10:31, Marty eloquently wrote:
>When I use "make xconfig", are there any ways to get the configuration
>of the current kernel.
>
>Since I am not very familiar with those options, when I compile the
>kernel, many things have been changed so that a lot of service doesn't
>work !!!!
This only applies to RH distributions. This might be true
for other rpm based distributions but I have no way of
varifying that.
For RH, install the kernel-hearders rpm. In /usr/src/linux/configs
you will find various kernel config files. Copy the one that
closely matches your system to /path/to/<kernel source>/linux/.config
Then run make [menu|x]config on it. Save then:
make dep clean bzImage modules .......
Note how I string it all on one line. No need for seperate
lines ;-)
--
Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it.
-- Baskins
5:57pm up 2:27, 9 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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From: "Rob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Web Based Linuxconf
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 22:07:10 GMT
Can someone help I installed the latest Linuxconf rpm's from Solucorp on a
RedHat 7 box but i can't get the web based portion of LinuxConf to work can
someone help me with this. I am fairly new with Linux, we had a linux 5.2
that my boss just had me upgrade to 7.0. Please help!
Rob
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH6.2 disconnect modem
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 22:12:06 GMT
On Oct 14, 2000 at 13:28, bluster eloquently wrote:
>Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:8sa1dn$2f4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> After surfing the net, I "kill" netscape and the ppp connection by hitting
>> the "X" on the respective windows - but the modem is still connected - how
>> can I auto disconnect the modem or what program to run to kill / drop the
>> line?
>
>I can't tell unless I know what ppp program you are using,
>but you should use it's "hangup" (or equiv.) command instead of
>just closing the window with the "X" button.
>
>You can always shutdown ppp0 from a bash prompt with the
>ifdown (InterFace DOWN) command:
>
>[root@zephyr]# ifdown ppp0
>
>BTW: The ifup command will start the link:
>
>[root@zephyr]# ifup ppp0
Or since he is using RH use the following aliases:
alias pppup='/usr/sbin/usernetctl ifcfg-ppp0 up'
alias pppdown='/usr/sbin/usernetctl ifcfg-ppp0 down'
--
Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
Hlade's Law:
If you have a difficult task, give it to a lazy person --
they will find an easier way to do it.
6:08pm up 2:38, 9 users, load average: 0.08, 0.02, 0.01
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: RH-6.2 Email ???
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 22:12:13 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 14 Oct 2000 13:14:29 -0400, ALDEL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have RH-6.2 using Gnome on Pent.1.
>Connect to internet fine.
>Tried Pine, Sendmail, Netscape, but cannot send or receive
>Email. Error msg's "fatal data error" etc.
What are you setting for an smtp server. Try using the mail server at
your ISP. That should easily work for sending and receiving mail with
Netscape.
Pine should be able to send mail through your ISP and can do IMAP to
receive mail, but I don't think it does POP3. I typically use pine to
send mail, fetchmail to grab incoming, and then read or reply with pine.
Fetchmail requires a working sendmail (or similar local smtp) which was
easy for me with real internet hostname. 'qmail' is supposed to be easier
to configure than sendmail. And 'postfix' is supposed to be more secure,
but I have not figured out how to get it to do anything but stack all mail
in a deferred directory.
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/ http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/
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From: "Vinson Armstead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: IPChains and Cable Modems - Fequently loosing connectivity to the Internet
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 22:28:58 GMT
This is a strange problem...Any suggestions or advice would be greatly
appreciated
I have been having a problem with keeping my cable modem connection active
when using my RH (first 6.2 now 7.0) server as a Firewall (running IPChains
1.3.9-17)
**Background**
I have a home LAN running a few different workstation/server (for FUN). All
the workstation/server are connected to a 10/100 Ethernet switch. The RH
server had two interfaces one Internal (192.168.x.x) and one external
(y.y.y.y).
With the original configuration I had the cable modem directly connected to
the same switch as all the other workstation/server interfaces (including
both RH server interfaces). I know technically I have two Layer 2 domains
connected to one Layer 2 device but I didn't have an extra switch ;)
====================================
| Ethernet Switch |
====================================
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
RH ws1 ws2 ws3 CM
This worked fine until I added another system to the home LAN. I ran out of
ports and decided to connect the cable modem directly to the external
interface of the RH server.
====================================
| Ethernet Switch |
====================================
| | | |
| | | |
RH ws1 ws2 ws3
|
|
CM
I know this is a "more correct" way of connecting my little network and
probably more secure, but I have been having problems maintaining
connectivity to the Internet ever since.
**Problem**
It seems that (frequently) my cable modem looses connectivity to the
Internet but after running several tests it seems that the cable modem may
not be the actual problem.
When I noticed that no one on the LAN could get to the Internet I would
(from the workstation) ping the LAN side of the RH server (this was always
successful), then the external side of the RH server (this was always
successful), then the IP address of the actual cable modem (10.x.x.x) (this
always failed) , then the external network default gateway (this always
failed).
I then checked and re-seated all the cables (all OK but did not restore
service). I ran the same test from my RH server and got the same results as
above. I would stop/start the IPChains FW (still service was down). I
rebooted the RH server (still service was down). The only way to restore
services was to power off/on the Cable modem.
I had the cable company check all my coax cables (they fixed a few problems
and my signals to the modem are "crystal clear) and replace the cable modem
and am still having the same problem. Strange but true!!!!
I them removed some of my workstation from the LAN and connected the cable
modem and the internal and external interfaces of my RH server (running
IPChains) to the Ethernet switch and all worked!! I was able to download all
five RH 7.0 ISO files (over 2.5 GB) from the Internet without intervention.
Prior to this last change I would have to power off the cable modem every 15
or 20 minutes because I would loose connectivity to the Internet.
At this point I thought I had it licked...but no such luck.
I bought a 5 port 10MB Ethernet Hub and tried to connect the cable modem and
the external interface of the RH server to the hub while all the other
devices were connected to the 10/100 Ethernet switch. This setup also began
to fail!!! I tried a number of different configuration and better luck.
It seems that when I have the cable modem connected to the Ethernet switch
everything works fine, when I connect it to the HUB things fail.
I have no idea why, the only difference I can see is that the Hub will have
more Ethernet collisions than the switch, but that is normal everyday
Ethernet networking. If there are collisions then everyone pauses for a bit
then begins again.. IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD.
I am almost embarrassed to say I am a SR Net ENG for a large International
organization. I have been working with Ethernet since 90'..in this case I
know what works I just don't understand why???
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From: "A-Need-to-Learn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: /var/log/messages problems?
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 23:43:28 +0100
Hi,
I'm having problems with NMB FAILED and binding to the NIS domain failed?.
SMB was OK though.
The following was in the messages:
ypbind[267]: domainname not set - aborting
ypbind: ypbind startup failed
can anyone please enlighten me please.
Ian Turnbull
0961 931941
mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web : www.turnbui.freeserve.co.uk
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dodd)
Subject: RH Hangs on Sound -- HELP
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 22:27:12 GMT
I am running Red Hat 6.2 and recently installed a Yamaha Sound card.
when I ran sndconfig, it said the card was an ESS-whatever and
proceded to play a couple of sounds. OK....fast forward....card has
been configured. Now it's a crapshoot whenever I play a file (either
from the console or from KDE). Sometimes it plays and sometimes it
locks the system up HARD!!!! Can't do anything except push the reset
button <cringe>. It even locks up my KVM. I have to recycle the
power to be able to move to a different machine. I can't even telnet
into the box when it's locked. NOTHING WORKS!!!
Any ideas on what is causing this. Maybe the wrong driver?? Maybe my
bad luck??
Thanks,
Dodd
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From: Hagbard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X question (gnome)
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 18:38:27 -0400
On Sat, 14 Oct 2000 03:13:24 -0400, "bluster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
<snip>
>You shouldn't need to have a /home/[user]/.xinitrc file, the desktop
>settings are handled by the .Xclients file. Plus, the default
>xinitrc (in /etc/X11/xinit) does some resource setup that you need.
>
i tried this and it worked OK. i removed the .xinitrc file in my home
directory, and things still worked as before using the .Xclients file.
>I poked around the files a little more and see a "feature" I hadn't
>noticed before (that's not in the docs). The /home/[user]/.Xclients
>script redhat is using is a wrapper for starting a different
>.Xclients for each different host+display.
>My /home/[user]/.Xclients looks like this:
>
><.Xclients>
># Created by Red Hat Desktop Switcher
>
>if [ -e "$HOME/.Xclients-$HOSTNAME$DISPLAY" ]; then
> exec $HOME/.Xclients-$HOSTNAME$DISPLAY
>else
> exec $HOME/.Xclients-default
>fi
><.Xclients>
>
>In english, the .Xclients program just runs a script called
>.Xclients-default unless you're doing something fancy.
>This /home/[user]/.Xclients-default file is the one switchdesk
>should be changing.
>
>My .Xclients-default file contains one of these two commands,
>(put there by switchdesk) depending on which desktop I've chosen:
>
>exec gnome-session
>
>OR
>
>exec startkde
>
yep, that's what my .Xclients file looks like and my .Xclients-default
file just has the one line for starting the desktop manager (plus the
comment of course).
>So all you *should* need is to have one or the other of those
>commands in a one line /home/[user]/.Xclients-defaults file.
>
>Is switchdesk changing this file correctly when you select KDE?
>
>Bluster
after making the changes, yes. switchdesk does change the
.Xclients-default file from gnome to kde and vice-versa.
however, i'm still only able to startup in gnome without manually
changing the settings in /usr/X11/xinit/xinitrc
the original file here (which i backed up) started twm, xclock, and
three terminal windows. if i leave that file intact, that's what gets
loaded every single time i startx (unless of course i use a
/home/[user]/.xinitrc)
now, if changed the /usr/X11/xinitr/xintrc file to point to gnome, so
that's what i get no matter what.
still stymied...
thanks,
hagbard
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