Linux-Setup Digest #263, Volume #21 Sat, 19 May 01 13:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: prevent chane of resolv.conf (David)
destination host unreachable (juel)
SB Live! 5.1 Platinum ("Karel")
Re: when linux is booted before the windows 2000 server in the
(=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: Who to install a .gz.tar file? (David Harvill)
Re: destination host unreachable (David Efflandt)
Re: destination host unreachable ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: linux install laptop (David Efflandt)
Re: destination host unreachable (juel)
Re: Getting mp3s and realplayer to work! (Dave Uhring)
Re: multiple virtual email domains on a single IP - possible? (David Efflandt)
Re: destination host unreachable (juel)
I could use some help with my X config ("Larry Kuehner")
Apache doesn't start at boot time (Artur Undebarrena)
annoying LILO graphic (Jeff Shipman)
X never stops blanking! (Jeff Shipman)
Re: Mandrake 7, I gave up trying - Windows actually WORKS ("Jay")
Re: destination host unreachable ("Peter T. Breuer")
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: prevent chane of resolv.conf
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 14:39:24 GMT
Eric Chow wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Would you please to tell me how to prevent changing of the resolv.conf ?
>
> After I dial-up to the ISP, the /etc/resolv.conf always change. How to
> prevent this ?
>
> Best regards,
> Eric
Add this to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0 just below the
"PAPNAME=" line like this.
PAPNAME=ISP_username_goes_here
PEERDNS=no
Then you can also protect it from being changed with "chattr +i"
chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf /etc/ppp/resolv.conf
--
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Completed more W/U's than 99.207% of seti users. +/- 0.01%
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From: juel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: destination host unreachable
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 16:53:14 +0200
Hi,
I'm an absolute linux newbie so I need some help in getting my fresh
Mandrake 8.0 installation to work.
My problem is this:
I have one win 98 box as a router which has been working as it should
for a long time. I converted another box from win me to mandrake 8.0. I
have configured my network card ( realtek based ) the exact same way I
did in win me ( same ip, same gateway, same network mask ) and when I
check the logs I can see that the netcard module loads correctly.
However when I ping the gateway I get a "destination host unreachable"
message... I double checked by replacing the net card with an old 3Com
509 ( which also loaded correctly ) but I get exactly the same message.
Does anyone have a clue what's causing this?
thanks in advance,
Juel da Costa
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From: "Karel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SB Live! 5.1 Platinum
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 16:56:25 +0200
Hi
Does anybody know how to configure my soundcard under SuSE 7.1?
thanx
Karel
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: when linux is booted before the windows 2000 server in the
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 17:08:34 +0200
On 18 May 2001, Angry Bob wrote:
> > I just observed a quite interesting problem.
> > I have one Linux and Windows 2000 Servers and Windows NT workstation machines.
> > Whats my problem is, when i start my linux machine before windows 2000 servers..
> > I could't able to see the work group ( can't open the network neighbour hood to
> > see all the machines in the network). Its giving an error.. I openened the
> > event viewer,
> > I have the message, " The Master Browser has received a server
> > announcement from the computer 'mycomputername' that believes that it is the
> > master browser for the domain on transport NetBT_Tcpip {23303003-9330..}
> > The master browser is stopping or an election is being forced."
>
> > But i can able to see the network neighbour hood of Windows98 and WindowsNT
> > workstations . Why the windows2000 is not? When I start 1st the windows2000
> > servers and then Linux, its OK.. No error.
>
> Hrm.... linux doesn't participate in the windows election process (IIRC
> it is handeled over netbeui, but I could be wrong). Perhaps the order
> in which you are turning on the windows machines is more important?
NetBIOS can run on both netbeui, ipx/spx and tcp/ip. Linux in itself
does not participate in browser election, but samba does.
> you appear to have multiple machines that think that they are the master
> browser (not uncommon for windows), so they have to duke it out every
> time they are turned on. They get in a little argument and eventually
> one of them decides that it is the winner, and hopefully the other
> realises that it is the loser.
Probably samba is trying to become master browser. If you don't want
this, you should be able to fix it by putting:
os level = 0
preferred master = 0
local master = 0
domain master = 0
in smb.conf.
Rasmus
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Beware of bugs in the above code;
I have only proved it correct, not tried it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Harvill)
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Who to install a .gz.tar file?
Date: 19 May 2001 08:13:30 -0700
for RH, I've always found that the mkisofs RPM is sufficient. As for what you have,
I would look in the directory that untargzipping created for a README or INSTALL file,
and follow the instructions there.
-dave
Lamar Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I am running RH 7.1 on an Intel system. I am trying to get me CDRW
> working and the "CD-Writing-HOWTO" said that I needed to download and
> install "mkisofs". Well I downloaded it but I can't seem to find a way
> to install it. I ran the commands: "gunzip filename.gz" and "tar -xvf
> filename.tar" and extracted the files. Now what? Can anyone help?
> Thanks,
>
> Lamar
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: destination host unreachable
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 15:17:16 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 19 May 2001 16:53:14 +0200, juel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm an absolute linux newbie so I need some help in getting my fresh
> Mandrake 8.0 installation to work.
> My problem is this:
> I have one win 98 box as a router which has been working as it should
> for a long time. I converted another box from win me to mandrake 8.0. I
> have configured my network card ( realtek based ) the exact same way I
> did in win me ( same ip, same gateway, same network mask ) and when I
> check the logs I can see that the netcard module loads correctly.
> However when I ping the gateway I get a "destination host unreachable"
> message... I double checked by replacing the net card with an old 3Com
> 509 ( which also loaded correctly ) but I get exactly the same message.
> Does anyone have a clue what's causing this?
You say you are running a Win98 box as a router. Is it using ICS or some
sort of proxy? If using ICS (internet connection sharing) did you set up
Linux to use dhcp to get its ethernet? Does the gateway on the Linux box
end up set to the LAN IP of the Win box (the UG route in 'route -n')?
It would be better to use the Linux box as router, since it is much more
capable and configurable for masquerading and firewalling a LAN.
--
David Efflandt (Reply-To is valid) http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: destination host unreachable
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 17:06:45 +0200
juel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have one win 98 box as a router which has been working as it should
> for a long time. I converted another box from win me to mandrake 8.0. I
> have configured my network card ( realtek based ) the exact same way I
> did in win me ( same ip, same gateway, same network mask ) and when I
And what is your routing information like? Show the output of
/sbin/ifconfig and /sbin/route -n, and people will be able to help you.
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: linux install laptop
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 15:23:25 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 18 May 2001 19:30:06 -0000, william <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have corel linux 2nd edition cd. I can make a boot disk but when I
> boot, the word lilo comes up,then my screen fills up with a window and it
> says "loading corel linux" then under that it says "starting corel linux"
> and then it freezes, nothing,zilch,nada.
Make sure that the boot floppy is absolutely perfect with no bad sectors
('format a: /u' and then rawrite it again when booted to DOS from Win
floppy). The boot floppy I got with Mandrake 7.0 was defective and I had
to make my own. Is your cdrom internal or external?
--
David Efflandt (Reply-To is valid) 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: juel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: destination host unreachable
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 17:35:49 +0200
I'm using WinRoute as the routing software. Once WinRoute has been installed
I need only set the WinRoute machine's ip address as the default gateway on
all machines on the network.
I've check the UG entry with route and it reports
net gateway genmask flags Metric Ref Use IFace
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
> It would be better to use the Linux box as router, since it is much more
> capable and configurable for masquerading and firewalling a LAN.
I know but I'd like to be able to configure my client machine properly before
I start messing with the router... :-)
Thanks,
Juel
David Efflandt wrote:
> On Sat, 19 May 2001 16:53:14 +0200, juel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I'm an absolute linux newbie so I need some help in getting my fresh
> > Mandrake 8.0 installation to work.
> > My problem is this:
> > I have one win 98 box as a router which has been working as it should
> > for a long time. I converted another box from win me to mandrake 8.0. I
> > have configured my network card ( realtek based ) the exact same way I
> > did in win me ( same ip, same gateway, same network mask ) and when I
> > check the logs I can see that the netcard module loads correctly.
> > However when I ping the gateway I get a "destination host unreachable"
> > message... I double checked by replacing the net card with an old 3Com
> > 509 ( which also loaded correctly ) but I get exactly the same message.
> > Does anyone have a clue what's causing this?
>
> You say you are running a Win98 box as a router. Is it using ICS or some
> sort of proxy? If using ICS (internet connection sharing) did you set up
> Linux to use dhcp to get its ethernet? Does the gateway on the Linux box
> end up set to the LAN IP of the Win box (the UG route in 'route -n')?
>
> It would be better to use the Linux box as router, since it is much more
> capable and configurable for masquerading and firewalling a LAN.
>
> --
> David Efflandt (Reply-To is valid) 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: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Getting mp3s and realplayer to work!
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 10:39:27 -0500
Shefali Joshi wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Actually the problem is that My sound card plays my CDs fine! So my
> sound card HAS been detected.
>
> But, mp3 files and Realplayer don't work! I keep getting the
> message,"Cannot open audio device!"
>
> Any suggestions? :)
>
> thanks in advance!
>
>
>
>
# chmod 666 /dev/dsp*
# chmod 666 /dev/aud*
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: multiple virtual email domains on a single IP - possible?
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 15:38:17 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 18 May 2001, Ian Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Running RedHat v7.0, and trying to share a single IP for multiple
> virtual Email domains, but having difficulty with it. Setting up
> Apache is a breeze, no problem at all.
>
> So, for an example, I have 1.2.3.4 dedicated to my system, and want
> domain1.com and domain2.com hosted on that IP address.
>
> So I create user "john" on domain1.com and domain2.com, and send a
> simple test message to each account.
Not sure what you mean by 'domain1.com and domain2.com', does each use
something other than the system password file? Does your imap or pop3
program know how to tell which password file to use, based on what?
> If I set my Email program to conenct to domain2.com, I download the
> message from domain1.com.
>
> So I change the passwords, and send another test message. Now I get an
> error saying my password is wrong - even though I'm telling it to
> connect to domain2.com, it's still connecting to domain1.com, I
> *think* because of the shared IP address.
>
> I need a workaround. Any suggestions are welcomed.
The pop3 or imap server does not have a clue what hostname you are using
to access it, all it knows is username, (crypted) system password, the IP
you are connecting from and maybe the IP you are connecting to. When you
realize that, the solution is simply to not have the same username on more
than 1 virtual domain. And when someone connects to get their mail, it
does not matter if they use the main box hostname, or their own virtual
hostname, as long as DNS points both to the same IP.
--
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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: juel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: destination host unreachable
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 17:48:30 +0200
Well... that's how much of a newbie I am... :-)
Here's the output from ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:24:7A:4F:7E
inet addr:192.168.1.11 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:5 Base address:0x220
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:420 (420.0 b) TX bytes:420 (420.0 b)
And here's what route -n says
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
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
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0
0 eth0
Thanks,
Juel
"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
> juel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have one win 98 box as a router which has been working as it should
> > for a long time. I converted another box from win me to mandrake 8.0. I
> > have configured my network card ( realtek based ) the exact same way I
> > did in win me ( same ip, same gateway, same network mask ) and when I
>
> And what is your routing information like? Show the output of
> /sbin/ifconfig and /sbin/route -n, and people will be able to help you.
>
> Peter
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From: "Larry Kuehner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.X
Subject: I could use some help with my X config
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 10:45:52 -0700
Hi, I am having problems configuring my mouse to work in XFree. I am running
Debian on a Dell Inspirion 7500. I used to be able to get my touch pad to
work, but now it will not. I have even set everything the same as it was
when it worked. The problem might be the Mach64 server I had to get all set
up to get the display to work at higher resolutions. I got the display off
of the Linux Laptop page. I am trying to get either my touch pad, or my
Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer to work. Any help will be appreciated.
Thank you,
Larry Kuehner
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From: Artur Undebarrena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Apache doesn't start at boot time
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 18:33:53 +0200
Hello
I have installed Suse 7.0 and I want to know how I tell to boot script
that doesn't start Apache. I have installed the default apache
installation on SuSE Linux 7.0.
Which is the script I must modify to do this?
Thank you very much.
Artur.
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From: Jeff Shipman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: annoying LILO graphic
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 10:43:30 -0600
I recently installed Mandrake 7.2 (because 8.0 sucks) and
I'm now finding myself stuck with this annoying red graphic
box that pops up when lilo shows up. It basically is just
a menu with all of the boot options. However, in the past
I just had my lilo.message pop up and I'm still perfectly
happy with that. How can I get rid of that graphic? I'm
assuming it's some line to my lilo.conf file that will
do it.
Thanks,
Jeff "Shippy" Shipman E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Computer Science Major ICQ: 1786493
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Homepage: http://www.nmt.edu/~shippy
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From: Jeff Shipman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: X never stops blanking!
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 10:45:55 -0600
I'm running XFree 3.3.6, although this also happens to me
with 4.0.x. I would normally use 'xset dpms 300 0 1200'
to control the blanking and power-off of my monitor. It
works great, but if I go 'xset -dpms' or 'xset dpms 0 0 0',
my monitor won't turn off, but it still blanks after
5 minutes. This is weird! Anybody know what could be
the cause of this? Please let me know if there is any additional
information that you'd like me to provide.
Thanks,
Jeff "Shippy" Shipman E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Computer Science Major ICQ: 1786493
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Homepage: http://www.nmt.edu/~shippy
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From: "Jay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7, I gave up trying - Windows actually WORKS
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 16:49:37 GMT
For all both discouraged users I would say I agree about Mandrake but kind
of disagree about Linux. Try RH or SuSE distros instead. MS has similiar
problems to Linux and you'd pay a fortune for the same WinX software found
in Linux. While Win is still my boss, if I was looking for a mostly email,
web browser and occasional office work machine then I would have no problem
using only Linux.
I've found that I can use generic drivers to cure my X-window woes. It's
really not much more work than Windows to operate. And I just love
installing software or change a configuration and not have to reboot my
Linux box.
"Joe Bean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Maybe the guy isn't a 1337 H@X0R like you guys and maybe he is just a
> average Joe. Am about ready to give up playing around with Mandrake 8.0
and
> go back to Windows myself. Hell I'll be the first to admit am a newbie to
> Linux and all ( 3 months of messing with Linux ) but it seems to me from
> right off the bat that Linux distro's that claim to be working towards
ease
> of use have a longs way to go. You know not everything worth using has to
be
> mind numbly difficult or overly complex. There's a lot of things I like
> about Linux like the freedom of development it allows programmers to
access
> the OS so they can build apps that work without the added layer of junk
> coding that MS has and the it's reliable networking and fast TCP/IP
stacks.
> Despite those pros I think for average people like me who do not have the
> time and patience to wade through vast amount of reading material just to
> get a video card or network card to work. MS Windows allows us to get a
lot
> done without having to get or hands dirty. To me this is kind of like the
> difference between people who like fixing and customizing there own car
and
> the people who like taking there cars to their local mechanic to fix it.
For
> some it maybe fun or just a hobby and even a way to make money but for
> others who do not have the know how, knowledge or time to learn how to do
> such things. Having someone else do the hard work for us is whole lot
easier
> and covenant.
>
>
> P.S. You ELITIST LINUX ( not everyone here. ) USERS can me flame all you
> want for my opinion but I don't care.
>
> "Don Hinds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:3VeN6.1045$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I basically quit even trying to get Mandrake 7 to work properly.
> >
> > 1) I can boot GUI, but in non-gui, even in FAILSAFE it locks up with a
> Kernel
> > Panic.
> >
> > 2) There is no option to use a modem (Linux USB supported modem) on USB
> > port, or perhaps I should say there is no option to use USB for the
modem.
> > There are 4 (as I recall) port options for modem including serial, but
USB
> is
> > not on the list.
> >
> > 3) Corel WP will not install. Not the one on the Mandrake 6.5 CD, nor
the
> one
> > on Corel website. I get a load of directories or path not found errors.
> >
> > 4) Corel PhotoPaint installs but gives a FontTastic (missing) error when
I
> try
> > to run it. I tried the Corel website and UK Linux User CD versions.
> >
> > I've posted all these problems in more detail in the past, but no one
has
> any
> > workable answers. ;-(
> >
> > If I can't acutally USE Linux, it doesn't matter a whole lot if it
doesn't
> > crash. Windows 95/98/ME may crash a lot, but between times IT WORKS!
> >
> > Don
> >
>
>
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: destination host unreachable
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 18:33:15 +0200
juel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:24:7A:4F:7E
> inet addr:192.168.1.11 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
> Interrupt:5 Base address:0x220
Local intranet, unused.
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
> 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
net on eth0
> 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
> 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
default route is gatewayed through a router local to the eth0 interface.
There is nothing wrong with this setup. You haven't tried to use it yet
(according to ifconfig - no TX packets even attempted), and it has
received no packets on the wire either (no RX packets of any sort).
Show the result of ifconfig after a "ping -c 1 192.168.1.1". I suspect it
is working fine.
What is the card? It is strange that it is on IRQ 5. That is normally a
soundcard IRQ, and an ISA IRQ practically always. ISA NICs are
practically unavailable, so I am suspicious that the hardware is
misconfigured so as to have an IRQ conflict. The IRQ/IO choice is
appropriate for a 3c509, I think, and possibly a NE2000, and is slap
bang on the IRQ/IO that I'd expect for an ISA CL soundblaster. You
may have forgotten to configure a SB or the NIC via PnP. Or, if
it is a 3c509, you may have forgotten to disable PnP on the card,
etc. ...
Peter
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