Linux-Setup Digest #351, Volume #21 Fri, 1 Jun 01 22:13:05 EDT
Contents:
problem with network card (Stefaan Margot)
Suse 7.1 install fails in the beginning (stephan)
New user to Debian ... routing problem using PPP?? (hoffmyster)
lp: no devices found... (Laurent Bloch)
Re: How to setup DNS on Linux w/ Linksys Router (Michael Meissner)
Apache and extensions ("Harison Phinizy")
ipchains (Jeff Moore)
PPTP not working on RH 7.1 ... help !!! (Peter)
Re: printtool (Dave Uhring)
Re: ipchains (N. Yeamans)
Re: lp: no devices found... (Dave Uhring)
Re: Partitioning Software (Abhishek Amit)
Re: RH7.1 & AIC-7896 (Konstantinos Agouros)
Re: Install of SuSE 7.1 hangs in reboot (N. Yeamans)
Re: problem with network card (KCmaniac)
Re: Apache and extensions (CF) (ljb)
Re: PCI modem recommendations for Linux box - what should I buy? (Roger Blake)
Printer stopped working with eth1 installed (Sasan Iman)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stefaan Margot)
Subject: problem with network card
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 22:15:38 GMT
Hi,
I have installed SuSE 7.0 on a 486 with a Netgear EA201 card
As my hard drive is rather small (4000MB), I had to skip some packages
during installation.
I've installed the network card and it has been detected just fine.
I can address an IP address and a netmask.
If I want to ping a PC in my local network it does not work. The ping
gets a time out. If I ping from a PC to my Linux host, the ping also
times out. So it seems that I can not generate network traffic.
If I ping the linux host from the linux host, it works fine.
Can anybody help me with this problem? Should I check for certain
daemons to be running?
Any help is much appreciated
TIA
Stefaan.
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From: stephan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Suse 7.1 install fails in the beginning
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 22:20:32 GMT
Hi,
I wanted to install SUSE 7.1 but it failed in the
first step - the system hangs up.
The screen looks like this:
--
"Linux 2.2.18
-
loop:registered device at major 7
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.30
ide:Assuming 33Mhz system bus speed for P10 modes;
Override with idebus = xx
SIS5513: IDE controller con PCI bus OO dev 01
SIS5513: chipset revision 208
SIS5513: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
SiS5591:
Ide0:BM-DMA at 0xd000-0xd007, BIOS settings:
hda:DMA, hdb: pio
Ide1:BM-DMA at 0xd008-0xd00f, BIOS settings:
hdc; DMA, hdd: DMA
hda:ST36422A,ATA Disk drive
hdc:CD-W54E, ATAPI CDROM drive
hdd:FX320S, ATAPI CDROM drive
ide0at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: ST36422A, 6103MB w/256KB cache,
CHS=778/255/63,UDMA(33)
--
and here it stops!!!
SUSE 6.1 runs without problems.
Has anybody an idea?
Stephan
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From: hoffmyster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: New user to Debian ... routing problem using PPP??
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 18:22:05 -0400
An entry for ppp0 appears in ifconfig with IP addresses. Doesn't this
tell me all is
well between my PC and my ISP as far a valid PPP connection is
concerned?
Well, I am not getting responses using ping from any outside IP
address. Ping responds to the IP address assigned to me by my ISP.
Ping also responds to my network card's IP address 192.168.1.1 and to
the loopback device.
Another symptom is when using /sbin/route. When connected to ISP,
nothing happens, no table is present and cursur is waiting for input.
^C returns control to the console prompt. I supposed this is because
the table is empty and the program wants data to put into its table.
BUT, when disconnected, /sbin/route shows two entries in the table, eth0
and Io and control immediately returns to the console prompt. Connected
there is no table; disconnected there is.
Seems I got a routing problem. Everything works fine on my RH system.
When I set up my modem on it, I don't remember having to configure any
routing stuff other than stipulating DNS servers and resolving hostnames
on the LAN. I suppose the routing stuff was automatically done or at
least the defaultroute option in my chatscript was doing that, I guess.
Well, I just started using Debian but all I have right now is just the
base system. I am trying to get the modem set up so I can install the
rest of it. Debian goes about interfacing with pppd differently than
RH. As far as I can tell the defaultroute option is being stipulated.
So what's up?? Does anyone know what Debian configuration files are
used to set up /sbin/route?? In RedHat I found a couple of files that
look like there are commands to /sbin/route. These files are
/etc/sysconfig/static-routes and /var/run/route.current
Anyone know what could be going on here or what files need to be
configured in Debian so that /sbin/route will report the correct info
and allow me to ping out?
RLH
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From: Laurent Bloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: lp: no devices found...
Date: 1 Jun 2001 22:56:11 GMT
All is in the subject. The kernel has been compiled
with the parallel port and parallel port printer
options. MAKEDEV lp has been made. The printcap
entry is:
lp|otero:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:sh:pw#80:pl#72:px#1440:mx#0:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:af=/var/log/lp-acct:\
:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
lpq says:
Status: cannot open '/dev/lp0' - 'No such device', attempt 1, sleeping 10...
The printer is a Lexmark Optra E312, the motherboard an
ASUS S97- V.
Thank you for any hint.
Laurent
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Subject: Re: How to setup DNS on Linux w/ Linksys Router
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 01 Jun 2001 18:56:57 -0400
"Chad Whitten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> just make your linux box a dns server. for simple dns caching, install the
> bind8 rpm's (or get the tarball and install that) and start up named. point
> all machines to use the linux box as their dns server. if you want to setup
> dns for you small lan, create some zone files and put references to them in
> /etc/named.conf and then you can get rid of the /etc/hosts files. check out
> the dns how-to on linuxdoc.org and look on linuxgazette.com for a
> home-dns-howto (go back to around nov 99). both of those are what got me
> started with dns.
Note, you want to make sure that you are running the latest bind (8.2.3 for Red
Hat 6.x systems, or 9.1.0 for Red Hat 7.1 systems), as there was a root exploit
that various port scanners and script kiddies are checking for. Alternatively,
if your dns server doesn't export names for a domain visible on the internet,
just block access to port 53 for both tcp & udp except for your lan.
--
Michael Meissner, Red Hat, Inc. (GCC group)
PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886, USA
Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +1 978-486-9304
Non-work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax: +1 978-692-4482
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From: "Harison Phinizy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Apache and extensions
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 22:58:26 GMT
I am running a cold fusion server on a redhat 7.1 box... Apache server is
looling for a .htm and the fold fusion pages are .cfm... Do I change the
httpd.conf to accept .cfm pages?
Thanks,
Harison
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From: Jeff Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ipchains
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 18:00:33 -0500
I have RH 7.1 and it has ipchains installed by default. I was using
ipchains with RH 7.0 and it works very good.
I upgraded to RH 7.1 and the firewall modules I was using are not part
of the 2.4 kernel.
My firewall does not support ftp, realaudio, or any other masq ports
that were supported in the old config script with modules.
I have not found any proper documentation on how to do this with the new
ipchains, but I do have a copy of the old firewall script.
I need to determine the old port numbers for the new script.
Is there any good howto on the ipchains for replacing the lost modules
or to set up new firewall rules for the ports of ftp, realaudio, and
others that were supported by the previous modules with the 2.2 kernel?
Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
Jeff Moore
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From: Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PPTP not working on RH 7.1 ... help !!!
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 23:22:14 GMT
Greetings,
I am trying to rid my computer of the evil Windows devilware and have
managed to replace all functions except email for my work account. I
require PPTP to access it. Anyone have any suggestions on how to do
this? I have downloaded the Linux PPTP client and installed it. I just
can't seem to get it to work. The message in the log always says
something like "LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests" around the time I
tried to start up the PPTP client.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Peter.
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: printtool
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 18:50:58 -0500
Liverpool_fc wrote:
> hello,
> if we change settings in printtool (gui) for printers in rh6.2, they
> change back to the original settings.
>
> any suggestions.
>
> thank you.
>
>
>
>
Get and install apsfilter. www.apsfilter.org
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (N. Yeamans)
Subject: Re: ipchains
Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 00:14:57 GMT
Upon the 01 of Jun in the hour of 17 MDT, the great Jeff Moore did decree:
> I have RH 7.1 and it has ipchains installed by default. I was using
> ipchains with RH 7.0 and it works very good.
> I upgraded to RH 7.1 and the firewall modules I was using are not part
> of the 2.4 kernel.
Kernel 2.4.x uses iptables. From what I understand, the default (filter)
table is similar to ipchains. I've only used iptables, so I'm not sure.
If you don't have the iptables program, it's at http://netfilter.samba.org/
I think it even links to a tutorial for using iptables as a firewall.
> Is there any good howto on the ipchains for replacing the lost modules
> or to set up new firewall rules for the ports of ftp, realaudio, and
> others that were supported by the previous modules with the 2.2 kernel?
If you can't find the modules, then you may have to recompile the kernel. The
Kernel howto will help you there.
--
Norman Yeamans - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lp: no devices found...
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 19:20:50 -0500
Laurent Bloch wrote:
> All is in the subject. The kernel has been compiled
> with the parallel port and parallel port printer
> options. MAKEDEV lp has been made. The printcap
> entry is:
>
> lp|otero:\
> :lp=/dev/lp0:\
> :sh:pw#80:pl#72:px#1440:mx#0:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> :af=/var/log/lp-acct:\
> :lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
>
> lpq says:
>
> Status: cannot open '/dev/lp0' - 'No such device', attempt 1, sleeping
> 10...
>
> The printer is a Lexmark Optra E312, the motherboard an
> ASUS S97- V.
>
> Thank you for any hint.
>
> Laurent
>
>
What is the ownership/group of /dev/lp0 and what are its permissions?
If you are running RedHat-7 or 7.1, the owner/group should be root/lp or
lp/lp with 660 permission.
BTW, you do not have an input filter configured in /etc/printcap and unless
your printer already knows to add a CR after a LF, you are going to have
stair-step printing.
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From: Abhishek Amit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partitioning Software
Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 00:30:04 -0000
I would highly recomed POartition Magic. It's easy to use with a lot of
features.
Eric wrote:
>
>
> > Can someone recommend a single program that can partition linux, fat
and
> > ntfs partitions. I have a 30 gig hard drive and wish to put RedHat
7.1,
> Win 2k Pro
>
> fdisk or cfdisk eg.
> They will only partition though! The DOS fdisk also formatted a
partition.
> linux' fdisks will not do this. Use the mkfs programs for that.
>
> mkfs.ntfs doesn't exist as far a I know, so you'll need to do that from
NT.
>
> A program that can do it all is PartitionMagic from PowerQuest.
> But that's not free.
>
> Eric
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Konstantinos Agouros)
Subject: Re: RH7.1 & AIC-7896
Date: 2 Jun 2001 01:45:53 +0200
In <9f836d$l4e$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Slash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>sorry for writing in russian 8)
>Hi, All!
>looking for aic7xxx.o for AIC-7896 under RH7.1 (2.4.2-2x)
>do someone have the same problem?
>install fails because of timeouts while searching scsi-devices
>(m/b - Intel L440GX+)
>any ideas?
Yes I have exactly the same problem with this adapter with 2.4.X. I tried
old and new aic no can do!
2.2.X just runs fine on this machine...
I didn't try 2.4.5 though.
Konstantin
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Dipl-Inf. Konstantin Agouros aka Elwood Blues. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Otkerstr. 28, 81547 Muenchen, Germany. Tel +49 89 69370185
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"Captain, this ship will not sustain the forming of the cosmos." B'Elana Torres
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (N. Yeamans)
Subject: Re: Install of SuSE 7.1 hangs in reboot
Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 00:57:30 GMT
Upon the 01 of Jun in the hour of 13 MDT, the great oz1dcv did decree:
> On Fri, 01 Jun 2001 06:49:43 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (N. Yeamans) wrote:
...
>>> not boot. Have you tried manually setting this up using cfdisk under the
>>> SuSE installation? IOW, you do the partitioning?
>
> Yes I did, same result.
> I have now tried the installation on another old pentium computer (IBM
> P330) also with only 32 MB RAM. The reboot during installation halts
> at the same point.
> Installation on my laptop (256 MB) and a desktop (192MB) has been
> smooth with no problems. Could it be something with insufficient
> memory? Installation is in text mode on the two small computers, but
> graphical on those that succeded.
Didn't see anything unusual in your fstab or partition setup, and I think
32 MB of ram should be enough to at least boot.
You said it messed up in the middle of the install? I suppose there could be
a lot of things wrong, but I'll give you some guesses.
It is an older computer, could the kernel be compiled for an incompatible
processor? My system acts funny (it's a K6-2) if I use a 486 or Pentium II
kernel. Does the kernel have all of your necessary (to boot) hardware
drivers compiled as built-in? I'm sure you'll need at least the hard
drive and it's interface supported. Or maybe there is some conflicting
driver that causes your system to hang--I remember seeing a note or two
about this. Some drivers will cause problems with some other device while
probing for the device it was made for.
What about your executable and library files? Did libc get installed? (99%
of programs need this library) It should be in /lib, and it's usually called
something like libc-*.so Maybe ldconfig wasn't run...it updates the cache
file for the run-time linker. Try running 'ldconfig -r /mnt' where /mnt
is where your root filesystem is mounted. Try using ldd on the programs
that are used in boot up--such as init, bash, syslogd--does ldd detect
any missing library files?
What about inittab and the startup scripts? Look at /etc/inittab and trace
down where it goes. Try putting echo commands in the startup scripts to
see exactly which line the computer halts at. Maybe you'll see which
line/program is causing the problem and you can fix/disable it.
Good luck.
--
Norman Yeamans - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: KCmaniac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problem with network card
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 21:13:34 -0400
Stefaan Margot wrote:
> I have installed SuSE 7.0 on a 486 with a Netgear EA201 card
> As my hard drive is rather small (4000MB), I had to skip some packages
> during installation.
> I've installed the network card and it has been detected just fine.
> I can address an IP address and a netmask.
> If I want to ping a PC in my local network it does not work. The ping
> gets a time out. If I ping from a PC to my Linux host, the ping also
> times out. So it seems that I can not generate network traffic.
> If I ping the linux host from the linux host, it works fine.
> Can anybody help me with this problem? Should I check for certain
> daemons to be running?
> Any help is much appreciated
>
I am getting a little more experience now with RH and Debian concerning
networking that I think I can at least steer you into the right
direction. I am not familiar with SuSE so I can't get specific. There
are differences between the way RH and Debian, for example, interface with
common Linux systems. Debian's packaging system is significantly
different than RedHat's, as well. It is supposed to be smarter. What I
am saying is there apparently are subtle different from dists to dists as
far as setting up and configuring common systems.
One thing for sure, you need TCP/IP networking capability configured into
your kernal. Ping localhost. If it replies then you do, if it doesn't
then you don't.
Next you have to make sure that your Linux host knows who it is. You
said: "If I ping the linux host from the linux host, it works fine." I
take that to mean you can ping your network card. If you can ping it then
you need to confirm properly configured /etc/hosts, hosts.deny,
hosts.allow and resolv.conf files. SuSE may have a network configuring
utility that will write to these files through an interface. If not then
there are networking or PPP HOWTO's to show you what should be in those
files.
Run "ifconfig". You should see eth0 with its assigned private IP
address. Run "route" to also see an entry for eth0. Another diagnostic
is netstat -i and -t. If either one of these does not include eth0 then
you need to double check those configuration files. If you are postive
you have the card configured properly, then I would begin troubleshooting
the hardware such as the card itself and/or the cables.
RLH
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ljb)
Subject: Re: Apache and extensions (CF)
Date: 2 Jun 2001 01:14:55 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I am running a cold fusion server on a redhat 7.1 box... Apache server is
>looling for a .htm and the fold fusion pages are .cfm... Do I change the
>httpd.conf to accept .cfm pages?
No. The ColdFusion module which gets dynamically loaded into Apache takes
care of that. The only changes to httpd.conf are to load that module. If
it isn't working, it probably didn't install right.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roger Blake)
Subject: Re: PCI modem recommendations for Linux box - what should I buy?
Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 01:22:21 GMT
On Sat, 2 Jun 2001 00:05:25 +0900, SilentNight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>as long as I cannot find a PCI winmodem working with Linux, the
>external modem is the only choice. Just one more switch is not
I've gotten Lucent-based PCI Winmodems working with Linux, though I
don't recall specific models.
You might want to try http://www.linmodems.org for modem info.
--
Roger Blake
(remove second "g" and second "m" from address for email)
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From: Sasan Iman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printer stopped working with eth1 installed
Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 01:35:04 GMT
My printer (HP laserjet) stopped working after I added my second
ethernet card. Also, my eth1 (second card) does not come up
automatically during boot. Any idea what may be going wrong? I am
running Redhat 6.2 on an intel machine.
Si
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