Tim Ford wrote: > Brian Parish wrote: > >> On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 19:14, Tim Ford wrote: >> >>> Ok, i have configured the bpalogin.conf and ran chmod on bpalogin >>> (though every reboot/relogin it reverts... but anyway). >>> >>> Now i ran what you said through the command line - >>> /usr/sbin/bpalogin -c /etc/bpalogin.conf >>> >>> now i ran that, nothing happened in the terminal except a new line >>> appearing, however i was able to connect to the internet for a >>> limited time. after about 1 minute it stopped working (story of my >>> life), and i attribute that to the heartbeat problem. is that correct? >>> >>> so i opened up firestarter, and gave it permission to allow the port >>> 5050 from the qld (my state) inital ip address. >>> >>> however, it kept refusing my connection, so i will reboot in a sec >>> and attempt again. >>> >>> two things puzzled me - 1. I run bpalogin from nautilis, and nothing >>> happens at all. >>> 2. No confirmation or anything appears when i do the above bpalogin >>> command from the terminal. >>> >>> on a side note, linuxconf is configured correctly in that - my 3 ip >>> addresses are for the qld servers, and my domain name is >>> qld.bigpond.net.au. >>> >>> is there anything i haven;t done that still doesn't allow me to have >>> a continuous connection, or have i done something wrong, or am i >>> asking the wrong people and there is a how-to to setup this. >>> >>> any help would be appreciated. >>> >> Sounds like you are nearly there. In the config file there is a line >> commented out by default that reads: >> >> localport 5050 >> >> Have you uncommented this? If not, the port can be random I think. >> >> Just running bpalogin as root should make it run as a daemon. In fact >> it will probably already have set itself up like this and be running >> when you reboot. Any messages will end up in your syslog. Try: >> >> tail /var/log/messages >> >> and you should see something about bpalogin there. bpalogin will >> relogin whenever the connection times out, so that should be all you >> require. >> >> HTH >> Brian >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to >> http://www.mandrakestore.com > Actually, scrap that last message (ARRRGGGGHH!!). I obviously didn't wait the full 5 mins before firing that email off. I still have my internet disconnect after 5 mins. I've opened up everything i think in firestarter, the localport is uncommented, and i still get kicked off. And i tried reconnecting, and i cannot. I know im probably annoying, but im trying everything i know and can do, and it still not giving me proper connectivity. Do you know a way to ensure im not killed by the hearbeat?
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