How to set up ethernet and pppoe
My firewall computer is showing problems, including a failed update from wheezy to jessie, and I reported disk read error (according to smartd) so I am trying to build a new machine. I have installed stretch on the new system but I have got problems beyond my knowledge. The install gave me a system with a network managed where I have always used ifconfig and the like and /etc/network/interface and do not know to remove the network manager and install the "legacy" tools. So I have a lan interface but no potential wan. The more detailed issue is how to configure the second Ethernet to support pppoe. At present the new machine is on my desk but when I move it to the WAN it will need to be running pppoe on the second interface or I will be isolated from the world (and advice). I also need to remove gnome which was installed in error and add the iptable changes. Help! ==John ff
Re: More on locale
I have those files except the last htl one. I should have added that I have been running this macine for years and this started recently, a month or two I think. On Tue, 10 Jul 2018, Zenaan Harkness wrote: On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:37:19PM +0100, John wrote: A short time ago I sought your advice about messages I am getting about locales I thought I did what was suggested but I still see CC libclamav_internal_utils_nothreads_la-strlcat.lo ../libtool: line 1748: warning: setlocale: LC_CTYPE: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF-8) when compiling, and (firefox-esr:11622): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. Using the fallback 'C' locale. from firefox. There are other similar. I have not got this problem on any other machine. How can I fix it, and ensure it does not happen again? I'm not sure, but try running locate on your locale e.g.: $ locate en_US.UTF-8 /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8 /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/XI18N_OBJS /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/XLC_LOCALE /usr/share/doc/libx11-dev/i18n/compose/en_US.UTF-8.html If you don't have those (or similar) locale files, you need to enable and generate that (evidently required, based on your environment) locale. Good luck,
Re: A long rant on Debian 9
The next installment I booted the machine just recently and I am not sure what I did but I noticed that both the wired and wifi interfaes were up. I took the wired down ifconfig enp2s1 down and it continued to ping my gateway and the bbc. More than that it allowed be to use aptitude to get firefox. I tried a number of changes to /etc/network/interfaces and I seem to have it working. So now back to installing compilers and development tools As ever I apologise for what were probably trivia questions. My only excuse is age -- I predate networks and operating systems.
Re: A long rant on Debian 9
On Mon, 7 May 2018, Brian wrote: On Mon 07 May 2018 at 18:17:07 +0100, jpff wrote: Things are getting better if not quite right. I have a lean x/fvwm system installed and I have managed to get an xterm displayed. The major issues I have left outstanding are If you have fvwm on the system it was installed after first boot. To state the obvious, either WiFi or ethernet was used. Which one was it? I did a complete reinstall using wired network, but ensured no desktp of any kind. Then added the most obvious things like fvwm, exim, emacs and some others > 1: The X40 has a three-mbutton trackpoint but while button 1 works, button 2 has no affect and button 3 does what button 2 should do. Not seen that before and not sure where to look. > Dunno. It is not critical. Put it on the back burner. Just makes it hard to se. The middle button works in xterm but not in fvwm. Maybe not critical but a problem for my fingers who have been doing this for so long > 2: Still no wifi. iwconfig allows me to set key and essid etc but ifup says it has not heard about wlp2s2 which is the name "ip link" gives. Sometimes the wifi is active judging from the flashing of the lights but no connection. I am used to using ifconfig/iwconfig on other machines. You have installed wireless-tools (the installer doesn't). You could also install net-tools if you feel more comfortable with it. Please post the contents of /etc/network/interfaces and the output of 'ip a'. I have net-tools, not sure about wireless-tools. Will check when I can get back to a wired location. On the 64bit laptop at present ssh'ed into the Debian firewall. 3: My wifi is WPA-PSK (I think version 2). Is teresoe package I eed for this? Just realised that I have never used wifi on debian boxes Apart from wpasupplicant, no. I see evidence of some wps- files but not akl I expect from other systems And again thank you all for your advice and comments. It is getting better. Answering a question or two might see a dramatic increase in betterness. AFIK I have answered all questions; apologies if I am being unclear. -- Brian. ==John ff
Re: A long rant on Debian 9
Things are getting better if not quite right. I have a lean x/fvwm system installed and I have managed to get an xterm displayed. The major issues I have left outstanding are 1: The X40 has a three-mbutton trackpoint but while button 1 works, button 2 has no affect and button 3 does what button 2 should do. Not seen that before and not sure where to look. 2: Still no wifi. iwconfig allows me to set key and essid etc but ifup says it has not heard about wlp2s2 which is the name "ip link" gives. Sometimes the wifi is active judging from the flashing of the lights but no connection. I am used to using ifconfig/iwconfig on other machines. 3: My wifi is WPA-PSK (I think version 2). Is teresoe package I eed for this? Just realised that I have never used wifi on debian boxes And again thank you all for your advice and comments. It is getting better. ==John ff
Re: A long rant on Debian 9
And thank you all who pointed me at the non-free installer files. I will try that later today with luck well, modified rapture1 i booted from the usb stick with the firmware .iso and tried an install. I accepted the licence for the firmware and proceeded to configure the wifi. It asked for the ESSID offering me the correct one, and I said it was PSK. It then asked for the passphrase which I provided, and then into a loop which network? which essid? what passphrase? until I got bored. So it still does not configure the wifi So for want f a better idea I plugged in the wired network and just did a reboot. Working from the tty on alt-f1 I tried to look at the network -- not sure what I did but I eventually noticed the wifi was working with the same ip address as the wired. Pulled the plug on ethernet and carried on trying to get a more reasonable software base. Actually got xorg/xdm/fvwm all "working" with missing stuff on the menus, in particular xterm. So tried to install it, and then I rebooted --- no wifi now an no idea how to fix. Would ubuntu give me a stable base i wonder. I do not seem to be getting anywhere yet. ==John ff
Re: A long rant on Debian 9
That looks interesting; it attemts to answer my deep problem about no X, xdm, xterm etc. My problem nowis I do not know where/how to apply this. I have not seen any mention of a kernel command line in the net install. More please! And thank you all who pointed me at the non-free installer files. I will try that later today with luck On Sun, 6 May 2018, Felix Miata wrote: John composed on 2018-05-06 21:51 (UTC+0100): How do I get a working computer? I can ssh in from elsewhere but that is not what I need. And I need wifi. My Debian installations are all net installs that include tasks=standard base-installer/install-recommends=false on the kernel cmdline. I get nothing I don't need installed that way. Xorg and whatever else I need I get with apt* once booted normally. I don't use WiFi. -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2018 #128
Thank yu for your response. It must be tat I misinterpretted the error message /usr/bin/c++-ffast-math -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility=hidden -DHAVE_ATOMIC_BUILTIN -g CMakeFiles/winsound.dir/winsound.cxx.o CMakeFiles/winsound.dir/winsound/main.cxx.o -o ../winsound -rdynamic /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfltk_images.a /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfltk_forms.a /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfltk.a -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lXext -lm ../libcsound64.so.6.0 -lpthread -lpng -lz -ljpeg -lXft -lfontconfig -lXinerama -lX11 -lm -Wl,-rpath,/home/jpff/csound6: /usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfltk.a(Fl_x.o): undefined reference to symbol 'dlsym@@GLIBC_2.2.5' //lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2: error adding symbols: DSO missing from command line collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status frontends/CMakeFiles/winsound.dir/build.make:122: recipe for target 'winsound' failed make[2]: *** [winsound] Error 1 The assummptiowas as thisused to work I must have udated something new in the C world. Time to look elsewhere ==John ff
Upgrade problems (wheezy->jessie)
I seem to need to upgrade to Debian stretch to install my printer as it needs hplip 3.16.11, ad I was running wheezy. I understand this needs to be done in two stages, wheezy->jessie->stretch, but I still need advice as I cannot find out the solution to my problem. I tried upgrading from Wheezy to Jessie using apt-get upgrade and apt-get dist-upgrade as the instructions said. All seemed OK until disaster struck when the Jessie failed to reboot. As the computer is headless I had to dismantle it all, loose the internet to the entire LAN, and find USB keyboard and dvi cable for screen. Eventually discovered that the kernel installed with Jessie did not load, but the previous kernel did. An hour or so thinking and I managed to get autobooting to work so re-installed with internet and hidden location , and eventually communication resumed. But... 1) Why will vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-amd64 not load (says loading and the does nothing for over 30mins) when vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-amd64 does load? 2) Is it OK to run with the older kernel? 3) More importantly will it happen on Jessie->Stretch as climbing up to dismantle the local net is hard (I have a balance issue) or is there a way of testing before rebooting? Any help very welcome ==John ff
