Am 23.11.2015 um 21:04 schrieb Balaco Baco:
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015, at 16:38, Richard Weinberger wrote:
>> Am 23.11.2015 um 20:04 schrieb Balaco Baco:
>>> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015, at 13:35, Richard Weinberger wrote:
>>>> Am 22.11.2015 um 16:39 schrieb Balaco Baco:
>>>>>>>>>>> Since I have no root access in the host machine, I must use 'slirp'.
>>>>>>>>>>> Right? Now I'll install it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slirp) 
>>>>>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>>>>>> source and pass the full path to UML in the command line, e.g.:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Yes.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> eth0=slirp,,/home/me/bin/
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Documentation says: ethn=slirp,ethernet address,slirp path
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> That said, the slirp tool is old and AFIAK unmaintained.
>>>>>>>>>> qemu forked it a long time ago and has it integrated into its
>>>>>>>>>> source.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Documentation of UML also said that ethernet address is optional. I 
>>>>>>>>> did
>>>>>>>>> both ways, none worked (and it took me a few minutes and tries to find
>>>>>>>>> out that not all MAC addresses are possible to use for a virtual 
>>>>>>>>> machine
>>>>>>>>> like UML; is this at least mentioned in some UML doc? It shouls, 
>>>>>>>>> IMHO).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So, is it possible that I run an UML with full Internet access, and
>>>>>>>>> without having root access in the host machine? Or am I trying 
>>>>>>>>> something
>>>>>>>>> that from the start was not possible?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If it is not possible, is it easy to set up some form of file sharing
>>>>>>>>> between the host and UML machine? (again, this must *not* depend on 
>>>>>>>>> host
>>>>>>>>> root access!)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As I said, if you don't have root on the host, you have to use slirp.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And I am using slirp. But it do not work yet. I'm not sure what is
>>>>>>> wrong. May you help me?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just gave it a try. Works here.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ./linux ubda=../Downloads/Debian-Squeeze-AMD64-root_fs mem=1G
>>>>>> eth0=slirp,FE:FD:01:02:03:04,/home/rw/work/slirp/slirp-1.0.17/src/slirp
>>>>>>
>>>>>> root@uml:~# ifconfig eth0 10.0.2.15 up
>>>>>> root@uml:~# route add default gw 10.0.2.15
>>>>>
>>>>> Do not work for me. And to point directly to the slirp program instead
>>>>> of its folder (which is understood by many as the *path* for anything,
>>>>> not the things themselves, with full path) is news for me, and something
>>>>> that should be pointed in the docs. I think many others will understand
>>>>> it as I did before you said this.
>>>>
>>>> "Does not work" is not a valid error description.
>>>> Please find out what exactly does not work.
>>>
>>> There is no clear error. In this paragraph I just pointed to something
>>> in the instructions that mislead me to give the path to the folder
>>> *where* slirp was, instead of the slip program itself, its file. The
>>> most I could see that did not work I said right after, below in the
>>> previous message. Please assume and try to see that I'm trying my best
>>> to follow your directions, but I still could not do it although you just
>>> said you did.
>>>
>>> You may also ask me to directly do things or steps that you do (maybe
>>> it's something I don't know or do that make it don't work).
>>>
>>>
>>>>> Now there is a few lines about slirt and ETH0:
>>>>>
>>>>> =======================
>>>>> [autodetect SLIP/CSLIP, MTU 1500, MRU 1500, 115200 baud]
>>>>>
>>>>> SLiRP Ready ...
>>>>> Unsupported device type 256 for "eth0"
>>>>> Failed to bring up eth0.
>>>>> done.
>>>>>
>>>>> ========================
>>>>
>>>> DHCP cannot work on SLIRP.
>>>> That's why you have to configure the interface manually.
>>>>
>>>>> What can I do?
>>>>>
>>>
>>> If configure the interface manually is to type the commands (inside UML)
>>>  below, that I did before:
>>>
>>> root@uml:~# ifconfig eth0 10.0.2.15 up
>>> root@uml:~# route add default gw 10.0.2.15
>>>
>>> It did not work.
>>>
>>> What information is useful for you? I don't know. So, since you seem to
>>> have thought I did not try enough before, now I'm sending the whole boot
>>> log, and each step I did before and repeated right now, after I read
>>> your message.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>> Then you can use networking. Please not that slirp does not have a
>>>>>> performance.
>>>>>> Depending on your slirp package you can tweak it.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have compiled it from source. Do you know exactly where and how I can
>>>>> tweak it? If so, please say how, so I don't have to search and find what
>>>>> is already known.
>>>>
>>>> AFAIK Debian folks have some patches in their package.
>>>
>>> I choose the best distro I know for the intended uses (RedHat and sister
>>> is usually not that good, but I don't discard using them to start). I
>>> did not use Fedora or RedHat that even the blog shows because I don't
>>> want and don't need graphical interface. Just CLI is perfect, just fine.
>>>
>>> If you can point which patch or which feature Debian patched I can work
>>> around it. Right now I know that it may have some problem, but I can
>>> even look for help my self or anywhere else because I don't know what it
>>> is - not much clues I can tell.
>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> //richard
>>>
>>> Ironically, doing the same steps I did before it seemed to work today.
>>> :-/ I hate when this happens... hopefully it won't stop tomorrow, with
>>> another ironic happening.
>>>
>>> Now, with a close to work situaton, I guessed that it just needed to
>>> find the DNS the host uses (easy, fine), and then I repeat the route add
>>> command. But this is not true. Before I update UML's /etc/resolv.conf
>>> the only IP I can ping from UML is 127.0.0.1. What else do I need to do
>>> to have network in UML?
>>
>> ICMP is not supported on SLIRP. Only UDP and TCP.
>>
> 
> What does this mean? Please explain a bit more clearly to me. I don't
> have much knowledge as you with UML and Kernel related (low system)
> things.

This has 0 do to with UML. SLIRP is a very old user space tool. :)

> Is TPC/IP supported? In theory, TPC happens above IP communication
> layer. So, should it work?

TPC?

> The network you said you had is the same as I just saw/did? Although I
> can communicate with the host, I won't be able to use its Internet
> connection?

You can also use Internet.

Thanks,
//richard

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