Re: Comments on Debian 'frozen' release, wvdial
On Monday 20 April, Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> You can install pppconfig. It is not in the base disks, though. I will
> suggest that to the boot floppy maintainer.
I did. Much better, thanks !
> I will suggest pppconfig in the base disks. I'm not sure about the
> nameserver stuff, but I will suggest it, too. Not however, that only the
> first three entries are ever used (check the man page). And everybody is
> encouraged to use the nameserver of his local provider.
Yes. I do not think that the nameserver is any more precious than the
name of the provider or the phone number - though I suppose it is shared
between all providers.
I actually use xisp (which, by the way has broken dependencies - how
do I file a bug report ?) which edits resolv.conf every call.
I attach a modified version of pppconfig that includes nameserver
configuration that *will* be needed on a boot disk.
Cheers,Andy!
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Andy Rabagliati . [EMAIL PROTECTED] . http://www.wizzy.com/andyr/
--- pppconfig Mon Apr 20 16:32:00 1998
+++ pppconfig.shMon Apr 20 17:54:40 1998
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
# The author is John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. It is based on work by
# Richard G. Roberto and Bruce Perens.
+# resolv.conf additions by Andy Rabagliati <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
-version="pppconfig 1.0"
+version="pppconfig 1.1"
# set -x
umask 027
BACKTITLE="Debian GNU/Linux PPP Configuration Utility"
@@ -22,9 +23,6 @@
# Set defaults.
atdx=ATDT
-route=defaultroute
-ipdefault=noipdefault
-modeminit=ATZ
ispport=/dev/ttyS1
ispspeed=115200
@@ -234,9 +232,6 @@
"Defaultroute" "Enable or disable default route" \\
"Ipdefault" "Set IP addresses" \\
"Method""Authentication Method (e.g., PAP)" \\
-EOF
-[ -f /etc/resolv.conf ] && {
- cat >> $TempFile < $SedFile
-cat $SedFile > /etc/resolv.conf
+nameserver $ispnameserver #pppconfig_nameserver
+" $RESOLV > $SedFile
+cat $SedFile > $RESOLV
+else
+ if [ -s $RESOLV ]
+ # There is something here, but none of it is ours.
+ then
+ # Move it to a safe place.
+ mv $RESOLV $RESOLV.old
+ fi
+ # And create a new file.
+ touch $RESOLV
+ cat >$RESOLV <
Comments on Debian 'frozen' release, wvdial
Folks, I downloaded the boot disks and base2_0.tgz to install the new glibc debian release on my Compaq laptop. I am an experienced linux installer. All went very smoothly. Except .. that after the base install I wished to continue as an ftp install. This required the usual guru-level PPP setup, not acceptable, in my opinion, for a fresh install. The man pages (no man command in base packages, it should be aliased to zcat or some little shell script) conflict in the placement of the chat scripts. I suggest that the base installation include a PPP setup utility, that the installer be asked if they wish to use FTP as the next install method, and, if so, that PPP be set up. After starting up PPP, I downloaded other packages, no problem. I fetched wvdial, thinking that it might be the solution to my problem above. It was indeed, simple to set up. However, it had problems. It took no account of the "auth" line in /etc/ppp/options, and thus failed to log in. It also did not set up a nameserver, meaning that I had to add one to /etc/resolv.conf. Again, guru-level PPP setup necessary. I therefore suggest that the wvdial setup check for the auth line in /etc/ppp/options, and use "noauth" with ppp if it is present, and, if /etc/resolv.conf is not present, add a default one, perhaps from the list of debian nameservers, BUOY.COM 205.230.163.100 WWW2.BUOY.COM205.230.163.102 NS2.CISTRON.NL 195.64.68.28 MIRIAM.FULLER.EDU206.1.27.4 LALUG.ORG198.186.216.134 NS1.WAW.COM 194.51.88.250 I further suggest that wvdial (or another easy PPP setup utility) be added to the base installation, and that it be invoked before dselect. Cheers, Andy! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
