Re: Coupla quick questions...
Martin Bialasinski wrote: GS == Gary Singleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: GS 3.) I think when I recompiled my kernel for sound I somehow lost GS what used to be called slhc or slip header compression - I use GS PPP so I don't know if I need it but... Hmmm, I have ppp compiled as modules and slhc.o is there. I also have sound built as modules, so I don't think there is any connection between the two. GS 4.) What does Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP GS mean? I checked the archives/dejanews and determined that I GS prolly don't need it so I turned it off in /etc/ppp/peers/provider GS but I'd still like to know what it's for. You can turn this message off with the 'noproxyarp' option in ppp config. [snip] -- Ed C.
Re: Coupla quick questions...
GS == Gary Singleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: GS 2.) I noticed in my /var/log/syslog that when GS connecting to my ISP I got the message modprobe: can't GS locate module char-major-10. I checked the archives GS and dejanews and found some discussion but all I could GS garner was to alias it to off in /etc/conf.modules. I GS did it and the message went away but I don't really GS understand what I did. I don't know why it wanted to use this module. According to /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt it is 10 charNon-serial mice, misc features GS 3.) I think when I recompiled my kernel for sound I somehow lost GS what used to be called slhc or slip header compression - I use GS PPP so I don't know if I need it but... Maybe you didn't enable it, or you compiled it into the kernel (maybe it is created when you compile ppp as module). GS 4.) What does Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP GS mean? I checked the archives/dejanews and determined that I GS prolly don't need it so I turned it off in /etc/ppp/peers/provider GS but I'd still like to know what it's for. It makes the box dialing in appear as if it is located at the remote LAN. Basically. Pretty advanced stuff. You don't need it, as you found out yourself. GS 5.) (Last one I swear!) I noticed in my ppp.log that GS my ISP may be trying chap first before pap - I'll post GS the relevant parts of the log if necessary but here's GS what looks important: GS ...pppd[174]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq...auth chap 05... GS ...pppd[174]: sent [LCP ConfRej... GS ...pppd[174]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq...auth chap 05... GS ...pppd[174]: send [LCP ConfNak...auth pap GS ...pppd[174]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq...auth pap GS Then it does some more stuff. Should I change my GS config to chap? You could try it. It is more secure, and LCP negociation will be done a little but faster. Ciao, Martin
Coupla quick questions...
Hello Debian users! I usually just lurk and learn that way but I have a few quick questions that I would appreciate a little info on. 1.) I somehow managed to delete my /var/log/news directory and was getting boot errors. I apparently fixed it by recreating the directory as root but that made the /news subdir owned by root:root. Is this correct or should it be owned by root:news? 2.) I noticed in my /var/log/syslog that when connecting to my ISP I got the message modprobe: can't locate module char-major-10. I checked the archives and dejanews and found some discussion but all I could garner was to alias it to off in /etc/conf.modules. I did it and the message went away but I don't really understand what I did. 3.) I think when I recompiled my kernel for sound I somehow lost what used to be called slhc or slip header compression - I use PPP so I don't know if I need it but... 4.) What does Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP mean? I checked the archives/dejanews and determined that I prolly don't need it so I turned it off in /etc/ppp/peers/provider but I'd still like to know what it's for. 5.) (Last one I swear!) I noticed in my ppp.log that my ISP may be trying chap first before pap - I'll post the relevant parts of the log if necessary but here's what looks important: ...pppd[174]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq...auth chap 05... ...pppd[174]: sent [LCP ConfRej... ...pppd[174]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq...auth chap 05... ...pppd[174]: send [LCP ConfNak...auth pap ...pppd[174]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq...auth pap Then it does some more stuff. Should I change my config to chap? TIA, G.S. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Coupla quick questions...
In foo.debian-user, you wrote: 1.) I somehow managed to delete my /var/log/news directory and was getting boot errors. I apparently fixed it by recreating the directory as root but that made the /news subdir owned by root:root. Is this correct or should it be owned by root:news? [promt]$ ls -ld /var/log/news drwxr-xr-x 2 news news 1024 Sep 12 1998 /var/log/news
