RE: PPP kernel support loss ?? and other UNIX drivers
Did you run smailconfig? If so, what did you tell it? Ran smailconfig and I get an error that hostname --fqdn was non-zero. Started digging, ran some man pages, etc. then ran hostname (comes back fine) and hostname -f (which says hostname: unknown or something like that). Also won't let me set it manually... I think that's the problem - is there a way to set this 'manually'? Dselect chokes on about 4 packages, all of which require mail-transport except smail, which has this FQDN error. I had reinstalled Debian from scratch, no sign of ethernet anyplace, just PPP; set PC name as Linux, network/domain name as servcom.com (my ISP) and all appropriate IP addresses... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
RE: PPP kernel support loss ?? and other UNIX drivers
So, it's set as MY domain, not a domain I'm connecting to? Hmmm... Will this have side effects when I DO set up the ethernet connection? (I'm also wired to a LAN and through it - and the firewall - to the internet. Maybe I'll reset it to something like debian.ctg.com - the LAN domain is ctg.com - and try again... Hate these damn installs! g...) -- From: Martin Bialasinski[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 23, 1998 9:38AM To: Hogland, Thomas E. Subject: Re: PPP kernel support loss ?? and other UNIX drivers Hogland, Thomas E. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ethernet anyplace, just PPP; set PC name as Linux, network/domain name as servcom.com (my ISP) and all appropriate IP addresses... ^ Don't do that. Chose a non-existent domain like mynet.home or such. This will save you from much trouble in the future. If you want, check the january 1998 mailinglist archive for a posting I did about this subject. Ciao, Martin -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
RE: PPP kernel support loss ?? and other UNIX drivers
-- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 23, 1998 10:15AM To: Hogland, Thomas E. Subject: Re: PPP kernel support loss ?? and other UNIX drivers Ran smailconfig and I get an error that hostname --fqdn was non-zero. Yes, but what *exactly* in *detail* did you answer to smailconfig's questions? Nothing - that message is the first line I get in both dselect and smailconfig. There's no questions... ...is there a way to set this 'manually'? Yes, of course. Just edit /etc/hostname. ...set PC name as Linux What do you mean by PC name? As in, during the network setup you provide a PC na I've gotten another response that putting in names like that can cause problems, and it can be much easier to just create your own domain and connect to the rest of the world. Going to try that... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
PPP kernel support loss ?? and other UNIX drivers
Have had this happen on two different systems now and am at a loss as to why or how to fix. I install the base system and everything goes fine. Have a PPP script saved on disk to enable PPP for Dselect FTP. After I restart the PC and get the press enter to start dselect message I switch to tty2, load the ppp script stuff and ppp-up to dial and connect. (On tty3 I use tail -f /var/log/messages and wait for the IP address to be assigned from my ISP, then back to dselect.) Start dselect, select method, select generic install (no adds or deletes at all to start), download... All goes fine. Usually is overnight, so by morning the PPP link has timed out and hung up (per tty3 messages). Unpack, install, configure - get an error on smail, mailx, cron and at that it can't resolve my host and mail names. Try to bring up PPP in tty2 again and get the message that the kernel lacks PPP support. Can restart the PC to no effect, can reinstall PPP scripts to no effect, can switch directories amongst the /etc family to no effect. Kernel is 2.0.29 and 2.0.30 (two different systems, total of 4 or 5 installs). The PC's are both Compaqs - a Prolinea MT 4/33 (AMD 486/133, 24MB RAM, two 500MB IDE) and a Presario 4840 (PII/266, 6GB IDE, 32MB RAM). The Prolinea has been formatted and reinstalled 4x, the Presario is a fresh install on a single clean partition (didn't even fdisk it in DOS before the install!). WHY, HOW, and (now that the shouting is over and I feel better) how do we fix this? Also, can I use drivers for UNIX SVR3.2, SCO UNIX and/or SCO XENIX under Debian? (Have a dialup board that comes with those. Company's response to Do you have Linux drivers? is Nope, but if you buy ___ board for lotsa $$$ we have them...) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: PPP kernel support loss ?? and other UNIX drivers
May or may not affect you. Check perms on /dev/ttyS?, needs to be group dialout, and on ppp scripits. PPP from debian assumes that you are in group dip or root. As I have seen it explained PPP actually is trying to load over console, and there is no PPP support for PPP over a console. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
