[expert] CNET modem -- Gone!
Dear friends: Thanks to Ramon's wonderful analysis of modems, I was able to quickly figure out what my problem is: My CNET faxmodem is a cheapie that has the dreaded Cirrus Logic chip that Ramon talks about. He says that the Cirrus Logic chip is even worse than Rockwell's crap. Boy, that really hurt! :-) So, it's out with the old, and in with the new. I am returning my CNET modem and have just ordered a U. S. Robotics ext. 56k faxmodem from Egghead ($117 includes free UPS). All my thanks, Ramon. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
Re: [expert] commands at tartup
On Jan 14, Randy Smith wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to run some commands at startup automatically, like autoexec.bat
> > in dos? thanks
>
> have a look at man init
Do you mean at system startup, or user login?
/etc/rc.d/rc.local for the former, "man {shell you use}" to find out the
latter.
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Re: [expert] ISP choice
the satellite service works in conjunction with your current ISP. requests are sent via the current isp connection to the satellite provider's main computers. they obtain the information and spool it over the satellite link. This can take a few seconds to get started. on small pages, this introduces more delay than a slow isp. On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Guillermo Belli wrote: > Hello: > > My actual ISP does not offer 56k connections, and I'm tired of this turtle slow > internet service. I was offered a satelite internet service, with a $30 monthly > fee and free installation (I wont pay a cent for the hardware). Does this kind > of service work with linux? Or do you think I should wait until cable is > available some months from now? There will be ADSL, too, but this option is even > more distant than cable (6-8 months or so). What do you recommend me? > > thaks.
[expert] CNET -- bad chip
Dear friends: Just checked the CNET box. Alas, the chipset is Cirrus Logic, which, according to Ramon, makes the worst chips around. Well, those are the breaks. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
[expert] CNET Modem woes -- footnote
Dear friends: There is no question that my CNET is a real faxmodem. I have used it as a faxmodem (EIA Class 1) on our Compaq 486. Works great. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
[expert] ISP choice
Hello: My actual ISP does not offer 56k connections, and I'm tired of this turtle slow internet service. I was offered a satelite internet service, with a $30 monthly fee and free installation (I wont pay a cent for the hardware). Does this kind of service work with linux? Or do you think I should wait until cable is available some months from now? There will be ADSL, too, but this option is even more distant than cable (6-8 months or so). What do you recommend me? thaks. -- Guillermo Belli - Linux User #131340 ICQ #38321312 http://sites.netscape.net/memo81 (under construction)
[expert] commands at tartup
Hi: Is there a way to run some commands at startup automatically, like autoexec.bat in dos? thanks -- Guillermo Belli - Linux User #131340 ICQ #38321312 http://sites.netscape.net/memo81 (under construction)
[expert] How do I install Linux from my current drive, or from another hard drive?
Are there any instructions out there describing how to install Mandrake 7.0 from my drive with 6.1 on it, or from another drive on my system? I don't have a CD burner. Thanks, Tim -- To reply to me, please remove __DIE_SPAMMERS__ from my reply-to address.
Re: [expert] Re: Netscape
Thank you all so very much for the advice. Pj [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Programs Compiled under Mandrake 6.0 Seg Faulting underRH5.2
Mandrake uses a later version of glibc... That might be the problem. =( If you compile your program under RH5.2 it should work in Mandrake, because it has both the newer lib and the compat one. Jean-Michel Dault [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Christopher Cox wrote: > Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 15:45:03 -0500 > From: Christopher Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] Programs Compiled under Mandrake 6.0 Seg Faulting under RH5.2 > > eiks... > > I thought I understood that if you stuck to the rules, standard Unix like > calls, that binaries from one machine would run on another. > > Well, I compiled my product on a Mandrake 6.0 machine and it segmentation > faults on RH5.2. What is worse is that gdb under RH5.2 cannot even make > enough sense out of the backtrace so that I might figure out what happened. > > > Bummer. Is there a compatibility mode now in Linux that I might have > missed? > > > Thanks in advance! > > Christopher Cox > Cobox >
Re: [expert] ISP choice
D HOPP wrote: > On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Guillermo Belli wrote: > > I don't know about the satellite working but I defiantly recommend waiting > for cable and if you can wait and are eligible get DSL. Both connections > are quick and a lot better then dialup. > > Dennis > > > Hello: > > > > My actual ISP does not offer 56k connections, and I'm tired of this turtle slow > > internet service. I was offered a satelite internet service, with a $30 monthly > > fee and free installation (I wont pay a cent for the hardware). Does this kind > > of service work with linux? Or do you think I should wait until cable is > > available some months from now? There will be ADSL, too, but this option is even > > more distant than cable (6-8 months or so). What do you recommend me? > > > > thaks. > > > > -- > > Guillermo Belli - Linux User #131340 > > ICQ #38321312 > > http://sites.netscape.net/memo81 (under construction) > > Satellite can give you up to 400K download, so they advertise. But most satellite transponders peak out at about 70K so the 400K would likely have to be multi-threaded in some way And you STILL need your ISP to dialup to at 33.6 for the upload side. Satellite is strictly one-way unless you have an 8-foot dish and some fancy transmission equipment and a few dozen licenses and (OR an iridium phone) Wait for cable or ADSL. And your ISP is probably smart to not offer 56K service. With all the software modems running round that have considerable problems at that speed, he's keeping his costs (and probably yours as well) down. And 33.6 isn't that different from 48 which is what I feel lucky to achieve when I can get it. Mostly, my ISP lets me have about 20-25K on the 56K lines and just about the same on his 33.6 lines. And I'll likely never see ADSL or Cable here because we have no hard line to the internet or even to other phone companies. We go through some lightly loaded communications satellites. Civileme
Re: [expert] Modems (long)
Ramon Gandia wrote: > Dennis Veatch wrote: > > > > I having problems with modems. It started out with an Amquest 56K internal and > > also happens with the USR 56K external. These problems occur in Windows98 and > > L-M 6.1. > > > > Problem 1; The modem goes off hook, there is the dial tone, the number is > > dialed, the dial tone comes back. Sometimes the modem resets itself, most times > > not. I have verified the modem settings that are software related and used a > > terminal program to verify individually the settings of the modem profiles and > > S registers, all are at factory defaults. > > This is an indication of a bad phone line or a defective modem. > It > means that your modem is not putting enough of a load on the > Ummm, any chance of setting up a db of Ramon's rants? It seems to be the best of info. Civileme > > > Good luck! > > -- > Ramon Gandia = Sysadmin == Nook Net > http://www.nook.net[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 285 West First Avenue tel. 907-443-7575 > P.O. Box 970 fax. 907-443-2487 > Nome, Alaska 99762-0970 Alaska Toll Free. 888-443-7525
Re: [expert] commands at tartup
On Fri, Jan 14, 2000 at 08:55:13AM -0600, Guillermo Belli wrote: -> Hi: -> -> Is there a way to run some commands at startup automatically, like autoexec.bat -> in dos? thanks Depends on what you want to do. Autoexec.bat sets up fundamental, global stuff on boot. In Linux, a lot of rather fundamental stuff, like activating swap space, is set up in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit. Activating daemons like inetd or httpd is done in the mess of files below /etc/rc.d/rc.init. After those all run, /etc/rc.d/rc.local is run. You can place commands that have global effect in any of those. E.g: I use rc.local to install the driver for a ZIP disk and tell the IDE drive to spin down after 20 minutes. However, autoexec.bat also sets up user preferences like the environment. In Linux, that is also more distributed. Any individual user has a shell specified (in /etc/passwd, I believe), and that shell will run one or more startup scripts, like ~/bashrc. Some are run at login, others are run each time a shell is launched. Those are the places to put individual user preferences. -- -- C^2 No windows were crashed in the making of this email. Looking for fine software and/or web pages? http://w3.trib.com/~ccurley
Re: [expert] Modems
Umm, now that you mention irqtune, that rings a bell. I will try it. I received a suggestion turning off VJ compression, no change. > > It is likely that supposedly identical models of those modems with slightly >different firmware revisions > would not show the same problems. I know of at least 150 different firmwares on a >single model of > "sportster" modems with nothing to tell them apart for the consumer. > > What you probably want is irqtune to move the serial ports up in the priority stack >for interrupt > handling. If you search the archives with the keywords "Civileme" and "www.best" >you will likely find > the URL explaining the principle and providing the download. > > Civileme
Re: [expert] ISP choice
On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, you wrote: > Hello: > > My actual ISP does not offer 56k connections, and I'm tired of this turtle slow > internet service. I was offered a satelite internet service, with a $30 monthly > fee and free installation (I wont pay a cent for the hardware). Does this kind > of service work with linux? Or do you think I should wait until cable is > available some months from now? There will be ADSL, too, but this option is even > more distant than cable (6-8 months or so). What do you recommend me? > You'll still need an "upstream" connection via land-line (phone.) I'd wait for cable, or, if cost-effective, get ISDN. John
[expert] Programs Compiled under Mandrake 6.0 Seg Faulting under RH5.2
eiks... I thought I understood that if you stuck to the rules, standard Unix like calls, that binaries from one machine would run on another. Well, I compiled my product on a Mandrake 6.0 machine and it segmentation faults on RH5.2. What is worse is that gdb under RH5.2 cannot even make enough sense out of the backtrace so that I might figure out what happened. Bummer. Is there a compatibility mode now in Linux that I might have missed? Thanks in advance! Christopher Cox Cobox
Re: [expert] Re: Netscape
On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, you wrote: > I saw a message (error?) that my Netscape has a lock in place that > prohibits access to cache and other files with an explanation that > another user might be using my password. This is not possible. > > It looked something like this: /netscape/ibi.lock/ local host process ID > 566. KPPP has the lock enabled. > > What happened and can I get rid of it? > in your ~/ directory, go to .netscape and type "rm lock" John
[expert] CNET Ext Modem Woes
Dear friends: I am lucky enough to have Bellsouth ADSL service. However, I have gotten pretty tired of the frequent down times for ADSL either because of server breakdowns or the regular early morning (4 a.m. to 6 a.m.) maintenatce and upgrade downtime. They like to say that you are always online with ADSL. This is absolutely correct, so long as you are of course online. So, I decided to add an external modem to my Linux box as a backup. I use it for two purposes: a) to connect to Bellsouth with a modem and b) to connect to our local Unix-run FreeNet if Bellsouth's ADSL AND dial-up services are down (which is not rare). I have an external CNET v.90 56k voice/fax/data modem, which I got from TigerDirect. Specs: System requirements: IBM486 or Higher, 8MB of RAM, Win3.1, 95/98 Supported Standards ITZU -T V. 90 Supported Protocols V.90, V.34, V.32bis, V.32, etc. Data Compression: V. 42bis, MNP5 Error Correction V.42 LAPM, MNP 2,3,4 I have used this modem with success on our Compaq 486 Win 3.1. Works great and connects everytime. When using my ext CNET 56k with Linux, I have connected with both Bellsouth as well as with my FreeNET. However, I am having problems connecting on a regular basis with Bellsouth. Here is what happens. I configured my modem with kppp. I checked with Bellsouth. The settings are all correct. I have, after all, connected several times with Bellsouth and used Netscape, my RealPlayer, etc with success. I begin by making sure that my ADSL is OFF. So, I turn my ADSL modem off and reboot to localhost@sher, go into KDE, and click on kppp. Now when I first click on kppp I get a strange message: "Your kernel does not support kppp either directly or by means of a kernel module." The message disappears and my dial-up dialogue screen appears. I type in my user name and password and click OK. My log shows the following: ATH OK - ATZ OK ATM0L0 OK ATDT525-3398 OK ATH OK etc. [At the ATDT525-3398 stage above you see at the bottom of the log screen "Expecting CONNECT". When it does connect, you see on the log screen CONNECT 56700] I let this process repeat itself several times in case Bellsouth is busy. Is it possible that that's all it is? Another funny thing: Sometimes I get the strange message "Setting speaker volume". I guess this has something to do with the fact that CNET supports voice communication. Sometimes the message appears and sometimes no. Another thing: Sometimes you can hear the modem dialing out and connecting and sometimes it will dial out silently and still connect. One more funny thing: One night when I dialed out I got a completely blank log screen: no data at all. Just a blank screen as the modem dialed out. I do understand the problem with the lock file, and when this happens I just delete the lock file from /var/lock. I have also tested my modem with Minicom, a communications program I use to connect to my New Orleans FreeNet Unix shell. Sometimes I have the same problems and sometimes not. Well, those are the symptoms. Do you think my modem is in fact Linux compatible and that my problems are not related to Linux issues as such? Any idea what might be preventing me from connecting on a regular basis? Would appreciate any expert advice from our list members. Thank you so very much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
[expert] Floppy drive mount problem
I am trying out Red Hat 6.0 and everything is greta except when I use the mount drive icon or the terminal to get to a floopy disk it tells me "mount /mnt/floppy 2>&1" reported: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0, or too many mounted file systems. Any suggestions on how to fix this or maybe get a floppy and cd icon on the desk? Thanks. Payne __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[expert] never mind the floppy, now to sound
I fixed that floppy mounting problem, but I still don't have any sound. I have turned it on in everywhere I know, but I still don't have sound. What needs to be compiled into my kernel for me to have sound? I am positive my card is supported, so any suggestions are welcomed. Thanks. Payne __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [expert] Modems (long)
Ramon, You are a jewel!!! I knew some of the stuph about modems but not nearly as much. I suspect if I was on the server end I'd be alot smarter about a lot of related things. Thank you, thank you, thank you. When you have a little time, I'd like to pose a question about modems and connections. When I lived in Ok I bought a new 56k v.90 which had a decent connect (48-51) rate. And d/l was good too. Then I moved to Missouri. I tried 3 different ISP's and the best local connection I could get was 26.6. I resolved it by buying a USR external and have been happy as a clam ever since. I suspect the internal was a winmodem that was having trouble with the router but the ISP couldn't/wouldn't confirm or deny it. I'm curious what you think. I've never gotten a sensible answer. Indentally I moved from tornado alley and a rural electric company. WE had surges, brownouts and outages all the time. After the first outage during a bright, calm sunny day which fried the modem, I bought a UPS. It alerted me several times a day so I knew there were problems in the area somewhere. Now I am in town with an outstanding power company. UPS has alerted twice and both times it was storm related. They are great! I have a screwy set up. I run everything including modem thru a MAX surge protector before it goes to the UPS. One plug disconnects it all instantly. Hopefully the USR will die of old age. LOL I'd lock my sys down tighter if I knew how. What amazes me the most is that computer savvy people do not have UPS and then complain when they lose equipment. Of course these are the same experts who run IE with Java and DirectX and use Outlook. :-) Thanks again for the education. You guys are great! Pj
[expert] ...der Mandrake 6.0 Seg Faulting under RH5.2 NEVER MIND!
Ugh Mandrakes kernel Allows for writable strings. I had to 'gcc -fwritable-strings' for RH5.2 Later. Christopher Cox Cobox
Re: [expert] ISP choice
El vie, 14 ene 2000, escribiste: As far as I know there is no trick here, the satellite internet service is just being introduced and they have this limited time offer: one free month with no installation fee. The cable company has to finish upgrading their wiring to optic fiber for the service to be available. Satellite internet service is the only high speed internet acces for now... > What kind of connection speed do you get compared to cable modem? > > Do you have to sign up for a minimum period of time? > > How soon till you can get cable modem? > Kevin I'm in Nicaragua, where do u live? The company is called InterBeeper (used to be a pager service company) >Who offers the satelitte service? Cable or ASDL are not going to be >available where I live. >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks for the URL, I'll check >There is a commercial Linux driver available at www.helius.com. >Jean-Michel Dault -- Guillermo Belli - Linux User #131340 ICQ #38321312 http://sites.netscape.net/memo81 (under construction)
Re: [expert] ISP choice
Direct PC is one. They are related to Direct TV, the Satelite TV people. They should have an 800 number if no retail in your local area. BYW, it's satelite download only. Upload is by phone. Still, in many cases, download is where the speed is needed. Frank Arnold == On Fri, 14 Jan 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Who offers the satelitte service? Cable or ASDL are not going to be > available where I live. > > On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > > > Guillermopersonally, I'd wait for the adsl. Actually I am > > waiting for it :-) > > > > Alan > > > > > > Guillermo Belli wrote: > > > > > > Hello: > > > > > > My actual ISP does not offer 56k connections, and I'm tired of this turtle slow > > > internet service. I was offered a satelite internet service, with a $30 monthly > > > fee and free installation (I wont pay a cent for the hardware). Does this kind > > > of service work with linux? Or do you think I should wait until cable is > > > available some months from now? There will be ADSL, too, but this option is even > > > more distant than cable (6-8 months or so). What do you recommend me? > > > > > > thaks. > > > > > > -- > > > Guillermo Belli - Linux User #131340 > > > ICQ #38321312 > > > http://sites.netscape.net/memo81 (under construction) > > > >
Re: [expert] ISP choice
Hello, What kind of Satellite Service is available in your area? I have lots of experience with the DirecPC Service. It offers 400 kbps download, and the upload is done by modem at your standard speed. It's 95% stable, and for the 5%, you have to connect using straight dial-up. But it's here NOW, and it's wayy faster than 33.6. There is a commercial Linux driver available at www.helius.com. Jean-Michel Dault [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Guillermo Belli wrote: > Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 08:47:46 -0600 > From: Guillermo Belli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] ISP choice > > Hello: > > My actual ISP does not offer 56k connections, and I'm tired of this turtle slow > internet service. I was offered a satelite internet service, with a $30 monthly > fee and free installation (I wont pay a cent for the hardware). Does this kind > of service work with linux? Or do you think I should wait until cable is > available some months from now? There will be ADSL, too, but this option is even > more distant than cable (6-8 months or so). What do you recommend me? > > thaks. > > -- > Guillermo Belli - Linux User #131340 > ICQ #38321312 > http://sites.netscape.net/memo81 (under construction) >
Re: [expert] ISP choice
>From what I've heard about satellite ( Speedchoice I believe ) the following things occure: 1) During big storms or just windy days the connection will go out 2) Encryption isn't all that good and can be hacked easily ( I don't know anything about encryption, this is just what I heard ) 3) Get interference from other devices using similar wave lengths I believe... Over all it seemed like a good idea, but from the people that have it, I haven't heard wonderful comments. Riyad Kalla General Partner, Multimedia & Design [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.transitivesys.com - Original Message - From: "D HOPP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 11:02 AM Subject: Re: [expert] ISP choice > On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Guillermo Belli wrote: > > I don't know about the satellite working but I defiantly recommend waiting > for cable and if you can wait and are eligible get DSL. Both connections > are quick and a lot better then dialup. > > Dennis > > > > Hello: > > > > My actual ISP does not offer 56k connections, and I'm tired of this turtle slow > > internet service. I was offered a satelite internet service, with a $30 monthly > > fee and free installation (I wont pay a cent for the hardware). Does this kind > > of service work with linux? Or do you think I should wait until cable is > > available some months from now? There will be ADSL, too, but this option is even > > more distant than cable (6-8 months or so). What do you recommend me? > > > > thaks. > > > > -- > > Guillermo Belli - Linux User #131340 > > ICQ #38321312 > > http://sites.netscape.net/memo81 (under construction) > > > >
Re: [expert] Modems (long)
Dennis Veatch wrote: > > I having problems with modems. It started out with an Amquest 56K internal and > also happens with the USR 56K external. These problems occur in Windows98 and > L-M 6.1. > > Problem 1; The modem goes off hook, there is the dial tone, the number is > dialed, the dial tone comes back. Sometimes the modem resets itself, most times > not. I have verified the modem settings that are software related and used a > terminal program to verify individually the settings of the modem profiles and > S registers, all are at factory defaults. This is an indication of a bad phone line or a defective modem. It means that your modem is not putting enough of a load on the phone company switch to hold the voltage below a certain threshold (at the phone company). This could happen, for instance, in the modem if it had a bad relay (switch contact, the thingy that goes click inside), or in the phone line if there are bad/rusty/high resistance connection. With house wiring, it could well affect the wiring going the the jack in the computer room but not elsewhere in the house. Most phone companies provide an outdoor box with a modular test jack. When the box is opened with a wrench, there is a swingout protector that disconnects the house's wiring and exposes a conventional modular plug for that line. You can plug in a regular phone cord there for testing. Get yourself a brand new 50 or 100 ft phone cord and run it thru a window to your modem and see if the problem disappears. The US Robotics 56K external does not have the Rockwell Chip Set. It has a US Robotics/3Com chipset that is manufactured for them by Texas Instruments. The Rockwell is a piece of junk, but the USR/3Com/TI is a very_good chipset. In fact, it is the best. However your dial tone irregularity indicates a phone line problem or a defect in the modem itself. In modems I have seen those after surges like a powerline falling across phone wires, or lightning strikes. These can happen miles from your house and can fry wiring, modems, etc. You can borrow a modem from someone to eliminate the possibility of a bad modem. If the problem persists with the new modem, then you use the long cord to eliminate the possibility of a bad house wiring. If you have two phone lines in the house (two separate numbers), try temporarily using the ohter line and see if the problem goes away. If you determine it is at the phone company's, a call is in order. In Alaska, lightning is rare, but is very common out there. You get a lightning strike a few miles away. The spike travels on the phone wire and fries your modem, indoor wiring or the phone company wiring or outdoors protector on your house. If the failure is not total, you get intermittent problems like you are reporting. Another thing to check is your login procedure. Your successful log in indicates that you are using a Script. Many ISP's, myself included, do not require a script and in fact will reject your call after authentication. Just hang up on you after verifying username and password. This is a function of several things at the ISP, and different terminal servers can behave differently. Thus one call may succeed, while others do not. This is because when you dial the ISP's phone number the call may at random be assigned to different terminal servers. If in Windows 98 you do not need a Script file or a Terminal Screen, then how come you are using one in Linux? The fact that the ISP requested a hangup or termination seems to me to indicate that this is the problem. Also, be careful who you talk to at the ISP. ISP's are flooded by tech support calls. Ask me: I am an ISP and I can tell you that clueless users can take up a lot of time. We get calls blaming Nook Net for being out of service, and the message on their screen is "No Dial Tone". Really. What this means is that ISP's tend to employ minimum-wage young techno-geeks in their support department. This is an entry level position. It is a tedious job relating mostly to real_dumb questions. Most of these kids are really not electronic technicians nor are they versed at all in the workings of their Terminal Servers, modems, etc. The fact that the kid that spoke to you told you that your USR External modem used a Rockwell Chipset is an indication that he is clueless himself and he is just posturing as an expert when in fact he is a dumbkopf himself. What you need to do is to get past this first layer of ISP technical support and see if you can speak to the head honcho over there. Most ISP's, like myself, have literally seen -and fixed- everything you can imagine. I am not down there to help you, and some of the troubleshooting that you may need can only be provided on-site or by interactively asking questions. Both Linux client machines and Windows 98/95 have different tools and procedures which can answer some of the questions. The PPP logfile of Linux is unique; but there are corresponding log f
Re: [expert] ISP choice
Who offers the satelitte service? Cable or ASDL are not going to be available where I live. On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > Guillermopersonally, I'd wait for the adsl. Actually I am > waiting for it :-) > > Alan > > > Guillermo Belli wrote: > > > > Hello: > > > > My actual ISP does not offer 56k connections, and I'm tired of this turtle slow > > internet service. I was offered a satelite internet service, with a $30 monthly > > fee and free installation (I wont pay a cent for the hardware). Does this kind > > of service work with linux? Or do you think I should wait until cable is > > available some months from now? There will be ADSL, too, but this option is even > > more distant than cable (6-8 months or so). What do you recommend me? > > > > thaks. > > > > -- > > Guillermo Belli - Linux User #131340 > > ICQ #38321312 > > http://sites.netscape.net/memo81 (under construction) >
Re: [expert] ISP choice
Friday, January 14, 2000, 9:47:46 AM, you wrote: GB> My actual ISP does not offer 56k connections, and I'm tired of this turtle slow GB> internet service. I was offered a satelite internet service, with a $30 monthly GB> fee and free installation (I wont pay a cent for the hardware). Does this kind GB> of service work with linux? Or do you think I should wait until cable is GB> available some months from now? There will be ADSL, too, but this option is even GB> more distant than cable (6-8 months or so). What do you recommend me? What kind of connection speed do you get compared to cable modem? Do you have to sign up for a minimum period of time? How soon till you can get cable modem? -- Best regards, Kevin
Re: [expert] commands at tartup
On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Guillermo Belli wrote: >Hi: > >Is there a way to run some commands at startup automatically, like autoexec.bat >in dos? thanks /etc/rc.d/rc.local -- v Davor Cengija [EMAIL PROTECTED] === "Please allow 30 days for delivery"
[expert] Postfix times out to internet
My postfix mail won't deliver to any destination that is not local. Local user to user is fine. I'm getting a "(connect to smtp2.infotechsys.com: Connection timed out)" on all outbound mail. I check the FAQ and it said to disable MTU but the only thing close that I can see in the kernel was "net.ipv4.ip_no_pmtu_disc" it was originally set for 0 and I set it to 1 with no luck. What am I doing wrong? Configuration is the standard setup that comes in the RPM. Also how do I allow relaying from specific addresses in postfix? Thanks 6.1
Re: [expert] Modems
You might look at http://www.56k.com . They have layers of useful infomation that relate to connectivity. Pj [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] commands at tartup
Guillermo Belli wrote: > Hi: > > Is there a way to run some commands at startup automatically, like autoexec.bat > in dos? thanks > -- > Guillermo Belli - Linux User #131340 > ICQ #38321312 > http://sites.netscape.net/memo81 (under construction) have a look at man init
Re: [expert] ISP choice
On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Guillermo Belli wrote: I don't know about the satellite working but I defiantly recommend waiting for cable and if you can wait and are eligible get DSL. Both connections are quick and a lot better then dialup. Dennis > Hello: > > My actual ISP does not offer 56k connections, and I'm tired of this turtle slow > internet service. I was offered a satelite internet service, with a $30 monthly > fee and free installation (I wont pay a cent for the hardware). Does this kind > of service work with linux? Or do you think I should wait until cable is > available some months from now? There will be ADSL, too, but this option is even > more distant than cable (6-8 months or so). What do you recommend me? > > thaks. > > -- > Guillermo Belli - Linux User #131340 > ICQ #38321312 > http://sites.netscape.net/memo81 (under construction) >
Re: [expert] Modems
Dennis Veatch wrote: > I having problems with modems. It started out with an Amquest 56K internal and > also happens with the USR 56K external. These problems occur in Windows98 and > L-M 6.1. > > Problem 1; The modem goes off hook, there is the dial tone, the number is > dialed, the dial tone comes back. Sometimes the modem resets itself, most times > not. I have verified the modem settings that are software related and used a > terminal program to verify individually the settings of the modem profiles and > S registers, all are at factory defaults. > > Problem 2; The dial up procedure goes fine, but the modem hangs up. This always > occurs when the two machines are settling on the ppp parameters. In particular > here is a snipit of my ppplog: > > Jan 14 08:38:17 paula ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on /dev/ttyS0 at 115200 > Jan 14 08:38:17 paula pppd[2597]: pppd 2.3.8 started by root, uid 0 > Jan 14 08:38:46 paula pppd[2597]: Serial connection established. > Jan 14 08:38:46 paula pppd[2597]: Using interface ppp0 > Jan 14 08:38:46 paula pppd[2597]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0 > Jan 14 08:38:47 paula pppd[2597]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 > ] > Jan 14 08:38:47 paula pppd[2597]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x6b > ] > Jan 14 08:38:47 paula pppd[2597]: sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x6b ] > Jan 14 08:38:47 paula pppd[2597]: rcvd [LCP ConfNak id=0x1] > Jan 14 08:38:47 paula pppd[2597]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x2 > ] > Jan 14 08:38:47 paula pppd[2597]: rcvd [LCP TermReq id=0x6c] > Jan 14 08:38:47 paula pppd[2597]: sent [LCP TermAck id=0x6c] > Jan 14 08:38:48 paula pppd[2597]: Modem hangup > Jan 14 08:38:48 paula pppd[2597]: Connection terminated. > Jan 14 08:38:49 paula pppd[2597]: Exit. > > Repeated dialing attempts results in the following: > > Jan 14 08:45:31 paula ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on /dev/ttyS0 at 115200 > Jan 14 08:45:31 paula pppd[2668]: pppd 2.3.8 started by root, uid 0 > Jan 14 08:46:05 paula pppd[2668]: Serial connection established. > Jan 14 08:46:05 paula pppd[2668]: Using interface ppp0 > Jan 14 08:46:05 paula pppd[2668]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0 > Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 > ] > Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x5 > ] > Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x5 ] > Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: rcvd [LCP ConfRej id=0x1 > ] > Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x2 ] > Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x6 ] > Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x6 ] > Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x2 ] > Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 >] > Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x1 > ] > Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x7 ] > Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x7 ] > Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: rcvd [IPCP ConfRej id=0x1 ] > Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 ] > Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: rcvd [LCP ProtRej id=0x8 80 fd ff 03 80 fd 01 01 > 00 0f 1a 04 78 00 18 04 78 00 15 03 2f] > Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x2 ] > Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x3 ] > Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x3 ] > Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: local IP address 209.143.42.136 > Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: remote IP address 209.143.42.104 > Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up started (pid 2671) > Jan 14 08:46:07 paula pppd[2668]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up finished (pid 2671), status >= 0x0 > > Of particular note you'll see on an unsuccessful attempt I recevie what I take > to be a termination request from my ISP's host resulting in a modem hangup. > What I don't understand is why this happens as nothing has changed when a logon > is successful. > > I have talked with my ISP and they say it has to do with some irregularity in > the Rockwell chipset used on the Amquest and USR modems. Anyone aware of this > issue? > > My last problem is with frame errors during a session. They are not escessive > but Netscape stalls a lot and throughput is noticably slow. I remember seeing a > docuemnet somewher on the net what causes this but I cannot not find it. Can > anyone point me to it? > > TIA > Dennis Veatch It is likely that supposedly identical models of those modems with slightly different firmware revisions would not show the same problems. I know of at least 150 different firmwares on a single model of "sportster" modems with nothing to tell them apart for the consumer. What you probably want is irqtune to move the serial ports up in the priority stack for interrupt handling. If you search the archives with the keywords "Civileme" and "www.best" you will likely find the URL explaining the principle and providing the download. Civileme
Re: [expert] ISP choice
Guillermopersonally, I'd wait for the adsl. Actually I am waiting for it :-) Alan Guillermo Belli wrote: > > Hello: > > My actual ISP does not offer 56k connections, and I'm tired of this turtle slow > internet service. I was offered a satelite internet service, with a $30 monthly > fee and free installation (I wont pay a cent for the hardware). Does this kind > of service work with linux? Or do you think I should wait until cable is > available some months from now? There will be ADSL, too, but this option is even > more distant than cable (6-8 months or so). What do you recommend me? > > thaks. > > -- > Guillermo Belli - Linux User #131340 > ICQ #38321312 > http://sites.netscape.net/memo81 (under construction)
Re: [expert] commands at tartup
GuillermoI add those kinds of things to the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file. It is a shell script and executes last after all the other init scripts. You can just tack your commands on the end of the script. Alan Guillermo Belli wrote: > > Hi: > > Is there a way to run some commands at startup automatically, like autoexec.bat > in dos? thanks > -- > Guillermo Belli - Linux User #131340 > ICQ #38321312 > http://sites.netscape.net/memo81 (under construction)
Re: [expert] Need to stop X from starting at boot.
:>> How can I stop X from starting when I see the login? :>> :>Reboot and type "linux 3" at the LILO prompt. This will put :>you at a console log-in rather than the GUI log-in you're :>used to. Just for completenes - there is another way to do it: If you wait long enough after a "normal" power-up, you will see "raspawning too fast, disabled for 5 minutes" message, when your computer gives up starting X. Then you have 5 minutes to log-in on a virtual console, and type "telinit 3" to get in the 3-rd runlevel (no X). While you are at it, edit the /etc/inittab and set "default runlevel" to 3, until you are done with setting up X again... cu Denis --- Denis Havlik ||| http://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik (@ @) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -oOO--(_)--OOo-
[expert] commands at tartup
>>> "Guillermo" == Guillermo Belli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Guillermo> Hi: Is there a way to run some commands at startup Guillermo> automatically, like autoexec.bat in dos? thanks -- Put them in /etc/rc.d/rc.local -- Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA X-Mailer: XEmacs 21.1, VM 6.75 and random-sig.el Kernel 2.2.14-15mdk http://www.viconet.com/fieschko/home.htm Jan 14 St Hilary or St Felix "It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged." - [G.K. Chesterton, in The Cleveland Press, 3/1/21]
Re: [expert] commands at tartup
Yep, put your commands in /etc/rc.d/rc.local, that is the last startup file to run, a bit like an autoexec.bat file. Riyad Kalla General Partner, Multimedia & Design [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.transitivesys.com - Original Message - From: "Guillermo Belli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 7:55 AM Subject: [expert] commands at tartup > Hi: > > Is there a way to run some commands at startup automatically, like autoexec.bat > in dos? thanks > -- > Guillermo Belli - Linux User #131340 > ICQ #38321312 > http://sites.netscape.net/memo81 (under construction) >
Re: [expert] Re: Netscape
I had this problem, just remove it, then should work. Wei Quan Tian On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, ibi wrote: > I saw a message (error?) that my Netscape has a lock in place that > prohibits access to cache and other files with an explanation that > another user might be using my password. This is not possible. > > It looked something like this: /netscape/ibi.lock/ local host process ID > 566. KPPP has the lock enabled. > > What happened and can I get rid of it? > > Thanks, > > Pj > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: [expert] 336 Supra Express
Bit off subject here, but just wanted to tell you Brian that my father (who is no longer with us) worked at WPAFB for 35 years prior to retirement. John Connell > Brian D. Klar - CVE > OTS > WPAFB > 937-257-5773 > 937-973-3125 (Pager) >
[expert] Modems
I having problems with modems. It started out with an Amquest 56K internal and also happens with the USR 56K external. These problems occur in Windows98 and L-M 6.1. Problem 1; The modem goes off hook, there is the dial tone, the number is dialed, the dial tone comes back. Sometimes the modem resets itself, most times not. I have verified the modem settings that are software related and used a terminal program to verify individually the settings of the modem profiles and S registers, all are at factory defaults. Problem 2; The dial up procedure goes fine, but the modem hangs up. This always occurs when the two machines are settling on the ppp parameters. In particular here is a snipit of my ppplog: Jan 14 08:38:17 paula ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on /dev/ttyS0 at 115200 Jan 14 08:38:17 paula pppd[2597]: pppd 2.3.8 started by root, uid 0 Jan 14 08:38:46 paula pppd[2597]: Serial connection established. Jan 14 08:38:46 paula pppd[2597]: Using interface ppp0 Jan 14 08:38:46 paula pppd[2597]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0 Jan 14 08:38:47 paula pppd[2597]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 ] Jan 14 08:38:47 paula pppd[2597]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x6b ] Jan 14 08:38:47 paula pppd[2597]: sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x6b ] Jan 14 08:38:47 paula pppd[2597]: rcvd [LCP ConfNak id=0x1] Jan 14 08:38:47 paula pppd[2597]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x2 ] Jan 14 08:38:47 paula pppd[2597]: rcvd [LCP TermReq id=0x6c] Jan 14 08:38:47 paula pppd[2597]: sent [LCP TermAck id=0x6c] Jan 14 08:38:48 paula pppd[2597]: Modem hangup Jan 14 08:38:48 paula pppd[2597]: Connection terminated. Jan 14 08:38:49 paula pppd[2597]: Exit. Repeated dialing attempts results in the following: Jan 14 08:45:31 paula ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on /dev/ttyS0 at 115200 Jan 14 08:45:31 paula pppd[2668]: pppd 2.3.8 started by root, uid 0 Jan 14 08:46:05 paula pppd[2668]: Serial connection established. Jan 14 08:46:05 paula pppd[2668]: Using interface ppp0 Jan 14 08:46:05 paula pppd[2668]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0 Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 ] Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x5 ] Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x5 ] Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: rcvd [LCP ConfRej id=0x1 ] Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x2 ] Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x6 ] Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x6 ] Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x2 ] Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 ] Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x1 ] Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x7 ] Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x7 ] Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: rcvd [IPCP ConfRej id=0x1 ] Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 ] Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: rcvd [LCP ProtRej id=0x8 80 fd ff 03 80 fd 01 01 00 0f 1a 04 78 00 18 04 78 00 15 03 2f] Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x2 ] Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x3 ] Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x3 ] Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: local IP address 209.143.42.136 Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: remote IP address 209.143.42.104 Jan 14 08:46:06 paula pppd[2668]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up started (pid 2671) Jan 14 08:46:07 paula pppd[2668]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up finished (pid 2671), status = 0x0 Of particular note you'll see on an unsuccessful attempt I recevie what I take to be a termination request from my ISP's host resulting in a modem hangup. What I don't understand is why this happens as nothing has changed when a logon is successful. I have talked with my ISP and they say it has to do with some irregularity in the Rockwell chipset used on the Amquest and USR modems. Anyone aware of this issue? My last problem is with frame errors during a session. They are not escessive but Netscape stalls a lot and throughput is noticably slow. I remember seeing a docuemnet somewher on the net what causes this but I cannot not find it. Can anyone point me to it? TIA Dennis Veatch
RE: [expert] 336 Supra Express
I have a Supra ISA Diamond Express 56K internal modem. It is PNP. It never just "worked" in Redhat nor MD6 or 6.1. I kept getting an eight byte overlap conflict with me soundcard. The only way I got it to work was to remove both the soundcard and modem, boot up Linux and then shutdown Linux. Install the soundcard, boot, and shutdown (Soundcard worked at this point). configure the modem (yes, it has jumpers on it) for a forced IRQ, think I used com 2.Installed the modem and booted up MD, and all was fine then, and has been since. I just make sure that I keep a copy of isapnp config file on floppy to ease re-installations Brian D. Klar - CVE OTS WPAFB 937-257-5773 937-973-3125 (Pager) -Original Message- From: Ramon Gandia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 12:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] 336 Supra Express D HOPP wrote: > > I have an ISA Diamon Supra Express 336 PNP Voice modem. They do not have such a model. They have models like Supra Express 336i V+ and so on. You have to be a bit careful. Supras come in both WinModems and Non-Win. However, looking at all the variants of the 336's did not show any of them to be WinModems. However, some could be RPI's which are just as bad. > I',m running > Mandrake 7.0 and trying to get this modem to work (I didn't get it working > under 6.1 either). This isn't a winmodem (to my knowledge) but Lothar > doesn't detect it (I know it's in beta). I'm wondering how I can get this > working if Lothar doesn't think it's there. > > Thanks, > Dennis Most, if not all Diamond Supra modems are PnP. Often when you exit windows or reset the computer, the PnP settings are set back to default mode. this may be non-functional in your computer. Most Diamonds do NOT have Jumpers. This makes them tough to set up. There is such a thing as PnPTools, but I have never gotten the thing to work for me. Sometimes you can do this: fire up the computer in Windows95 and take a look at the modem settings in Control Panel, System, Device Manager. IN particular look at the resources, such as the IO Port and the IRQ it uses. >From there you can determine if that is a normal port, and which one (cua0, cua1 etc). YOu can then plug those settings into Linux and see if the modem shows up. ISA PnP was a kludge that never worked well, even for Windows. I have serveral modems in here that are ISA PnP and my computer would never pick up from Windows 95. Usually because there was a serial port or other already on the computer that was "blocking" the modem, so PnP would not alert Win95. Ergo, no modem recognized. My feeling is that you will get this thing working, but you may be in for a rough road for a bit. -- Ramon Gandia = Sysadmin == Nook Net http://www.nook.net[EMAIL PROTECTED] 285 West First Avenue tel. 907-443-7575 P.O. Box 970 fax. 907-443-2487 Nome, Alaska 99762-0970 Alaska Toll Free. 888-443-7525
Re: [expert] mmv in contribs
On gio, 13 gen 2000, WH Bouterse wrote: >This may be oldnews >but mmv is in Mandrake/Contribs >http://rpmfind.net/linux/MandrakeCooker/contrib/RPMS/ yep! You're right! I've made a search with google but found the Suse version only... Many thanks -- Marco Ciampa
RE: [expert] Need to stop X from starting at boot.
telinit may be used to switch runlevels without reboot. Also... ctrl-alt-backspace may kill a misbehaving X. ctrl-alt-F1 may switch to console from X. ;o) -Original Message- ;o) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] ;o) Sent: 14 January 2000 01:25 ;o) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;o) Subject: Re: [expert] Need to stop X from starting at boot. ;o) ;o) ;o) "james.fogg" wrote: ;o) ;o) > I screwed up my x-windows configuration and now when X ;o) boots it locks up ;o) > (video driver experiments.. ooops). ;o) > ;o) > My problem now is that I cannot change my settings from X ;o) (cause it wont ;o) > run) and yet it runs X on boot. I see the penguin and a ;o) command line login ;o) > for about 2 seconds then X server starts. ;o) > ;o) > How can I stop X from starting when I see the login? ;o) ;o) login as linux1 and edit file: inittab. ;o) ;o) # Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are: ;o) # 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this) ;o) # 1 - Single user mode ;o) # 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do ;o) not have networking) ;o) ;o) # 3 - Full multiuser mode ;o) # 4 - unused ;o) # 5 - X11 ;o) # 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this) ;o) # ;o) id:5:initdefault: ;o) ;o) change thius final line to: ;o) ;o) id:3:initdefault: ;o) ;o) Sergio Korlowsky ;o)
Re: [expert] Networking
Michael Doyle wrote: > Is it possible and how (where do I look) to network serial port -->> serial > port (direct connect) as in Winblows No particular problem, you just have to connect the serial ports with an inverter cable (Rx connected to Tx at the other end, and vice versa). Then you use ordinary ppp just as you would over a modem (use 115200 as speed, because it's likely the limit for your serial ports). When the ppp connection is up (ifconfig reports new interface pppn, e.g. "ppp0", on both machines) you just use ifconfig and route to set the IP addresses and routes for both machines. Really easy ... -- Jean-Louis Debert[EMAIL PROTECTED] 74 Annemasse France old Linux fan
