Re: [newbie] DHCP and RoadRunner

1999-07-13 Thread Axalon



On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Matthew A Stegman wrote:

> Ah-ha!  At last, oh long last, I have Internet access from Linux once
> again!  Ah, I am filled with elation, joy, happiness, etc.
> 
> I think I managed to upgrade the DHCP client, but I'm not sure.  I booted
> into Windows, jotted down the info, then hit the reset button, went into
> Linux, set it up for a static IP, and when I exited netconf, everything
> worked great!  Well, I thought, at least I'll have a few hours- until the
> lease expires at 2:30 this morning.
> 
> I fooled around on the net for a while, then found a DCHP-mini-HOWTO
> (I'd looked for one before, but never found it until tonight). It gave a
> couple URLs for a DHCP client- dhcpcd.  I downloaded ver 1.3.17, which I
> was instructed to use with 2.2.x kernels.  After installation, I ran it.
> My connection was immediately lost.  Aw, crap, I said to myself. Now I
> have to restart the eth0 interface.  At least I don't have to reboot (as
> if I were in Windows). 
> 
> On a whim, I decided to try DHCP through netconf again.  I removed the IP,
> gateway, DNS, etc. and exited.  Upon activating the changes...
> 
> I can ping www.linuxmandrake.com!  I can telnet to my University's system!
> 
> I decided to press my luck, and typed 'pump -i eth0 -R' (renew the IP
> lease). It worked, too!

IIRC, pump and dhcpcd wren't intended to be used together
 
> > On or about line 86 in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ip{up|down}
> > 
> > replace /usr/sbin/pump -i $DEVICE
> > with  /usr/sbin/punp -i $DEVICE -h $HOSTNAME
> > Sorry i can't test it, the @home techs here aren't smart enough to etup
> > dhcp which is more than fine with me

Yes I ment /sbin/pump

> I hope you meant to say '/sbin/pump' because /usr/sbin/pump (or punp) does
> not exist on my system.  Even so, if I read the pump man page right, then
> you're just having me request a specific hostname.  How does this help?
> If I can't get a server-assigned IP address in the first place, how
> could I get a specific, client-requested one?
> Also, in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown the command was 
>  pump -r -i ${DEVICE}
> So, I appended '-h ${HOSTNAME}' instead.  May I ask what the braces do? 

What version initscripts do you have? I don't think that -r belongs there

Maybe a bash wizard can fill this in more but the braces determine scope,
global or local to the function or file, and such. I'm sure it's
documented somewhere.

The -h is needed for broken dhcpd's
(this is from man dhcpcd but the bug is still relevent)
"-h hostname
   specifies a string used for the hostname option field when dhcpcd 
   sends DHCP messages. Some  DHCP  servers  require  the  hostname
   option field containing a specific string in the DHCP messages from clients."

also IIRC, it's not so much a specific string just anything but NULL

> Thanks, everyone, for your help.  It is refreshing to be using Linux on
> the 'net again.
> 
> -Matt Stegman
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> 
> 



Re: [newbie] LM installation

1999-07-13 Thread Civileme

OK

You have selected install.  One way to avoid the problem is to choose
"Workstation" and let the installer worry about the unformatted or non-windows
partitions.  The second way is to select CUSTOM and use Disk Druid.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES select SERVER, because this installation wipes your disks
before putting the server together.

Once you are in DD, you will see a screen that identifies current partitions on
both disks.  If you want to communicate with windows files later, this is a
great time to give names like /dos to a windows partition, /dos1 to the next,
etc.

If you have partitions that you will not otherwise use, delete them all and then
begin to add new partitions.

Here is a sort of minimal set.

/boot of 30 M
NON=labeled Linux Swap partition of a size equal to twice your memory, but no
larger than 127M.
/ A root partition to take the rest of the disk.

Disk Druid will line up your partitions so they are on CYLINDER boundaries.
This means you will often get more Mb than you ask for, but never less.  So if
you ask for a 127Mb swap partition, Druid might tell you it is too big because
the boundary falls at 131Mb.  You have to tinker with these sizes a little to
get exactly what you want.  If you leave a couple Mb at the end of the disk, so
much the better.  There is a transparent way some filesystems can use this to
substitute for bad blocks.

This is just about what you would get with the WORKSTATION installation.

Civileme


[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> When i get th the section ofstallation that requires me to use fdisk or disk
> druid, i dont know how to use either. i want to install mandrake on my second
> hard drive, but i am clueless on how to set it up in disk druid. i always get
> error messages telling me i have to make more partitions before i can
> continue the installation.
> thank you in advince.
>
> jerrud



Re: [newbie] Installation of LM 6.0: Best partition size

1999-07-13 Thread Dan Brown

Civileme wrote:

> The mileage of others may vary.  The trick is to remember that your initial
> partitioning cannot be changed without a full backup/clean wipe.  On the other

Sure it can--just use partition magic (and, of course, re-run lilo).

--
Dan Brown, KE6MKS, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good
with ketchup.



Re: [newbie] Installation of LM 6.0: Best partition size

1999-07-13 Thread Civileme

Woo Hoo

A 10 G HDD for LM all its own?  And this is a STANDALONE?  

OK try 127M for Swap, 42M for /boot  2G for /usr  3G for / (since you have
/pub, /opt, and /var folded into it), and give the balance to /home.  If ever
you run a server, you have plenty of space in /home for web sites and ftp
sites, etc.

The mileage of others may vary.  The trick is to remember that your initial
partitioning cannot be changed without a full backup/clean wipe.  On the other
hand, the /home partition and its contents can persist across installations.
(just don't format it when you INSTALL an upgrade).  In my experience,
installs are more frequent than upgrades because the designers keep
reorganizing the directiory trees for greater efficiency.

Now don't forget to set a mount point for /dev/hda1 as /dos when you use Disk
Druid.  That way, you can use the file manager to pick up files from Windows
(and to send files to it)


Now that I have spoken, watch me go down in flames.  Others will have
differing opinions, probably 1 opinion per expert.

Civileme

Richard Salts wrote:

> Anyone:
>
> I am reading in the LM Install Guide (page 23) about creating three
> partitions for classic use:
>
> The swap partition, the (/)root partition, essential, and (/)home partition
> which contain the users' personal directories.
>
> What would be the best or average size of these partitions?
>
> I am planning to put these on a twin 10 GIG hard drive computer with Win98
> in Drive C and Linux-Mandrake on Drive D.  The RAM I expect to have would
> be around 256 MB.  I understand that the swap partition might be of a size
> at least equal to that of the amount of RAM available.  I also read higher
> up in that page (23) that swap partitions cannot be bigger that 128MB.
>
> This is my first install of any Linux distribution and I would like to have
> some idea of what to do when I have to create these partitions.
>
> Suggestions, anyone?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Richard Salts



Re: [newbie] kfm's ftp is definitely broken

1999-07-13 Thread Irv Mullins

On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> There is something wrong with kfm's ftp function. It used to be (in mandrake
> 5.3) that I can do:
> 
> ftp://myusername@myserver/
> 
> And I'd be able to ftp to and fro with impunity - as long as I stuck to my
> user's access rights.
> 
> However, in mandrake 6.0, this is broken. I can point kfm to the desired remote
> dir, and I can ftp _from_ that dir but I cannot ftp _to_ the dir. (yes, I have
> read/write rights)

I've also asked about this, with no response. The strange thing is,
that with SuSE and KDE, this function works perfectly. I don't know 
why Mandrake broke it.

IglooFTP is a great program, but not as convenient to use as KFM would
be if it worked.

Irv

> I'm writing about this again because the first time I wrote in about it, I only
> got another user's reply - he recommended re-installing. I did. Same problem. I
> even updated to the latest kdebase rpm on /updates
> (so I'm now at kdebase-1.1.1final-11mdk).
> 
> Folks at mandrakesoft, could you please fix this. It does not seem like a
> difficult problem (since ftp from remote dir works just not to - with kfm, that
> is) but it's a showstopper for me since I use this kfm feature a lot in my work
> (and play). Or at least, I used to while on Festen :-(
> 

_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/



RE: [newbie] kfm's ftp is definitely broken

1999-07-13 Thread James J. Capone

Would the ftp command look something like this instead

ftp://myusername:[EMAIL PROTECTED]   ???

Thanks,

James

-Original Message-
From:   Kuraiken 
Sent:   Tuesday, July 13, 1999 6:41 PM
To: Newbie Support
Subject:[newbie] kfm's ftp is definitely broken

Hello all,

There is something wrong with kfm's ftp function. It used to be (in mandrake
5.3) that I can do:

ftp://myusername@myserver/

And I'd be able to ftp to and fro with impunity - as long as I stuck to my
user's access rights.

However, in mandrake 6.0, this is broken. I can point kfm to the desired remote
dir, and I can ftp _from_ that dir but I cannot ftp _to_ the dir. (yes, I have
read/write rights)

Using cli ftp, I can both "put" and "get" with no problems.

I'm writing about this again because the first time I wrote in about it, I only
got another user's reply - he recommended re-installing. I did. Same problem. I
even updated to the latest kdebase rpm on /updates
(so I'm now at kdebase-1.1.1final-11mdk).

Folks at mandrakesoft, could you please fix this. It does not seem like a
difficult problem (since ftp from remote dir works just not to - with kfm, that
is) but it's a showstopper for me since I use this kfm feature a lot in my work
(and play). Or at least, I used to while on Festen :-(

Regards,
Kuraiken



[newbie] kfm's ftp is definitely broken

1999-07-13 Thread Kuraiken

Hello all,

There is something wrong with kfm's ftp function. It used to be (in mandrake
5.3) that I can do:

ftp://myusername@myserver/

And I'd be able to ftp to and fro with impunity - as long as I stuck to my
user's access rights.

However, in mandrake 6.0, this is broken. I can point kfm to the desired remote
dir, and I can ftp _from_ that dir but I cannot ftp _to_ the dir. (yes, I have
read/write rights)

Using cli ftp, I can both "put" and "get" with no problems.

I'm writing about this again because the first time I wrote in about it, I only
got another user's reply - he recommended re-installing. I did. Same problem. I
even updated to the latest kdebase rpm on /updates
(so I'm now at kdebase-1.1.1final-11mdk).

Folks at mandrakesoft, could you please fix this. It does not seem like a
difficult problem (since ftp from remote dir works just not to - with kfm, that
is) but it's a showstopper for me since I use this kfm feature a lot in my work
(and play). Or at least, I used to while on Festen :-(

Regards,
Kuraiken



Re: [newbie] DHCP and RoadRunner

1999-07-13 Thread Art Rowe


- Original Message - 
From: Matt Stegman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Linux Newbie List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] DHCP and RoadRunner



> > Maybe the Internet Police are going to come after me.
-
> Isn't that what IP stands for...?

Thanks Matt, I was wondering what IP means and does!

Art




Re: [newbie] shutdown problem fixed

1999-07-13 Thread John Aldrich

On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> 
> You did just "su", not "su -". The difference is that "su -" reruns the
> login scripts, etc., so you get the right PATH for root.
>
Ah. I just learned something new. :-) I didn't know about
"su -"  Thanks. :-)
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[newbie] Screen saver in logon manager?

1999-07-13 Thread Beacham Tim P

I know this is petty.. but.. can you have the cool screen savers that are in
Gnome and KDE for the X based logon manger? Thanks!

---
Tim Beacham, HDIS  ¤ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
No, try not.. do, or do not.. there is no try.   -Yoda



[newbie] Vortex/OSS/Mandrake 6.0

1999-07-13 Thread Whittaker, Kevin

Hi All,

I've gotten my Diamond sonic impact s90 working under venus, but
.wav files are choppy and sampled incorrectly they sound like chipmunks!
I'm using OSS 3.9.2o, and it autodetected my vortex soundcard, cd audio and
mp3 playback is fine.  I was playing around with the media player in
mandrake, and it has settings for devices in the options menu, you can
choose device 1 or 2, which are the mixer devices I assume.  If I select
device 2, the playback is fine.  

Is there a way to have mixer device 2 as the default?  I was able to switch
using ./ossmix -d1 (selecting mixer device 2).  But this isn't permanent.

Thanks.
Troy



Re: [newbie] shutdown problem fixed

1999-07-13 Thread John Aldrich

On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> 
> When you do "su" you don't always get the PATH environment of root
> (depending on the system)
> The above error was because "timed" is not in your path - not
> because you cannot run it. Try "/usr/sbin/timed" instead.
> 
Ahh...Ok. That makes a bit of sense there... :-) I'm sure
there are other apps that won't run for that reason.

 -- 
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Re: [newbie] DHCP and RoadRunner

1999-07-13 Thread M. Bull


> I haven't been cut off in Windows (well, not yet anyway).  This leads me to
> believe that the Road Runner login program isn't necessary.  If it's not for
> Windows, why should it be for Linux?  On the other hand, maybe I'm just not
> patient enough- they'll kick me off later.

I have an @home connection, and I've always just set mine up statically.
But I believe @home has longer lease times and doesn't change the ip
number between the leases, or something wierd like that.

> In any case, I am still initially allowed to connect without using the
> program in Windows.  Why would I be treated differently for using Linux?

This may seem like a wierd question, but are you switching your cable
modem connection "live" between machines?  Or are you just dualbooting on
the same machine?

I went through hell when I was trying to get my linux box connected to the
net, because I was already using the connection with another machine --
the type of cable modem that I had apparently binds itself to hardware
address of the card that it is connected to at the time the cable modem is
turned on.Just unplugging the connection from the Windows box and
plugging it into the Linux box just gave me a dead linux box.

The solution was to turn the cable modem off for a few moments, plug the
cable into the linux box, and turn the cable modem back on.   bingo, works
fine.

I dunno if that is related to your problem or not, but I figured I'd
mention it.



Re: [newbie] shutdown problem fixed

1999-07-13 Thread Bernhard Rosenkränzer

On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, John Aldrich wrote:

> Okone I can give you right off the top is "timed" It
> will NOT run as SuperUser, but it WILL run as "root." It
> comes back with "timed command not found." This is from a
> text-mode prompt, not a window prompt, just a standard
> shell prompt. However, I run that logged in as "root" and
> it works just fine.

You did just "su", not "su -". The difference is that "su -" reruns the
login scripts, etc., so you get the right PATH for root.

timed is in /usr/sbin, which is in the PATH of root, but not the PATH of
normal users.

Either do "su -", or stay with "su" and run /usr/sbin/timed rather than
just timed.

LLaP
bero





Re: [newbie] DHCP and RoadRunner

1999-07-13 Thread Matt Stegman

I guess it's time to relate more info regarding my problem (which I should
have done initially- sorry).

> Maybe the Internet Police are going to come after me.

Isn't that what IP stands for...?
Each ISP independently determines how it will hand out IP addresses.  This
particular ISP just doesn't want to give out static IPs; they'd rather use
DHCP.  To quote from Road Runner's home page:

"Will having a Road Runner cable modem give the customer their own IP
address?
Not permanently. Customers will be assigned an IP address dynamically when
they open a Road Runner session by switching on their computer and clicking
on the Road Runner icon."

> Determining IP information for  ethX... failed <- that your error?

Yes, that's it exactly.  It takes a couple minutes to timeout, and watching
das blinkenlights on the hub, I notice that they only blink once every
15-30 seconds during this time.

> You will need to locate the linux
> rrlogin, hopefully someone has already customised it for your area (I
> haven't fiddled with it for a few months maybe it's not a compiletime
> option only anymore) They tend to get upset and cut you off when you
> refuse to run the rr program (even on windows). You should be able to
> obtain a dhcp lease in windows use winipcfg to findout ip gw dns and all
> that fun stuff, now reset the machine so it doesn't release its lease
> (windows does release this if you do shutdown doesn't it?) now setup your
> linux cfg with the ip info you retrieved and it should function (winipcfg
> should be able to tell you when the lease expires..)

I haven't been cut off in Windows (well, not yet anyway).  This leads me to
believe that the Road Runner login program isn't necessary.  If it's not for
Windows, why should it be for Linux?  On the other hand, maybe I'm just not
patient enough- they'll kick me off later.
In any case, I am still initially allowed to connect without using the
program in Windows.  Why would I be treated differently for using Linux?

As to the DHCP lease- it's only for a few hours.  Even so, I guess it's
worth a try to see if I can get it working with static IP, even if only for
a few hours.  I'll try this when I get home this afternoon.  Thank you, all,
for your suggestions.

-Matt Stegman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>



Re: [newbie] shutdown problem fixed

1999-07-13 Thread Dan Brown

John Aldrich wrote:

> Okone I can give you right off the top is "timed" It
> will NOT run as SuperUser, but it WILL run as "root." It
> comes back with "timed command not found." This is from a

It will still run just fine as su, but you need to specify the path to
it.  When you su, it doesn't run the normal login files for root, which
means that anything that's in root's path, but not in your path, won't
be visible.  There is an option to su to change this behavior, but I
don't remember what it is.  man su would tell you, though.

--
Dan Brown, KE6MKS, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good
with ketchup.



Re: [newbie] shutdown problem fixed

1999-07-13 Thread Nick Kay

At 12:20 13/07/99 -0400, you wrote:
>On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, you wrote:
>
>> For a program to run as root and not when su - root, it would have to
>> step thru parent pid's looking specificly for su (it could test the parent
>> pids uid, they all eventualy lead to root), which is posible but ugly.
>> As for editing system files, I am quite certain the filesystem drivers do
>> not check for su as a parent pid, so when editing files if your root or su
>> - root it will write the file. So if you do find a program that does this
>> let me know i'd like a look at it.
>>
>Okone I can give you right off the top is "timed" It
>will NOT run as SuperUser, but it WILL run as "root." It
>comes back with "timed command not found." This is from a
>text-mode prompt, not a window prompt, just a standard
>shell prompt. However, I run that logged in as "root" and
>it works just fine.

When you do "su" you don't always get the PATH environment of root
(depending on the system)
The above error was because "timed" is not in your path - not
because you cannot run it. Try "/usr/sbin/timed" instead.

ttfn
nick@nexnix


>
> -- 
>   John Aldrich
>   COL Tech Support
>===
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>   423-267-8867
>
>



Re: [newbie] shutdown problem fixed

1999-07-13 Thread John Aldrich

On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, you wrote:

> For a program to run as root and not when su - root, it would have to
> step thru parent pid's looking specificly for su (it could test the parent
> pids uid, they all eventualy lead to root), which is posible but ugly.
> As for editing system files, I am quite certain the filesystem drivers do
> not check for su as a parent pid, so when editing files if your root or su
> - root it will write the file. So if you do find a program that does this
> let me know i'd like a look at it.
>
Okone I can give you right off the top is "timed" It
will NOT run as SuperUser, but it WILL run as "root." It
comes back with "timed command not found." This is from a
text-mode prompt, not a window prompt, just a standard
shell prompt. However, I run that logged in as "root" and
it works just fine.

 -- 
John Aldrich
COL Tech Support
===
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423-267-8867



Re: [newbie] System Sounds & CD Player

1999-07-13 Thread David Peerless

On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, David Peerless wrote:
> 
> > Sorry to respond to my own post, but I did some further research
> > concerning the system sounds...It seems that the first user to log-in
> > gets sound, but any user thereafter that logs-in doesn't get sound.
> 
> Solution: don't log in at the console more then once, or find my prior
> postings on the subject for detail

Is there any way to fix this problem with pam?

My audio cd's are working now, thanks to those who replied.

djp



Re: [newbie] shutdown problem fixed

1999-07-13 Thread Axalon



On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, John Aldrich wrote:

> On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> 
> > 
> > there isn't a single difference between su - and loging in as root (ok one
> > the utmp entry, but that has nothing todo with anything major)
> >  
> Well, MY experience has been that there are some
> applications that can ONLY be run as "root." Editing system
> files appears to be one of those functions. I may not know
> much about theory and all that, but I *do* know that in the
> past when I've tried to run system commands as an SU-ed
> user, it wouldn't let me. *shrug*
> 
>  -- 
>   John Aldrich
>   COL Tech Support
> ===
> Chattanooga Online Internet
>   423-267-8867
> 

For a program to run as root and not when su - root, it would have to
step thru parent pid's looking specificly for su (it could test the parent
pids uid, they all eventualy lead to root), which is posible but ugly.
As for editing system files, I am quite certain the filesystem drivers do
not check for su as a parent pid, so when editing files if your root or su
- root it will write the file. So if you do find a program that does this
let me know i'd like a look at it.




Re: [newbie] shutdown problem fixed

1999-07-13 Thread John Aldrich

On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, you wrote:

> 
> there isn't a single difference between su - and loging in as root (ok one
> the utmp entry, but that has nothing todo with anything major)
>  
Well, MY experience has been that there are some
applications that can ONLY be run as "root." Editing system
files appears to be one of those functions. I may not know
much about theory and all that, but I *do* know that in the
past when I've tried to run system commands as an SU-ed
user, it wouldn't let me. *shrug*

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Re: [newbie] System Sounds & CD Player

1999-07-13 Thread John Aldrich

On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, you wrote:

> 
> Also, I can mount cd's ok under kde however when I try to play
> audio cd's I get an error stating that I have to specify the filesystem.
> When looking in /etc/fstab the filesystem setting is set to 'auto.' is
> there something I have to specify in addition to that?
> 
Are you trying to MOUNT the audio CDs? If so, stop. Don't
try to mount the CDs. They aren't readable as a "file
system." The CD Player (KCD) should be able to play a CD
just fine w/o mounting it.

 -- 
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Re: [newbie] ESS Solo-1 1938

1999-07-13 Thread Suryo Mataram

Try sndconfig --help
You'll get 2 options -> I used sndconfig -noautoconfigure (I think)
You should try that option above if you're computer hangs.

Suryo Mataram.


>I am big time newbie to Linux (only a couple of weeks now).  Got
>internet working (this message even) Everything working but sound and
>printer.  I have PCI onboard ESS SOLO 1 1938.   Any ideas how to get
>this thing working.  Just point me in some direction for help and I
>would appreciate it greatly.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Ray Anderson




Re: [newbie] Network Hub Question

1999-07-13 Thread drek

A couple of weeks ago I saw the InfoMagic Workgroup Server still available on
cheapbytes.  I still use it, yes it is great.



> for a while.  An old system based on ipfwadm might be available from
> infomagic...  Their excellent but discontinued workgroup server software.
> 
> Petey wrote:
> 
> > I just came across a few extra computers (2 Macs and 3-486's and I'm
> > putting linux on every one).  My question is what properties in a hub
> > should I be looking for so that I can network them all.  I know I want
> > 10/100BT autosensing, but what else should I be looking for?  Thanks for
> > any help.
> >
> > Petey



Re: [newbie] More keyboard problems on a Toshiba 4000CDT notebook!

1999-07-13 Thread Martin White

- Original Message -
From: Theo Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 2:27 PM
Subject: [newbie] More keyboard problems on a Toshiba 4000CDT notebook!


> I've made the changes to the rc3.d filenames (S45pcmcia to S98pcmcia),
> and it rebooted and ran fine the first time.  Since then, I've run Win98
> a few times, (It's kinda flakey, but I haven't played with Dosemu or
> WINE yet).
>
> This morning, I started up Linux, and once again it doesn't recognzie
> the keyboard.  I can still boot in single-user mode, where I can see
> that in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S98pcmcia is still there, and S45pcmcia hasn't
> reappeared.
>
> Also, I've also noticed that on the laptop, a P2/233, the Bogomips shown
> on boot is 115.51 when running off the battery, down from it's 232.61
> when plugged in.  Is that an indication of something broken in part of
> the setup, or is it really clocking itself down to 1/2 speed while it
> runs on the battery?

The strange bogomips display could well be down to the fact that some
laptops (my Dell Latitude in particular) have a setting in the bios which
tell the CPU to slow down, when it's not loaded in order to save the
battery.

As Linux doesn't use up so much cpu power as windows ;-) - especially on
bootup - the cpu's probably really is going that slow at that time.

Martin.



[newbie] "server not responding" + nothing in chooser

1999-07-13 Thread Niels Larsen

I installed netatalk 2.1.3 on top of Mandrake 6.0 on a 686 Intel,
and all worked. Later, we put in a second ethernet card connected
to a different subnet. Now the Linux server does not show in the 
chooser, and the Mac says "server not responding" when given the 
Linux server IP. I cant be sure this is why, and I am surely just
forgetting something, am I'm not too smart about the system .. 
mabye some of you fine people have been down this path before, or 
have some idea what to look for .. ?

here are some more symptoms,

(collect-ROOT) /var/log> /usr/local/atalk/bin/getzones
atp_rresp: Connection timed out
(collect-ROOT) /var/log>

(collect-ROOT) ~> telnet 192.168.10.12 548
Trying 192.168.10.12...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
(collect-ROOT) ~> telnet 192.168.3.1 548
Trying 192.168.3.1...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused 

But I can telnet and ftp into both cards, and get out from the
machine too. Everything seems fine, except for atalk. Here is 
output from nbplkup (ew what a name), 

(collect-ROOT) /var/log> /usr/local/atalk/bin/nbplkup
collect:TimeLord   65280.156:130
Collect (Linux):AFPServer  65280.156:132
collect:LaserWriter65280.156:128
collect:netatalk   65280.156:4
collect:Workstation65280.156:4
(collect-ROOT) /var/log> 

and the stop/start of demons seems okay (/var/log/messages),

Jul 13 14:43:09 collect papd[835]: unregister collect:LaserWriter@*
Jul 13 14:43:10 collect rc.atalk: papd shutdown succeeded
Jul 13 14:43:10 collect afpd[838]: shutting down on signal 15
Jul 13 14:43:10 collect rc.atalk: afpd shutdown succeeded
Jul 13 14:43:10 collect timelord[840]: going down
Jul 13 14:43:10 collect rc.atalk: timelord shutdown succeeded
Jul 13 14:43:10 collect atalkd[822]: done
Jul 13 14:43:11 collect rc.atalk: atalkd shutdown succeeded
Jul 13 14:43:15 collect atalkd[886]: restart (1.4b2+asun2.1.3)
Jul 13 14:43:16 collect atalkd[886]: zip_getnetinfo for eth0
Jul 13 14:43:35 collect last message repeated 2 times
Jul 13 14:43:45 collect atalkd[886]: as_timer configured eth0 phase 2 from seed
Jul 13 14:43:46 collect atalkd[886]: zip_getnetinfo for eth1
Jul 13 14:43:55 collect last message repeated 4 times
Jul 13 14:44:05 collect atalkd[886]: as_timer configured eth1 phase 2 from seed
Jul 13 14:44:05 collect atalkd[886]: ready 0/0/0
Jul 13 14:44:05 collect atalkd[886]: rtmp_packet gateway 65280.166 up
Jul 13 14:44:17 collect papd[897]: restart (1.4b2+asun2.1.3)
Jul 13 14:44:17 collect papd[897]: No such printer: lp
Jul 13 14:44:17 collect papd[897]: printcap problem: lp
Jul 13 14:44:23 collect papd[897]: register collect:LaserWriter@*
Jul 13 14:44:23 collect afpd[900]: Collect (Linux):AFPServer@* started on 
65280.156:130 (1.4b 2+asun2.1.3)
Jul 13 14:44:23 collect afpd[900]: ASIP started on 192.168.3.1:12000(2) 
(1.4b2+asun2.1.3)
Jul 13 14:44:23 collect timelord[902]: collect:TimeLord started
  

And here are my two config files,

afpd.conf,

"Collect (Linux)" -noguest -port 12000 

atalkd.conf,

eth0 -seed -phase 2 -net 65280-65534 -addr 65280.166
eth1 -seed -phase 2 -net 65280-65534 -addr 65280.156

I am starting atalk etc by putting the line

/etc/rc.d/rc.atalk

into /etc/rc.d/rc.local

The output from ifconfig (which I forgot to get with me) shows
that eth0, eth1 and lo are all up. 

Ideas ... ?  they are reeely welcome ..

Niels Larsen,  [EMAIL PROTECTED]