[newbie] Internet connection problems
Here in Cyprus, an ADSL line is provided by the only phone operator, and the service is provided by both this company and others. To log on, I need to go to the phone company's site, where I select my service provider (an Active-X setup). Any mention of linux to support elicits the response type in winipcfg, what does it say? Every couple of weeks or so, the connection doesn't. The machine has been running, I might have checked email a couple of minutes before or be downloading a file when it stops. Until now, I have gone into Windows, started Mozilla and connected to a site straight away - no need to logon. I then return to Linux and carry on. Unfortunately, its now happened about 15 times over the past 2 days. Provider says they've done nothing. I've added no software/hardware over the past week. I'm using static DNS settings over an ethernet connection. I've also booted an old laptop from a Knoppix CD and (using the same modem) had the same problem. Any advice please? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Internet connection problems with 9.1 and Open Office Writer won't start.
Hi Y'all, This weekend I finally convinced friends of mine that a Linux installation on their computer was a good idea and installed 9.1 for them. (First time I'd done this as I'm still using 9.) The actual installation went well but connecting to the internet doesn't work as this particular computer has 2 modems: an internal one possibly a winmodem, possibly just broken, and an external Hayes V90 voicemodem which usually works well with Linux (I know because it used to be mine). When I tried to set up the internet connection in Mandrake Control Centre, there was no response from either modem but harddrake appears only to have detected the internal card (hp56 I think). Would I be right in thinking that creating a symbolic link from /dev/ttyS0 (to which the external Hayes is connected) to /dev/modem would enable the system to find the correct modem and hopefully solve the problem? The other problem was that Open Office Writer wouldn't start - the splash screen came up and the hourglass on the toolbar turned for a bit, but then . nothing. Anybody know what the command would be to start it from the command line so error messages can be seen , or which log might contain info about this? Your views and any suggestions would be appreciated. It's the first time I've managed to convince someone else to run a Linux box and I'd hate to see them turned off the idea because of these basic problems. Cheers, -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom if ever used the word relationship.(Kinky Friedman - Greenwich Killing Time) To reply, remove _die_spammer from address. Registered Linux user number 265254 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Internet connection problems with 9.1 and Open Office Writer won't start.
On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 09:17, Graham Watkins wrote: Hi Y'all, This weekend I finally convinced friends of mine that a Linux installation on their computer was a good idea and installed 9.1 for them. (First time I'd done this as I'm still using 9.) The actual installation went well but connecting to the internet doesn't work as this particular computer has 2 modems: an internal one possibly a winmodem, possibly just broken, and an external Hayes V90 voicemodem which usually works well with Linux (I know because it used to be mine). When I tried to set up the internet connection in Mandrake Control Centre, there was no response from either modem but harddrake appears only to have detected the internal card (hp56 I think). Would I be right in thinking that creating a symbolic link from /dev/ttyS0 (to which the external Hayes is connected) to /dev/modem would enable the system to find the correct modem and hopefully solve the problem? harddrake doesn't detect my external modem but it works fine. I think the problem is the network setup in MCC is broken in 9.1. Edit the files by hand: /etc/sysconfig/network add the following line: GATEWAYDEV=ppp0 if the following line exists, you can delete that line: GATEWAY=xxx.xxx.x.x Restart the network with: # service network restart The other problem was that Open Office Writer wouldn't start - the splash screen came up and the hourglass on the toolbar turned for a bit, but then . nothing. Anybody know what the command would be to start it from the command line so error messages can be seen , or which log might contain info about this? You can start openoffice from console with: $ /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice I recall having this problem at some stage (long ago) so it will pay to kill any soffice.bin processes that may be running before trying to start openoffice. Your views and any suggestions would be appreciated. It's the first time I've managed to convince someone else to run a Linux box and I'd hate to see them turned off the idea because of these basic problems. Agreed. And good one!, another convert... Sharrea -- Help Microsoft stamp out piracy - give Linux to a friend today Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Internet connection problems with 8.2
Stop the press, my Internet connection is working under Linux!!!, just disable the sound card in my bios and that was all.. Strange and I don't understand it. But anyway it works :-) The next step is setting up E-Mail and the Internet connection sharing. Greets and thanks, Drosera. Hi Civileme, Mandrake detects the 3c509 on a wrong way, it says it's on IRQ 5 and I/O 220. This is not true, it is on IRQ 10 (5 is my soundcard) and I/O is 0x2E0 when I change it manually it is talking about modprob and isa-pnp. Is it trying to reload the network driver in memory??? But with wrong parameters? In my BIOS I changed the PnP and assigned IRQ 10 to my ISA slot (have only 1 ISA card and slot). I tried another network card but that doesn't work togerther with my cable modem :-( What now? Greets and thanks in advance, Drosera! --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.338 / Virus Database: 189 - Release Date: 14-3-2002 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Internet connection problems with 8.2
civileme wrote: Drosera wrote: I think my problem at this moment is a wrong network card (ISA 3Com509B) I will get today another one, maybe then my problems are solved. Yep, that particular ISA card claims to detect and transmits but on some systems does not receive. Wow! A 3Com card doesn't work!! I was just about to buy a bunch of older 3Com509s (not Bs) -- does the problem extend to them? Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Internet connection problems with 8.2
Just to mention it, there might be another factor with a 3C509 card -- there is a software program to set up the card, to do things like select the IRQ, I/O address, and to choose (on some variations of the card, at least) which interface to use (RJ-45, Coax, or AUI). Maybe this software setup needs to be done to avoid some of the problems? (I guess the 3C509B series attempts to do this setup automatically, at least under Windows, but the non B series needs to be done manually with the setup software (that runs only under Dos/Windows, AFAIK). Randy Kramer Drosera wrote: Stop the press, my Internet connection is working under Linux!!!, just disable the sound card in my bios and that was all.. Strange and I don't understand it. But anyway it works :-) The next step is setting up E-Mail and the Internet connection sharing. Greets and thanks, Drosera. Hi Civileme, Mandrake detects the 3c509 on a wrong way, it says it's on IRQ 5 and I/O 220. This is not true, it is on IRQ 10 (5 is my soundcard) and I/O is 0x2E0 when I change it manually it is talking about modprob and isa-pnp. Is it trying to reload the network driver in memory??? But with wrong parameters? In my BIOS I changed the PnP and assigned IRQ 10 to my ISA slot (have only 1 ISA card and slot). I tried another network card but that doesn't work togerther with my cable modem :-( What now? Greets and thanks in advance, Drosera! --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.338 / Virus Database: 189 - Release Date: 14-3-2002 --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Internet connection problems with 8.2
Hi! I guess this question has been answered for 100's of times, that's why I am asking for a good URL :-) which explains in detail how to get Mandrake working with a cable modem and two network-cards, I guess it isn't that difficult? I can't get it to work with the wizards :-( I hope somebody knows a good source :-) Greets and thanks in advance, Drosera! ---Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).Version: 6.0.338 / Virus Database: 189 - Release Date: 14-3-2002
Re: [newbie] Internet connection problems with 8.2
On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Drosera wrote: %_Hi! I guess this question has been answered for 100's of times, that's why I am asking for a good URL :-) which explains in detail how to get Mandrake working with a cable modem and two network-cards, I guess it isn't that difficult? I can't get it to work with the wizards :-( I hope somebody knows a good source :-) Greets and thanks in advance, this url may help? http://www2.educ.umu.se/~bjorn/linux/howto/mini/mini/Cable-Modem.html -- Gerald Waugh Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Internet connection problems with 8.2
Drosera wrote: Hi! I am sorry for the HTML :-) I can talk to my local network (ping 192.168.0.2 works). so that's not the problem. I think my problem at this moment is a wrong network card (ISA 3Com509B) I will get today another one, maybe then my problems are solved. Can I use the standard DHCP server which comes with Mandrake (I guess so)? I will keep you informed about my progress ;-) Greets, Drosera. What have you got working... divide it into two problems. Can the server talk to the internet ok? Can it talk to the other computer (the client) ok? By the way... you will get growled for using HTML postings to the net. A lot of the top guns will not answer html postings as their e-mail programs are text based. Michael --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.338 / Virus Database: 189 - Release Date: 14-3-2002 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Yep, that particular ISA card claims to detect and transmits but on some systems does not receive. If you use internet connection sharing, and the two ethernet cards suggest you are thinking of it, the DHCP server will be activated, the eth0 to local will be 192.168.0.1 (that is what to tell the other machines for gateway address) and you can use the dhcp wizard to specify the address range. That setup will also plug 192.168.0.1 as the nameserver for each of your locals and activate a forwarding DNS on the gateway box. If you are doing this with 8.1, then make sure you go to http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/81errata.php3 and read it. Tiny Firewall is _not_ recommended; use the other solution, lest you cut your gateway out of NFS/NIS and any possibility of functioning as a fileserver and mailserver without hand modification of the firewall rules. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Internet connection problems with 8.2
Hi Civileme, Mandrake detects the 3c509 on a wrong way, it says it's on IRQ 5 and I/O 220. This is not true, it is on IRQ 10 (5 is my soundcard) and I/O is 0x2E0 when I change it manually it is talking about modprob and isa-pnp. Is it trying to reload the network driver in memory??? But with wrong parameters? In my BIOS I changed the PnP and assigned IRQ 10 to my ISA slot (have only 1 ISA card and slot). I tried another network card but that doesn't work togerther with my cable modem :-( What now? Greets and thanks in advance, Drosera! Yep, that particular ISA card claims to detect and transmits but on some systems does not receive. If you use internet connection sharing, and the two ethernet cards suggest you are thinking of it, the DHCP server will be activated, the eth0 to local will be 192.168.0.1 (that is what to tell the other machines for gateway address) and you can use the dhcp wizard to specify the address range. That setup will also plug 192.168.0.1 as the nameserver for each of your locals and activate a forwarding DNS on the gateway box. If you are doing this with 8.1, then make sure you go to http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/81errata.php3 and read it. Tiny Firewall is _not_ recommended; use the other solution, lest you cut your gateway out of NFS/NIS and any possibility of functioning as a fileserver and mailserver without hand modification of the firewall rules. Civileme --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.338 / Virus Database: 189 - Release Date: 14-3-2002 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Internet Connection Problems
Hi, I'm having trouble getting LM 8.1 to connect to the internet through my home LAN. My setup is as follows: - Machine sharing the internet connection: Win98 (running Wingate), ip 192.168.0.2 - Client: LM 8.1, setup through Mandrake Control Center with ip 192.168.0.1, gateway 192.168.0.2, DNS 192.168.0.2. This is how it is supposed to be done according to the Wingate manual. I can ping the Win98 box from LM and vice-versa. From the client machine I can also ping any ip on the internet. But I can't ping hostnames (i.e. ping www.linux-mandrake.com returns unknown host: www.linux-mandrake.com). So I think it has something to do with DNS. But what? My /etc/resolv.conf file has just one entry: nameserver 192.168.0.2 Any help is appreciated. TIA, Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Problems
Guilherme, Did you enable DNS forwarding in WinGate? Miark On Fri, 15 Mar 2002 15:33:51 -0300, Guilherme Cirne [EMAIL PROTECTED] spoke thusly: Hi, I'm having trouble getting LM 8.1 to connect to the internet through my home LAN. My setup is as follows: - Machine sharing the internet connection: Win98 (running Wingate), ip 192.168.0.2 - Client: LM 8.1, setup through Mandrake Control Center with ip 192.168.0.1, gateway 192.168.0.2, DNS 192.168.0.2. This is how it is supposed to be done according to the Wingate manual. I can ping the Win98 box from LM and vice-versa. From the client machine I can also ping any ip on the internet. But I can't ping hostnames (i.e. ping www.linux-mandrake.com returns unknown host: www.linux-mandrake.com). So I think it has something to do with DNS. But what? My /etc/resolv.conf file has just one entry: nameserver 192.168.0.2 Any help is appreciated. TIA, Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Problems
Guilherme Cirne wrote: Hi, I'm having trouble getting LM 8.1 to connect to the internet through my home LAN. My setup is as follows: - Machine sharing the internet connection: Win98 (running Wingate), ip 192.168.0.2 - Client: LM 8.1, setup through Mandrake Control Center with ip 192.168.0.1, gateway 192.168.0.2, DNS 192.168.0.2. This is how it is supposed to be done according to the Wingate manual. I can ping the Win98 box from LM and vice-versa. From the client machine I can also ping any ip on the internet. But I can't ping hostnames (i.e. ping www.linux-mandrake.com returns unknown host: www.linux-mandrake.com). So I think it has something to do with DNS. But what? My /etc/resolv.conf file has just one entry: nameserver 192.168.0.2 Any help is appreciated. TIA, -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com I do not use windows except for trivial things but your setup is telling your Linux box that the windows PC is a DNS Server. If it doesn't fetch that information and pass it on to the Linux box then it will fail. There is no reason why you need to use your local PC as a DNS Server except for speed reasons. I doubt that a win98 PC would be good for that. Your ISP will have DNS servers and I expect they will have supplied you with the IP addresses for them. Just tell your Linux PC one of them as the DNS Server to use and it should be fine. When you get into using Linux I think you will find it better to use the Linux PC as the gateway. hth norm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Problems
I'm using the Home version of Wingate so I'm not really sure how to do that. But what I can tell you is that when I'm running Windows on the client machine (I have dual-boot system) I can access the internet normally. Also when I had LM 8.0 a few months back everything worked perfectly with this same setup. On Friday 15 March 2002 04:08 pm, you wrote: Guilherme, Did you enable DNS forwarding in WinGate? Miark On Fri, 15 Mar 2002 15:33:51 -0300, Guilherme Cirne [EMAIL PROTECTED] spoke thusly: Hi, I'm having trouble getting LM 8.1 to connect to the internet through my home LAN. My setup is as follows: - Machine sharing the internet connection: Win98 (running Wingate), ip 192.168.0.2 - Client: LM 8.1, setup through Mandrake Control Center with ip 192.168.0.1, gateway 192.168.0.2, DNS 192.168.0.2. This is how it is supposed to be done according to the Wingate manual. I can ping the Win98 box from LM and vice-versa. From the client machine I can also ping any ip on the internet. But I can't ping hostnames (i.e. ping www.linux-mandrake.com returns unknown host: www.linux-mandrake.com). So I think it has something to do with DNS. But what? My /etc/resolv.conf file has just one entry: nameserver 192.168.0.2 Any help is appreciated. TIA, -- Guilherme Cirne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Problems
On Friday 15 March 2002 12:33, you wrote: Hi, I'm having trouble getting LM 8.1 to connect to the internet through my home LAN. My setup is as follows: - Machine sharing the internet connection: Win98 (running Wingate), ip 192.168.0.2 - Client: LM 8.1, setup through Mandrake Control Center with ip 192.168.0.1, gateway 192.168.0.2, DNS 192.168.0.2. This is how it is supposed to be done according to the Wingate manual. I can ping the Win98 box from LM and vice-versa. From the client machine I can also ping any ip on the internet. But I can't ping hostnames (i.e. ping www.linux-mandrake.com returns unknown host: www.linux-mandrake.com). So I think it has something to do with DNS. But what? My /etc/resolv.conf file has just one entry: nameserver 192.168.0.2 Any help is appreciated. TIA, IIRC when I used wingate I had to set the client up to have the gateway as my 192.168.0.1 machine which had the modem and then in the DNS IP addresses I put the same two IPs as the ISP gave me. like: 207.217.123.80 and 207.217.124.81 that is because the ISP is still the name server for you internet connection the other computer is just the gateway to the internet and may or maynot function as a DNS. Anyway, give that a try and see what transpires. HTH -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Problems
On Friday 15 March 2002 15:05, you wrote: Guilherme Cirne wrote: Hi, I'm having trouble getting LM 8.1 to connect to the internet through my home LAN. My setup is as follows: - Machine sharing the internet connection: Win98 (running Wingate), ip 192.168.0.2 - Client: LM 8.1, setup through Mandrake Control Center with ip 192.168.0.1, gateway 192.168.0.2, DNS 192.168.0.2. This is how it is supposed to be done according to the Wingate manual. I can ping the Win98 box from LM and vice-versa. From the client machine I can also ping any ip on the internet. But I can't ping hostnames (i.e. ping www.linux-mandrake.com returns unknown host: www.linux-mandrake.com). So I think it has something to do with DNS. But what? My /etc/resolv.conf file has just one entry: nameserver 192.168.0.2 Any help is appreciated. TIA, - - Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com I do not use windows except for trivial things but your setup is telling your Linux box that the windows PC is a DNS Server. If it doesn't fetch that information and pass it on to the Linux box then it will fail. There is no reason why you need to use your local PC as a DNS Server except for speed reasons. I doubt that a win98 PC would be good for that. Your ISP will have DNS servers and I expect they will have supplied you with the IP addresses for them. Just tell your Linux PC one of them as the DNS Server to use and it should be fine. When you get into using Linux I think you will find it better to use the Linux PC as the gateway. hth norm To add to the previous post and this one, I agree, it seems to work better to use the linux computer as the gateway. -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Problems
I am getting here late, but have you tried, prior to using kppp to connect, modprobe ppp_async? Your situation sounds like the one I was in with LM8.0b1, the ppp0 module didn't exist, ppp_async didn't load for some reason, I had to load it manually everytime. I got the pppd server died unexpectedly right after the connection should have been established. modprobe ppp_async (as su of course) also loads ppp_generic. Hope this helps, Ben On Wed, 06 Jun 2001, you wrote: Okay I'm using Mandrake 7.2 with the kppp (kde) dial frontend, I can`t connect to the internet, I keep getting pppd server died unexpectedly errors?...I`ve gone into /etc/ppp/options and looked at the file. I have been told to change the `auth` command to `#auth` or `noauth` but to no avail. Also when I ran `ifconfig` in the terminal I got the following but no `ppp0` entry? [palisade@localhost palisade]$ su - Password:[Root@localhost /root]# ifconfig eth0 Link encap: Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:CC:D3:62:8F inet addr:172.0.0.1 Bcast:172.0.0.225 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 Interrupt:10 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1 RX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:14 erros:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 [root@localhost /root]# if config a a: error fetching interface information: Device not found [root@localhost /root]# I get ppp errors, timeouts and a connection that isn't really a connection! This is really getting me down. Please help. My pc spec follows: Desktop - Custom CPU : Athlon - 1.2Ghz Overclocked to 1425Mhz Manufactuer : Amd - Thunderbird RAM (Mo) : 256 - 133cas2 Crucial running at 152 Hard disk : I.B.M. - 46.1Gb Deskstar Video card : No record - 3dfx Voodoo 5500 AGP Sound card : Creative labs - SB Live Platinum CD / DVD ROM : No record - 54x cheapo Operating System : Mandrake - 7.2 Modem : Us Robotics - Sportster Flash 56k Printer : Epson - Colour Stylus 440 Also have Win98se Installed, managed by lilo boot manager In case you havn't noticed I am new to linux and need quite a but of help! Regards Chris Keegan Content-Type: text/html; name=unnamed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description:
[newbie] Internet Connection Problems
Okay I'm using Mandrake 7.2 with the kppp (kde) dial frontend,I can`t connect to the internet, I keep getting pppd server died unexpectedly errors?...I`ve gone into /etc/ppp/options and looked at the file. I have been told to change the `auth` command to `#auth` or `noauth` but to no avail. Also when I ran `ifconfig` in the terminal I got the following but no `ppp0` entry? [palisade@localhost palisade]$ su - Password:[Root@localhost /root]# ifconfig eth0 Link encap: Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:CC:D3:62:8F inet addr:172.0.0.1 Bcast:172.0.0.225 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 Interrupt:10 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1 RX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:14 erros:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 [root@localhost /root]# if config a a: error fetching interface information: Device not found [root@localhost /root]# I get ppp errors, timeouts and a connection that isn't really a connection!This is really getting me down.Please help. My pc spec follows:Desktop - Custom CPU : Athlon - 1.2Ghz Overclocked to 1425Mhz Manufactuer : Amd - Thunderbird RAM (Mo) : 256 - 133cas2 Crucial running at 152 Hard disk : I.B.M. - 46.1Gb Deskstar Video card : No record - 3dfx Voodoo 5500 AGP Sound card : Creative labs - SB Live Platinum CD / DVD ROM : No record - 54x cheapo Operating System : Mandrake - 7.2 Modem : Us Robotics - Sportster Flash 56k Printer : Epson - Colour Stylus 440 Also have Win98se Installed, managed by lilo boot manager In case you havn't noticed I am new to linux and need quite a but of help! Regards Chris Keegan
