Re: [newbie] PPP/InterNet Connectivity - What fixed it, but I don't know why or how...
Steve Philp wrote: That "gentleman" was me. In your original message, you had written that you were trying to get a 6.0 SPARC system up and running. Does Mandrake ship a SPARC version now? As for my "useless comments", I'm pretty sure you just ended up on the bad side of the average. I'm generally helpful when people post questions that actually apply to the list at hand. Congratulations on getting your system up and running. And for why it probably didn't work the first install: you probably chose 'default route' for the Ethernet configuration which conflicts with bringing up PPP. When PPP starts, it attempts to set it's interface for the default route, rightfully so. If you've already got a default route, the attempt fails and you get what you got -- a working connection, but nothing working. No amount of resolv.conf tuning is going to help that. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] No Mandrake 6.0 does not ship sparc from what I can remember. They have more info of that on their home page, if I am not mistaken they are planning on a release, but I do not know if it will be 6.0 and or in the near future.
[newbie] PPP/InterNet Connectivity - What fixed it, but I don't know why or how...
To those that offered suggestions, many thanks. I followed all of them, and a bunch that I got from the web, to no avail. Probably what I did was follow so many that I combined things that wouldn't work together. What solved the problem, sort of, is that I ran into the problem of the file systems that wouldn't unmount at shutdown and ended up having to re-install Linux. On a hunch (yes, newbies get them sometimes) I opted not to configure the local network, then I followed the instructions provided by my ISP for the umpteenth time, and this time it worked! So, the problem must lie in some unresolved conflict between the local network and the setups for connecting to the ISP. Even though I did put the correct info the resolv.conf file, perhaps there's something else that's needed? Suggestions? Oh, by the way... to the "gentleman" that wondered what would possess me to post such a question to this list: Actually, I made the mistake of not specifying that I was using the Mandrake version of RH6. So sorry. Even so, what would possess me is that, obviously, there are more than a few folks on the list who are more interested in helping people than in making useless comments like yours, as evidenced by the number of helpful (including yours), if not successful, responses Have a nice day! Thanks, Don
Re: [newbie] PPP/InterNet Connectivity - What fixed it, but I don't know why or how...
I think most of us sensed that your comment was to let us know you had *nix experience and were not a complete newbie, so as to not get too simple of an explanation to your problem or a run-on sentence like this one. Brian ;-) -Original Message- From: Richards, Donald D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To those that offered suggestions, many thanks. I followed all of them, and a bunch that I got from the web, to no avail. Probably what I did was follow so many that I combined things that wouldn't work together. What solved the problem, sort of, is that I ran into the problem of the file systems that wouldn't unmount at shutdown and ended up having to re-install Linux. On a hunch (yes, newbies get them sometimes) I opted not to configure the local network, then I followed the instructions provided by my ISP for the umpteenth time, and this time it worked! So, the problem must lie in some unresolved conflict between the local network and the setups for connecting to the ISP. Even though I did put the correct info the resolv.conf file, perhaps there's something else that's needed? Suggestions? Oh, by the way... to the "gentleman" that wondered what would possess me to post such a question to this list: Actually, I made the mistake of not specifying that I was using the Mandrake version of RH6. So sorry. Even so, what would possess me is that, obviously, there are more than a few folks on the list who are more interested in helping people than in making useless comments like yours, as evidenced by the number of helpful (including yours), if not successful, responses Have a nice day! Thanks, Don
Re: [newbie] PPP/InterNet Connectivity - What fixed it, but I don't know why or how...
"Richards, Donald D." wrote: To those that offered suggestions, many thanks. I followed all of them, and a bunch that I got from the web, to no avail. Probably what I did was follow so many that I combined things that wouldn't work together. What solved the problem, sort of, is that I ran into the problem of the file systems that wouldn't unmount at shutdown and ended up having to re-install Linux. On a hunch (yes, newbies get them sometimes) I opted not to configure the local network, then I followed the instructions provided by my ISP for the umpteenth time, and this time it worked! So, the problem must lie in some unresolved conflict between the local network and the setups for connecting to the ISP. Even though I did put the correct info the resolv.conf file, perhaps there's something else that's needed? Suggestions? Oh, by the way... to the "gentleman" that wondered what would possess me to post such a question to this list: Actually, I made the mistake of not specifying that I was using the Mandrake version of RH6. So sorry. Even so, what would possess me is that, obviously, there are more than a few folks on the list who are more interested in helping people than in making useless comments like yours, as evidenced by the number of helpful (including yours), if not successful, responses That "gentleman" was me. In your original message, you had written that you were trying to get a 6.0 SPARC system up and running. Does Mandrake ship a SPARC version now? As for my "useless comments", I'm pretty sure you just ended up on the bad side of the average. I'm generally helpful when people post questions that actually apply to the list at hand. Congratulations on getting your system up and running. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] PPP/InterNet Connectivity - What fixed it, but I don't know why or how...
"Richards, Donald D." wrote: To those that offered suggestions, many thanks. I followed all of them, and a bunch that I got from the web, to no avail. Probably what I did was follow so many that I combined things that wouldn't work together. What solved the problem, sort of, is that I ran into the problem of the file systems that wouldn't unmount at shutdown and ended up having to re-install Linux. On a hunch (yes, newbies get them sometimes) I opted not to configure the local network, then I followed the instructions provided by my ISP for the umpteenth time, and this time it worked! So, the problem must lie in some unresolved conflict between the local network and the setups for connecting to the ISP. Even though I did put the correct info the resolv.conf file, perhaps there's something else that's needed? Suggestions? Oh, by the way... to the "gentleman" that wondered what would possess me to post such a question to this list: Actually, I made the mistake of not specifying that I was using the Mandrake version of RH6. So sorry. Even so, what would possess me is that, obviously, there are more than a few folks on the list who are more interested in helping people than in making useless comments like yours, as evidenced by the number of helpful (including yours), if not successful, responses That "gentleman" was me. In your original message, you had written that you were trying to get a 6.0 SPARC system up and running. Does Mandrake ship a SPARC version now? As for my "useless comments", I'm pretty sure you just ended up on the bad side of the average. I'm generally helpful when people post questions that actually apply to the list at hand. Congratulations on getting your system up and running. And for why it probably didn't work the first install: you probably chose 'default route' for the Ethernet configuration which conflicts with bringing up PPP. When PPP starts, it attempts to set it's interface for the default route, rightfully so. If you've already got a default route, the attempt fails and you get what you got -- a working connection, but nothing working. No amount of resolv.conf tuning is going to help that. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] PPP/InterNet Connectivity
Help! I'm a newbie with some experience on Sun platforms. I'm using RH 6.0 on a Pentium, and trying to set up a successful connection with my ISP. I can log on and establish a PPP connection, and the connection lasts until it times out for lack of activity (generally about 15 minutes). However, I can't get anything to work! Netscape just searches and searches... my mail clients can't connect to the mail server even though I have the correct settings, etc. I can ping anyplace on the Net that I know of, so I know that they are "out there". But I can't get any of my clients to work. Suggestions? (Solutions preferably!) Thanks, Don Richards
[newbie] PPP/InterNet Connectivity
"Don" == Richards, Donald D [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [snip] Don successful connection with my ISP. I can log on and Don establish a PPP connection, and the connection lasts until it Don times out for lack of activity (generally about 15 minutes). Don However, I can't get anything to work! Netscape just [snip] What's in your /etc/hosts and in your /etc/resolv.conf files? (Have you got your nameserver specified?) -- Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA X-Mailer: XEmacs 20.4, VM 6.72 and random-sig.el X-Face header is me! http://www.cs.indiana.edu/picons/ftp/faq.html Kernel 2.2.9-19mdk mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.viconet.com/fieschko/home.htm Aug 27 St Joseph Calasanctius or The Seven Joys of the Blessed Virgin "I am proud of being fettered by antiquated dogmas and enslaved by dead creeds ... for I know very well that it is the heretical creeds that are dead, and that it is only the reasonable dogma that lives long enough to be called antiquated." [G.K. Chesterton, Autobiography]
Re: [[newbie] PPP/InterNet Connectivity]
"Richards, Donald D." [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Help! I'm a newbie with some experience on Sun platforms. I'm using RH 6.0 on a Pentium, and trying to set up a successful connection with my ISP. I can log on and establish a PPP connection, and the connection lasts until it times out for lack of activity (generally about 15 minutes). However, I can't get anything to work! Netscape just searches and searches... my mail clients can't connect to the mail server even though I have the correct settings, etc. I can ping anyplace on the Net that I know of, so I know that they are "out there". But I can't get any of my clients to work. Suggestions? (Solutions preferably!) Thanks, Don Richards = Don, Have you remembered to edit your/etc/resolv.conf search ISP Domain Name nameserver DNS# nameserver DNS# Your ISP should be able to provide you with two DNS #'s HTH, Mike ++ Michael Scottaline COL 2.2 Linux 2.2.5 * * * * * * * * * * * It's a fresh wind that Blows Against the Empire Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] PPP/InterNet Connectivity
"Richards, Donald D." wrote: Help! I'm a newbie with some experience on Sun platforms. I'm using RH 6.0 on a Pentium, and trying to set up a successful connection with my ISP. I can log on and establish a PPP connection, and the connection lasts until it times out for lack of activity (generally about 15 minutes). However, I can't get anything to work! Netscape just searches and searches... my mail clients can't connect to the mail server even though I have the correct settings, etc. I can ping anyplace on the Net that I know of, so I know that they are "out there". But I can't get any of my clients to work. Suggestions? (Solutions preferably!) What would possess you to post a message to THIS mailing list. Mandrake doesn't sell RH6, nor a SPARC version of Mandrake. And the answer is: put your nameservers into /etc/resolv.conf -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
