Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL
On Saturday 23 October 2004 11:05 am, Thereidos wrote: W licie z sob, 23-10-2004, godz. 16:54, Marc pisze: Maybe your ISP is messing about with IPV6 Try disabling it. Put alias net-pf-10 off in your /etc/modprobe.conf file and reboot. derek Maybe I am missing something but as best as I can tell I do not have a /etc/modprobe file If you're running 2.6.x kernel you gotta have that file (/etc/modprobe.conf). If you're running 2.4.x it is called /etc/modules.conf. I just tried that and that made matters worse. I can no longer use a browser for anything when I do I get a network error message but email still works fine I tried a freah install of ML 10.0.2 on a spare hard drive and everything works great with it but I would still like to get things back on track with 10.1 Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL
How would I go about doing that? most of anything relating to DNS is greek to me.. On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 07:24:29 +1000, Stephen Kühn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 2004-10-24 at 07:17, Drew Poland wrote: I tried disabling IPv6, didn't work for me. Why not just add a few root DNS servers to your /etc/resolv.conf and restart the networking; that way you're not always dependent on what DNS servers are being used by your ISP, eh? (Improved our performance here quite a bit, and I always do the same for my clients as well - especially when they're having strange issues like this) HTH -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free and no viruses Registered User # 267497 --- Pohl's law: Nothing is so good that somebody, somewhere, will not hate it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL
On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 08:37, Drew Poland wrote: How would I go about doing that? most of anything relating to DNS is greek to me.. Find a good root DNS server (something outside of your area) and use that as one of your DNS servers (you can have three or four, ya know) and add that to your /etc/resolv.conf and then do a: /sbin/service network restart -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free and no viruses Registered User # 267497 --- The only solution is ... a balance of power. We arm our side with exactly that much more. A balance of power -- the trickiest, most difficult, dirtiest game of them all. But the only one that preserves both sides. -- Kirk, A Private Little War, stardate 4211.8 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL
ok, I just did that.. my resolv.conf keeps getting set back to this though; nameserver 192.168.0.1 search dhcppc1 On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:43:40 +1000, Stephen Kühn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 08:37, Drew Poland wrote: How would I go about doing that? most of anything relating to DNS is greek to me.. Find a good root DNS server (something outside of your area) and use that as one of your DNS servers (you can have three or four, ya know) and add that to your /etc/resolv.conf and then do a: /sbin/service network restart -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free and no viruses Registered User # 267497 --- The only solution is ... a balance of power. We arm our side with exactly that much more. A balance of power -- the trickiest, most difficult, dirtiest game of them all. But the only one that preserves both sides. -- Kirk, A Private Little War, stardate 4211.8 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL
On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 09:21, Drew Poland wrote: ok, I just did that.. my resolv.conf keeps getting set back to this though; nameserver 192.168.0.1 search dhcppc1 OK - well, I don't know how you have your ADSL setup - I always do mine manually - but somewhere in your ADSL setup/connection you should be able to statically add at least one more DNS server - check into it. -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free and no viruses Registered User # 267497 --- Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch. -- Robert Orben Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL
I don't have DSL, I have cable. On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 09:29:53 +1000, Stephen Kühn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 09:21, Drew Poland wrote: ok, I just did that.. my resolv.conf keeps getting set back to this though; nameserver 192.168.0.1 search dhcppc1 OK - well, I don't know how you have your ADSL setup - I always do mine manually - but somewhere in your ADSL setup/connection you should be able to statically add at least one more DNS server - check into it. -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free and no viruses Registered User # 267497 --- Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch. -- Robert Orben Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL
On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 09:59, Drew Poland wrote: I don't have DSL, I have cable. So since you have cable, you are setup for a static IP on the cable router, right? Or, exactly, how do you establish your connection? -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free and no viruses Registered User # 267497 --- As part of an ongoing effort to keep you, the Fortune reader, abreast of the valuable information the daily crosses the USENET, Fortune presents: News articles that answer *your* questions, #1: Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: how do I run C code received from sources Keywords: C sources Distribution: na I do not know how to run the C programs that are posted in the sources newsgroup. I save the files, edit them to remove the headers, and change the mode so that they are executable, but I cannot get them to run. (I have never written a C program before.) Must they be compiled? With what compiler? How do I do this? If I compile them, is an object code file generated or must I generate it explicitly with the character? Is there something else that must be done? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL
DHCP On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:03:41 +1000, Stephen Kühn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 09:59, Drew Poland wrote: I don't have DSL, I have cable. So since you have cable, you are setup for a static IP on the cable router, right? Or, exactly, how do you establish your connection? -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free and no viruses Registered User # 267497 --- As part of an ongoing effort to keep you, the Fortune reader, abreast of the valuable information the daily crosses the USENET, Fortune presents: News articles that answer *your* questions, #1: Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: how do I run C code received from sources Keywords: C sources Distribution: na I do not know how to run the C programs that are posted in the sources newsgroup. I save the files, edit them to remove the headers, and change the mode so that they are executable, but I cannot get them to run. (I have never written a C program before.) Must they be compiled? With what compiler? How do I do this? If I compile them, is an object code file generated or must I generate it explicitly with the character? Is there something else that must be done? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL
On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 11:15, Drew Poland wrote: DHCP Ok - well, that doesn't tell me very much - what I need to know is HOW your connection is made - did you do it through Mandrake Control Centre, or manually, or what? -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free and no viruses Registered User # 267497 --- - Do you know, humans think the world was made by a sort of big human? - Get away? - It took a week. - I expect it had some help, then,' said Dorcas. -- The Nomes discuss religion (Terry Pratchett, Diggers) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL
Maybe your ISP is messing about with IPV6 Try disabling it. Put alias net-pf-10 off in your /etc/modprobe.conf file and reboot. derek Maybe I am missing something but as best as I can tell I do not have a /etc/modprobe file Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL
W licie z sob, 23-10-2004, godz. 16:54, Marc pisze: Maybe your ISP is messing about with IPV6 Try disabling it. Put alias net-pf-10 off in your /etc/modprobe.conf file and reboot. derek Maybe I am missing something but as best as I can tell I do not have a /etc/modprobe file If you're running 2.6.x kernel you gotta have that file (/etc/modprobe.conf). If you're running 2.4.x it is called /etc/modules.conf. -- Cezary 'Thereidos' Morga :caesar(at)os.pl priv:thereidos(at)gmail.com Registered Linux User No. 362185 http://counter.li.org GG# 169903 ICQ# 328-700-565 Jabber: thereidos(at)ebox.pl Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL
On Saturday 23 October 2004 15:54, Marc wrote: Maybe your ISP is messing about with IPV6 Try disabling it. Put alias net-pf-10 off in your /etc/modprobe.conf file and reboot. derek Maybe I am missing something but as best as I can tell I do not have a /etc/modprobe file Marc In your original post you did not say which version of Mandrake you were using. I assumed 10.0 or later which uses the 2.6 kernel and uses /etc/modprobe.conf to configure the kernel modules. If you are using a 2.4 kernel, then the file is /etc/modules.conf derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL
On Saturday 23 October 2004 11:10 am, Derek Jennings wrote: On Saturday 23 October 2004 15:54, Marc wrote: Maybe your ISP is messing about with IPV6 Try disabling it. Put alias net-pf-10 off in your /etc/modprobe.conf file and reboot. derek Maybe I am missing something but as best as I can tell I do not have a /etc/modprobe file Marc In your original post you did not say which version of Mandrake you were using. I assumed 10.0 or later which uses the 2.6 kernel and uses /etc/modprobe.conf to configure the kernel modules. If you are using a 2.4 kernel, then the file is /etc/modules.conf derek OK I have my file:/etc directory open in konqueror. Under view I have show hidden files checked. all the directories are listed in alphabetical order In the M,s I have mail, makedev.d, menu, menu-methods, midi and mplayer but no modprobe or modules. I am more confused than ever Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL
On Saturday 23 October 2004 17:50, Marc wrote: On Saturday 23 October 2004 11:10 am, Derek Jennings wrote: On Saturday 23 October 2004 15:54, Marc wrote: Maybe your ISP is messing about with IPV6 Try disabling it. Put alias net-pf-10 off in your /etc/modprobe.conf file and reboot. derek Maybe I am missing something but as best as I can tell I do not have a /etc/modprobe file Marc In your original post you did not say which version of Mandrake you were using. I assumed 10.0 or later which uses the 2.6 kernel and uses /etc/modprobe.conf to configure the kernel modules. If you are using a 2.4 kernel, then the file is /etc/modules.conf derek OK I have my file:/etc directory open in konqueror. Under view I have show hidden files checked. all the directories are listed in alphabetical order In the M,s I have mail, makedev.d, menu, menu-methods, midi and mplayer but no modprobe or modules. I am more confused than ever Marc Scroll down. Files are listed after directories. BTW: Only root can edit that file. To get a root copy of konqueror hit Alt+F2 and enter 'kdesu konqueror' in the box. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL
I tried disabling IPv6, didn't work for me. On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 17:04:53 +0100, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 22 October 2004 16:09, Marc wrote: This may be on the boarder line of off topic. For about the last week about half of the web sites that I go to work normally and the other half have about a half minute delay before a page starts to load. The slow ones are always slow and the fast ones are always fast. Up until a week ago EVERYTHING was really fast. I am on a high speed DSL connection. Here is where it all gets strange. Everything is still fast when using windoze. And strainger yet it is not just me the same thing is happening to at least 10 other Mandrake users in my area. All of us are using ML 10.0, ML 10.0.2 or ML 10.1 amd all of us still have normal fast service when using windoze. I don't know if other linux distros are affected. Is anyone else here having similar problems with Century Tel? Anyone here have any idea what may be going on or the cause of this problem? A few of us have contacted the local ISP, Century Tel and they have no answers. Thanks in advance for any suggestions or solutions Marc Maybe your ISP is messing about with IPV6 Try disabling it. Put alias net-pf-10 off in your /etc/modprobe.conf file and reboot. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL
On Sun, 2004-10-24 at 07:17, Drew Poland wrote: I tried disabling IPv6, didn't work for me. Why not just add a few root DNS servers to your /etc/resolv.conf and restart the networking; that way you're not always dependent on what DNS servers are being used by your ISP, eh? (Improved our performance here quite a bit, and I always do the same for my clients as well - especially when they're having strange issues like this) HTH -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free and no viruses Registered User # 267497 --- Pohl's law: Nothing is so good that somebody, somewhere, will not hate it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL
No clue, but I am having the same problem. :( http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=19727 Drew On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:09:26 -0500, Marc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This may be on the boarder line of off topic. For about the last week about half of the web sites that I go to work normally and the other half have about a half minute delay before a page starts to load. The slow ones are always slow and the fast ones are always fast. Up until a week ago EVERYTHING was really fast. I am on a high speed DSL connection. Here is where it all gets strange. Everything is still fast when using windoze. And strainger yet it is not just me the same thing is happening to at least 10 other Mandrake users in my area. All of us are using ML 10.0, ML 10.0.2 or ML 10.1 amd all of us still have normal fast service when using windoze. I don't know if other linux distros are affected. Is anyone else here having similar problems with Century Tel? Anyone here have any idea what may be going on or the cause of this problem? A few of us have contacted the local ISP, Century Tel and they have no answers. Thanks in advance for any suggestions or solutions Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL
On Friday 22 October 2004 16:09, Marc wrote: This may be on the boarder line of off topic. For about the last week about half of the web sites that I go to work normally and the other half have about a half minute delay before a page starts to load. The slow ones are always slow and the fast ones are always fast. Up until a week ago EVERYTHING was really fast. I am on a high speed DSL connection. Here is where it all gets strange. Everything is still fast when using windoze. And strainger yet it is not just me the same thing is happening to at least 10 other Mandrake users in my area. All of us are using ML 10.0, ML 10.0.2 or ML 10.1 amd all of us still have normal fast service when using windoze. I don't know if other linux distros are affected. Is anyone else here having similar problems with Century Tel? Anyone here have any idea what may be going on or the cause of this problem? A few of us have contacted the local ISP, Century Tel and they have no answers. Thanks in advance for any suggestions or solutions Marc Maybe your ISP is messing about with IPV6 Try disabling it. Put alias net-pf-10 off in your /etc/modprobe.conf file and reboot. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL
Here is where it all gets strange. Everything is still fast when using windoze. I use a dial-up connection. I experience the same slow performance with Mandrake vs Windows. Downloads speeds with Windows ranges from 50 to 200% faster vs Mandrake. Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL
On Friday 22 October 2004 17:14, mjt42 wrote: Here is where it all gets strange. Everything is still fast when using windoze. I use a dial-up connection. I experience the same slow performance with Mandrake vs Windows. Downloads speeds with Windows ranges from 50 to 200% faster vs Mandrake. Michael Are you by any chance using a Winmodem? And is that modem using the HSF or HCF driver from www.linuxant.com (included in Mandrake Powerpack or from MandrakeClub)? The linuxant driver is speed limited to 14.4 kbps until you pay a fee of $14.95 to linuxant to unlock it. It is actually cheaper to buy a real hardware exterial serial modem from ebay. A serial hardware modem needs no driver. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL
Are you by any chance using a Winmodem? And is that modem using the HSF or HCF driver from www.linuxant.com (included in Mandrake Powerpack or from MandrakeClub)? No. I use an external serial port modem. Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
