[newbie] Postfix and ICMP
Some background... I use a Netcomm modem/router/hub/firewall which runs embedded Linux for my connection to the internet...on my LAN I have one Mandrake 8.1 box and two WinME boxes. The Mandrake box is a simple server running Apache, Postfix and Squid mainly. The Netcomm uses port forwarding on ports 80 25 (ONLY) to the Mandrake box. As you may have guessed, I have a problem... 8-) The problem is this: I receive mail and everything else just fine, and I can send small emails (under about 10-15k) just fine, but cannot send anything larger. If I try it will start to send then slow gradually until it comes to a grinding halt and eventually times out. As near as I can determine it's related to this: http://home.uninet.ee/~ragnar/manuals/postfix-19990906-pl02/faq.html#timeout s My knowledge is very limited, but obviously (?) I need to forward ICMP messages to the Mandrake box. My questions: How? What other ports should be forwarded? Thanks... -Ross --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.445 / Virus Database: 250 - Release Date: 21/01/2003 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Postfix and ICMP
Thank you for getting back to me...I have a slightly better understanding of ifconfig now... 8-) The Netcomm is a Smart i-Share56 running uClinux: --- Smart I-Share 56 Version 1.0.6.8 -- Thu Jun 7 14:19:20 EST 2001 uClinux version 2.0.38.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314 (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #363 Thu Jun 7 14:18:50 EST 2001 --- I tried issuing the command you suggested without seeing any change, but did see one thing which has to be related...as you'll see, on eth0 RX packets are being dropped. This number increases each time I try to send something largish...also collisions? --- eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:60:64:02:32:12 inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1480 Metric:1 RX packets:425282 errors:8 dropped:3344 overruns:0 frame:779 TX packets:386374 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:480 Interrupt:3 Base address:0x300 loLink encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1 RX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:203.14.156.30 P-t-P:203.14.156.2 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:347664 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:375078 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 Memory:333036-333c02 sl0 Link encap:Serial Line IP inet addr:10.255.255.253 P-t-P:10.255.255.254 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:161 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 --- - Original Message - From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 1:30 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Postfix and ICMP On Saturday 01 Feb 2003 12:53 pm, Ross Slade wrote: Some background... I use a Netcomm modem/router/hub/firewall which runs embedded Linux for my connection to the internet...on my LAN I have one Mandrake 8.1 box and two WinME boxes. The Mandrake box is a simple server running Apache, Postfix and Squid mainly. The Netcomm uses port forwarding on ports 80 25 (ONLY) to the Mandrake box. As you may have guessed, I have a problem... 8-) The problem is this: I receive mail and everything else just fine, and I can send small emails (under about 10-15k) just fine, but cannot send anything larger. If I try it will start to send then slow gradually until it comes to a grinding halt and eventually times out. As near as I can determine it's related to this: http://home.uninet.ee/~ragnar/manuals/postfix-19990906-pl02/faq.html#timeou t s My knowledge is very limited, but obviously (?) I need to forward ICMP messages to the Mandrake box. My questions: How? What other ports should be forwarded? Thanks... -Ross This is an interesting problem. The effect you are suffering from is described here http://alive.znep.com/~marcs/mtu/ The ICMP packets I think use the same port number as the data packets, but with a different header, so it is not just a matter of forwarding a different port number. I wonder are you using pppoe (ppp over Ethernet) as your protocol to your ISP? If so then the pppoe overhead could be your problem. The maximum MTU size used with pppoe should be 1480 bytes, but your Ethernet port will have a default MTU size of 1500 bytes. The simplest solution could be to just issue the command ifconfig eth0 mtu 1480 HTH derek --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.445 / Virus Database: 250 - Release Date: 21/01/2003 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Postfix and ICMP
--- eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:60:64:02:32:12 inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:552 Metric:1 RX packets:513 errors:0 dropped:880 overruns:0 frame:205 TX packets:469 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:1 Interrupt:3 Base address:0x300 loLink encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:203.14.156.30 P-t-P:203.14.156.2 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING MTU:552 Metric:1 RX packets:380 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:390 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 Memory:325036-32549a --- - Original Message - From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] I do not understand why you have a ppp0 and sl0 interface up? Do you have a dial up connection, or some other interface active? Or is this how pppoe is configured? The ppp0 interface seems to be in use. Could it be this is the one you need to reduce the MTU on? You could also try a figure less than 1480 (I got that off a Windows XP help site) I don't know, it's just however Netcomm set it up...ppp0 is my internet connection (31.6k) Above is what ifconfig reports now - an mtu of 576 seems common, but doesn't help with my problem. Any idea of a possible cause of the dropped RX packets and collisions? thanks, Ross --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.445 / Virus Database: 250 - Release Date: 21/01/2003 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Server Side Includes
Server Side Includes work only if the file is 'index.shtml'
i.e. I have 'index.shtml' which includes 'footer.shtml' at the bottom and
this works fine.
However, if the file has any other name is fails:
http://bunyip.apana.org.au/index.shtml
http://bunyip.apana.org.au/test.shtml
'test.shtml' is a straight copy of 'index.shtml' - same owner/group, same
permissions but the include does not work any more.
etc/httpd/conf/commonhttpd.conf contains:
---
AddType text/html .shtml
AddHandler server-parsed .shtml
---
The above file is very close to default, and overall only a couple of
added virtualhost's have been added.
Any clues please?
-Ross
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Re: [newbie] Server Side Includes
On Tue, 16 Jul 2002 21:55:45 -0400
Todd Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jul 2002 11:01:17 +1000
Ross Slade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Server Side Includes work only if the file is 'index.shtml'
i.e. I have 'index.shtml' which includes 'footer.shtml' at the bottom and
this works fine.
However, if the file has any other name is fails:
http://bunyip.apana.org.au/index.shtml
http://bunyip.apana.org.au/test.shtml
'test.shtml' is a straight copy of 'index.shtml' - same owner/group,
same permissions but the include does not work any more.
etc/httpd/conf/commonhttpd.conf contains:
---
AddType text/html .shtml
AddHandler server-parsed .shtml
---
The above file is very close to default, and overall only a couple of
added virtualhost's have been added.
Any clues please?
-Ross
Are you running 8.2? I had all sorts of trouble getting Apache to play
nice when I upgraded. Luckily, I saved my httpd conf files from 8.1. In a
moment of frustration, I just copied them over to /etc/httpd/conf, and
voila!
Todd
Oops--I spoke too soon. I have the same situation here :(. Looks like I'll
have to investigate. .
Sorry, forgot to mention that...no, I'm running 8.1
-Ross
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[newbie] Server side includes
I have an odd problem trying to get the above to work...it works perfectly for
'index.shtml' - but no other file.
index.shtml has an included file:
!--#include file=footer.shtml--
This works.
However, if I copy index.shtml to (say) test.shtml it no longer works. Same file, same
permissions/owner, same directory.
Apache's configs are basically default, only a virtualdomain added, and
/etc/httpd/conf/commonhttpd.conf contains:
AddType text/html .shtml
AddHandler server-parsed .shtml
Any ideas please?
-Ross
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[newbie] named
[Mandrake 8.0]
[bind-9.1.1-1]
I'm trying to get named working as a caching server. my setup is simple -
my linux box (203.14.156.30) is connected to the internet and there's a small
LAN (10.0.2.x) connected to it also.
The current error is the default for the 'auth-nxdomain' option is now
'no'
Can someone please point me in the right direction?
/etc/named.conf
--
acl bunyip { 10.0.2.0/24; 203.14.156.30; };
options {
directory /var/named; // Working directory
pid-file named.pid; // Put pid file in working dir
forwarders { 203.14.156.1; };
forward only;
allow-query { bunyip; };
};
// Root server hints
zone . { type hint; file named.ca; };
// Provide a reverse mapping for the loopback address 127.0.0.1
zone 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa {
type master;
file named.local;
notify no;
};
--
/var/named/named.ca
--
.360 IN NSA.ROOT-SERV
A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 360 A 198.41.0.4
etc...(list of root servers)
--
/var/named/named.local
--
@ IN SOA localhost. root.localhost. (
2001100100 ; Serial
28800 ; Refresh
14400 ; Retry
360; Expire
86400 ); Minimum
IN NS localhost.
1 IN PTR localhost.
--
Thanks...
-Ross
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Re: [newbie] .htaccess ?
On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Dan Ray wrote: VirtualHost 203.14.156.30 ServerName net.bunyip.apana.org.au ServerAlias net net.bunyip.apana.org.au DocumentRoot /home/httpd/net ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/httpd/net/cgi-bin/ ErrorLog logs/net_errors.log /VirtualHost Directory /home/httpd/net AllowOverride AuthConfig /Directory This virtual host also has a directory I want private but the server is not repecting the .htaccess file. The contents of the files are the same except for the 'Authname' line (they use the same keyfile). My hunch is that somewhere with bigger scope than this one VirtualHost directive, you have AllowOverride none set. That instructs Apache not to You were spot on, thank you.. I had the default: Directory / AllowOverride AuthConfig /Directory But I forgot that with the virtualhost I was creating a second root directory... -Ross -- http://bunyip.apana.org.au [ICQ No.9391313] Idleness is the holiday of fools.
Re: [newbie] su problem
On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Tom Brinkman wrote:
Problem solved. I won't pretend to understand the hows or why's, but I finally
located this file:
/root/.xauth/refcount/rosco/bunyip/unix:0
With a 100meg file size. After deleting it I can now 'su' again.
rosco = my usual user name
bunyip = my machine's name
Thanks to all for the help...
-
su -
Password:
File size limit exceeded
Not sure what the cause is, but logging out, restarting the X
/etc/security/limits.conf has a 100mb file size limit
# limit size of any one of users' files to 100mb
* hardfsize 10
-Ross
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Re: [newbie] su problem
On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Ross Slade wrote:
Problem solved. I won't pretend to understand the hows or why's, but I finally
located this file:
/root/.xauth/refcount/rosco/bunyip/unix:0
With a 100meg file size. After deleting it I can now 'su' again.
rosco = my usual user name
bunyip = my machine's name
Thanks to all for the help...
Sorry, I was a little quick off the mark with my success...the above allowed
me to 'su' when logged in as root, but not when I relogged in as rosco.
I then had to also delete /home/rosco/.xauth/refcount/rosco/bunyip/unix:0
which also had a 100Meg filesize.
_Now_ I can go back to using 'su' the way I used to.
Anyone know what these files do and why they get so big?
-Ross
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RE: [newbie] Can't access /~username
On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Fireman71 wrote:
I have found that you also have to make the /home/username director world
readable and world executable.
bunyip.apna.org.au is accessable just fine, but attempts to go to
bunyip.apana.org.au/~username fail:
Error 403
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /~rosco/index.html on this server.
Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer/1.3.19 Server at bunyip.apana.org.au Port 80
Thank you all...problem solved... 8-)
-Ross
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[newbie] ICQ? Firewall?
I _think_ the first two are attempts by LICQ to resolve the ICQ server being
blocked by my firewall. Is that right and how can I avoid it? (it works fine
most of the time)
Jun 26 10:22:20 bunyip kernel: PUB_OUT REJECT 11IN= OUT=ppp0 SRC=203.14.156.30
DST=203.14.156.1 LEN=91 TOS=0x00 PREC=0xC0 TTL=255 ID=21277 DF PROTO=ICMP TY
PE=3 CODE=3 [SRC=203.14.156.1 DST=203.14.156.30 LEN=63 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00
TTL=63 ID=63620 PROTO=UDP SPT=53 DPT=32981 LEN=43 ]
Jun 26 10:23:00 bunyip kernel: PUB_OUT REJECT 11IN= OUT=ppp0 SRC=203.14.156.30
DST=203.14.156.1 LEN=335 TOS=0x00 PREC=0xC0 TTL=255 ID=23069 DF PROTO=ICMP T
YPE=3 CODE=3 [SRC=203.14.156.1 DST=203.14.156.30 LEN=307 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00
TTL=63 ID=63651 PROTO=UDP SPT=53 DPT=32983 LEN=287 ]
This one I don't understand, can someone please explain what 208.218.240.3 was
trying to do?
Jun 26 10:25:43 bunyip kernel: PUB_IN DROP 9 IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC=
SRC=208.218.240.3 DST=203.14.156.30 LEN=60 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=50 ID=18824
DF PROTO=TCP SPT=4305 DPT=515 WINDOW=32120 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0
-Ross
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[newbie] Can't access /~username
This is driving me nuts...
bunyip.apna.org.au is accessable just fine, but attempts to go to
bunyip.apana.org.au/~username fail:
Error 403
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /~rosco/index.html on this server.
Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer/1.3.19 Server at bunyip.apana.org.au Port 80
Directory/filename permissions are correct:
---
drwxr-xr-x 10 roscousers4096 Jun 17 18:06 public_html/
---
-rw-r--r--1 roscousers 591 Feb 26 23:11 contact_thanks.html
drwxr-xr-x2 roscousers4096 Aug 19 2000 funny/
-rw-r--r--1 roscousers2350 Jun 17 18:06 index.html
--
commonhttpd.conf
IfModule mod_userdir.c
UserDir public_html
/IfModule
Directory /home/*/public_html
AllowOverride All
Options MultiViews Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
/Directory
-
Ideas please??
-Ross
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Re: [newbie] iptables
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Jeffrey M. Reed wrote:
On Tuesday 19 June 2001 21:10, Ross Slade wrote:
Is there an iptables (newbie) mail list? If not I'll
start bugging you guys... 8-)
real men use ipchains.
LOL
I'd rather do that, everything worked fine on 7.2 with ipchains. Iptables is
going to take some getting used to... 8-/
-Ross
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[newbie] Squid?
I'm having problems which I think are cause by the firewall. I finally have
masquerading partially working, but still have issues...
Bunyip (203.14.156.30, 10.0.2.15) = Mandrake 8.0 box with modem attached
Wallaby (10.0.2.16) = WinME box which was working fine under Mandrake 7.2
Bunyip is running mail (SMTP, POP3) , news (accessable only to internal
LAN), FTP and web servers, Squid, and provides masquerading for Wallaby.
From Bunyip everything seems to work (haven't actually tried FTP) except one:
The outside web is fully accessable but only _some_ local addresses - primary
URLs work (bunyip.apana.org.au etc) but not user's addresses
(bunyip.apana.org.au/~rosco). They are being blocked somehow...
--
993101093.187 1080 127.0.0.1 TCP_MISS/403 590 GET
http://bunyip.apana.org.au/~rosco - DEFAULT_PARENT/203.14.156.3 text/html
993101134.058383 127.0.0.1 TCP_CLIENT_REFRESH_MISS/403 598 GET
http://bunyip.apana.org.au/~rosco - DEFAULT_PARENT/203.14.156.3 text/html
993101846.863 17 10.0.2.16 TCP_NEGATIVE_HIT/403 598 GET
http://bunyip.apana.org.au/~rosco - NONE/- text/html
--
Ideas please?
-Ross
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Re: [newbie] IPchains is missing....
On Sat, 16 Jun 2001, Tom Brinkman wrote:
On Saturday 16 June 2001 03:52 pm, root wrote:
ipchains has been improved (long ago). 2.4.x kernels have iptables
support. Check to make sure iptables is installed (updated,
iptables-1.2.2-2mdk), and then run DrakConf as root and answer the few,
Is iptable's command format compatable with ipchains? Should my 'old' firewall
work with just name changes (ie. ipchains changed to iptables where
appropriate)
-Ross
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RE: [newbie] changed hostname, bad result
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Michael D. Viron wrote:
Take a look at /var/logs/httpd/error_log, and send the list a copy--all
error messages from apache get logged there.
Sorry, I should have posted that the first time...
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[Tue Jun 12 16:11:36 2001] [crit] (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could
not bind to port 80
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Prevented by a firewall maybe? If so it's probably also the cause of my
masquerading problems as well...I'm starting to dislike these new-fangled
firewall tools (ie. I don't understand then yet). 8-)
I have Mandrake 7.1 installed, i am wanting to have a play with Apache,
I have it starting as a service on startup, but when I try and connect
using http://localhost/ or http://localhost.localdomain/ or 127.0.0.1 it
just returns the error that the host is unreachable.
I have this problem too, but it's case for whatever url/ip I use to try
to access my web server with. Worked fine under Mandrake 6.0-7.2, must be
-Ross
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[newbie] Masquerading and IPTables
1. Is there a howto on Masquerading for Mandrake 8.0? I had it working fine
under 6.0 - 7.1, but not now... I have a static IP (203.14.156.30) and an
internal LAN using 10.0.2.15 for this box and 10.0.2.16 for a WinME box.
One thing I have found is that a friend's box has four tabs in netconf, one
being for forwarding and such - I don't have that tab available so something's
missing - can someone please tell me what package will add that seemingly
critical tab to netconf?
2. I had a resonable firewall under the older versions using ipchains - what's
the best way to convertthe old one into iptables? (since it seems I can no
longer use ipchains?)
Thanks in advance for any help...
-Ross
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Re: [newbie] WEB Page Downloader?
On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Neville Cobb wrote: In other operating systems I've used programs that are able to download a chosen web site and you can also select the levels or depth you want to go down for the download. Is there such a program for linux? If there Part of the basic package..."man wget" should put you on the right path. -Ross -- http://bunyip.apana.org.au/~rosco http://lodge.bunyip.apana.org.au [ICQ No. 9391313][change borg to org to email] Man's reach must exceed his grasp, for why else the heavens?
[newbie] Login screen options
[Mandrake 7.2] On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: Go to the directory /etc/X11/wmsession.d. You will see that the contents are text files with names like 01KDE, 02GNOME and 06XFce, depending on what you have installed. If you have an environment installed that is not represented by one of these files, add a file with a filename beginning with a unique two digit number followed by its name (e.g. 07IceWM). The contents should look like this (depending on the WM): NAME=IceWM ICON=icewm-wmsession.xpm EXEC=/usr/X11R6/bin/starticewm DESC=Lightweight desktop environment SCRIPT: exec /usr/X11R6/bin/starticewm After you have made entries for all your desktop environments, run (as root) "/usr/sbin/chksession -l". Reboot and all should be well. Ok, still trying to correct the problem...I have fixed the "locale" error from my first attempt but still have a problem with the WM selection box on the graphical login screen. I created the files listed below: - [/etc/X11/wmsession.d] -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 117 Mar 15 16:40 01KDE -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 125 Mar 15 16:40 02Xfce -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 143 Mar 15 16:41 03IceWM - ...and run 'chksession -l' and get this: chksession -l Xfce default failsafe Now when I log in the drop box appears just like that - the three WMs listed on one line, comma separated. Naturally this doesn't work and it defaults to Twm again. Perhaps something corrupted in the script which parses the three files above? Perhaps tell me where that script is located and where to find it on the CD so I can replace it? -Ross -- http://bunyip.apana.org.au/~rosco http://lodge.bunyip.apana.org.au [ICQ No. 9391313][change borg to org to email] A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and the hours are lost.
[newbie] Login screen options
[Mandrake 7.2] After recently downloading some stuff with Gnome Helix installer I discover that when I reboot I have lost my window manager options from the graphical logon screen. What I have left in the little drop down box where they appear is an option for "failsafe" (which still works) and one for KDE which when selected leaves me with Twm. I can fire KDE up from within Twm, so it's still there, what I need to know is how to get the various WMs I had/have installed back into the drop down option box. Clues please? -Ross -- http://bunyip.apana.org.au/~rosco http://lodge.bunyip.apana.org.au [ICQ No. 9391313][change borg to org to email] FORTUNE'S RULES TO LIVE BY: #23 Don't cut off a police car when making an illegal U-turn.
Re: [newbie] KMail and KXICQ
On Fri, 28 Mar 2036, you wrote: Lastly...KXICQ...when I sent/recieve msgs. the text is tiny...I have set the system FONT to 14 or higher...but it has no effect on KXICQ...is there a way to increase the font in KXICQ? Go into Setup - Appearance - Fonts I'm using Helvetica 12pt and it's very readable (running 1024*768 res) -Ross -- -- http://www.fl.net.au/~rosco [ICQ No. 9391313] [change borg to org to reply by email] -- I don't have an eating problem. I eat. I get fat. I buy new clothes. No problem.
[newbie] MTU setting
After haveing problems connecting to a mud game, we finnally found the solution to be dropping the MTU setting for ppp0 from 1500 to 552. Thus far I have to issue the command each time I reboot - where do I look to change the setting permanently? -Ross -- -- http://www.fl.net.au/~rosco(ICQ No. 9391313) -- Lawyer - n, A cat who settles disputes between mice.
RE: [newbie] typing in licq
On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, you wrote: I have exactly the same problem with licq... Haven't found a workaround/fix yet.bet someone else has though :-) KXICQ works fine...and has the odd added feature too, lke being able to quote a message when replying. -Ross -- -- http://www.fl.net.au/~rosco(ICQ No. 9391313) -- Lawyer - n, A cat who settles disputes between mice.
RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 mouse problem on install
On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, you wrote: Hi Ross, Thanks for the info. I thought I tried everything to select the mount point, but couldn't shift focus to the group of three buttons related to mount point. Cursor keys will do it? Ah, I forgot that bit...sorry, I'm getting senile! To select the buttons use ctrl"first letter on the button" i.e. ctrlm to set mount point. -Ross -- -- http://www.fl.net.au/~rosco(ICQ No. 9391313) -- Lawyer - n, A cat who settles disputes between mice.
Re: [newbie] PS/2 Serial mouse problem on Mandrake v7.0 install
On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, you wrote: I am trying to Install Mandrake 7.0(Air) but have a problem with mouse autodetection. My PC motherboard has a PS/2 mouse port (which is disabled in the BIOS) but I prefer to use my Genius Serial 3 button mouse on COM port 1. When running the install program it autodetects the PS/2 port but then the serial mouse does not work. The Install skips over the mouse installation so there is no way to switch it back to serial. To Install using just the keyboard with TAB , SPACE and ENTER keys is very very heavy going !!! This new graphical install looks very nice, but you try to install with the keyboard ;( I have the same problem, I had to go with the "recommended" install then xf86conf afterwards to set up my mouse. Two things make life hard in this case: Not being able to scroll the package list during install. Is there a key combination witch will do this? I cound't find one - if I had a satisfactory install would still have been possible. In KDE altF3 is supposed to bring up the menus, but doesn't. Since it booted straight into KDE I couldn't DO anything without the mouse. How can one exit KDE back to a normal command prompt? -Ross -- -- http://www.fl.net.au/~rosco(ICQ No. 9391313) -- Lawyer - n, A cat who settles disputes between mice.
[newbie] krn scoring?
G'day! I'm using krn (as per Mandrake 7 install) for newsreading, but I cannot get the scoring to work - anything I put in is ignored. Can anyone point me towards info on what I need to enter please? -Ross -- -- http://www.fl.net.au/~rosco(ICQ No. 9391313) -- Lawyer - n, A cat who settles disputes between mice.
Re: [newbie] IP Masq and DNS
On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, you wrote: Hi all, IP Masq is configured and working. (KINDA) The computers on the internal network can ping IP addresses but not URL's, The Linux box is set as the gateway for the rest of the network and can ping both ways, so I am thinking that I am missing reverse DNS from the linux box into the internal network, or somehow that the Linux box is not converting the nameserver information for the internal network. I'll make the big assumption the other machines on the network are WinX machines. You will need to define your ISP's DNS IP numbers in the TCPIP setup on the Win machines. -Ross -- -- http://www.fl.net.au/~rosco(ICQ No. 9391313) -- Lawyer - n, A cat who settles disputes between mice.
[newbie] ip masquerading
G'day! I'm trying to get ip masquerading working, so far without success...I'm running Mandrake 6.1 and have a Win95 machine I want to access the net with. The two local machines can ping each other and the internet connection on the Mandrake machine is working fine. I had the ip masquerading working fine under OS/2 on what is now the Mandrake machine. The two local machines use ip's of 10.0.2.15 and 10.0.2.16 and the ip for the internet connection is dynamically allocated. As per various help files I've issued an: 'echo "1" /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward' and also played with the options in Linuxconf as shown at: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/userguide/En/008.html#153 But cannot get it workingcan anyone shed some light on this please? -Ross
