working ppp on 5.1, not on 6.0 (??)
I won't quote the original message, but we all learned in DOS days to back up our files before modifying them. There's nothing new here. cp your file to a new (similar) name before you modify it. Then if your modification drives the system crazy, you can simply rename files and have the working one back. And sure, I've done the same stupid thing myself, and kicked myself for it. How else do you think I'd know? --doug .. -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
Re: working ppp on 5.1, not on 6.0 (??)
At 05:29 PM 1/5/00 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>something amiss. When in xterm I should be able to start (it worked before
>I goofed) network config. by typing netcfg at the prompt. It doesnt happen.
>I get errors that have something todo with python. I'll include them here,
>but I am gonna hate typing all this in
>
> errors follow:
>File "/usr/lib/rhs/netcfg/netcfg.py", line 1943 in ? win =
I would be tempted to fire up RPM, identify the package owning this file,
and do a verify on it.
> raise BadFile, 'Malformed /etc/hosts file'
>Conf.BadFile: Malformed /etc/hosts/ file {well, these last
What is the format of these files? They should be something like:
[amead@hera amead]$ cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
192.168.0.1 hera.ipat.comhera
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Institute for Personality and Ability Testing
1801 Woodfield Dr / Savoy IL 61874 USA
217-352-4739 (v) / 217-352-9674 (f)
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working ppp on 5.1, not on 6.0 (??)
Ok,
I appreciate all that willpower out there, I realize now that I probably
deserved the RTFM! reply to my previous post and I didnt get one ;) ..must
be the new year. I did some reading and poking and was able to put my
hostname and domainname back (hostname and domainname commands,, go figure
*heh*) to the localhost localhost.localdomain default. Gnome comes back up
with out the errors and I have access to xterm, but there still is
something amiss. When in xterm I should be able to start (it worked before
I goofed) network config. by typing netcfg at the prompt. It doesnt happen.
I get errors that have something todo with python. I'll include them here,
but I am gonna hate typing all this in
errors follow:
File "/usr/lib/rhs/netcfg/netcfg.py", line 1943 in ? win =
WindowFrame(Toplevel())
, line 1911 in __init__
self.G = GV()
, line 169 in __init__
self.EHosts = ConfEHosts()
File "/usr/lib/rhs/python/Conf.py", line 422, in __init__ Conf.__init__
(self, '/etc hots')
, line 176, in __init__
self.read()
,line 425, in read
self.initvars
,438, in initvars
raise BadFile, 'Malformed /etc/hosts file'
Conf.BadFile: Malformed /etc/hosts/ file {well, these last
two lines certainly
look
unfriendly}
I feel better now that I have gnome and xterm back.. could someone point
me in the right direction here ?
Thank ya,
-T. Sprowl
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Re: working ppp on 5.1, not on 6.0 (??)
Dear T, I don't know whether this will help, but I've never bothered with any of the built in linux ppp connection ulities since I tried them but could never get them to work. I've used a small commandline program called eznet to connect. After compiling it (it comes as c code) and setting permissions (which is easy) its as simple as entering my username, phone number, a name to call the connection and password and pressing enter. You can set mru and lots of other options have multiple connections etc if you need to. Its command line driven but adding a menu for it in your favourite window manager is simple. It has clear instructions on its web page and can produce a troubleshootng log. Typing ping in term will tell you whether you are connected as well. NB. On my redhat 5.2 box eznet worked but I discovered I had no /etc/resolv.conf file RH hadn't installed it. Once I copied this over from my suse system it was fine. -- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: working ppp on 5.1, not on 6.0 (??) >Date: Wed, Jan 5, 2000, 4:11 pm > > > EXTREME NEWBIE ALERT > > *sigh* > > Running RH 5.1 and everything was fine.. on a whim I decided to upgrade >to 6.0. After making a few changes with fdisk I got 6.0 installed and >running with gnome/enlightenment. I used the modem cofig tool to point out >my modem and then used netcfg tool to set up ppp. This is where my problem >started...under names I put in the hostname and the name of my isp, >namesevers I put the isp addy, in the interfaces box I added ppp and input >ph#, login and pass. I checked flow control, abort on well known errors, >left line speed @ 115200, set defaultroute, restart on failed connection >and mru of 1500. After saving this I tried to test the connection but it >seems that the deck wasnt stacked in my favor. I hear the modem open the >line, but it doesnt dial (this modem worked an hour ago under win95 and RH >5.1) and seems to lock up for a bit. Also, and this problem frustrates me a >little more, one or more of the changes I made to netcfg seem to have >locked me out of gnome. None of my panel buttons work and from xterm (which >I had access to until I closed it) gives me errors from the netcfg file >starting at line 24. I am guessing that I messed up something when I put in >host and domain names, but that is a real uneducated guess (it just seems >like I've lost permission for everything). One other tidbit of info.. I was >in as root making changes. I was under the impression that I had to be to >setup ppp. The above steps are from memory/notes, if you need more info I >can try to recreate the errors and mail to the list. What I am hoping for >is that someone will see my error in the limited info above and tell me how >to correct it or, if that is impossible I would like to know how to re-set >the netcfg back to default values. Oh, re-installing in part, or in whole >is an option I just dont want to do that until I check for other ways... >can ya blame me ? > Thanks in advance, > T. Sprowl > > >-- >To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" >as the Subject. > > -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
working ppp on 5.1, not on 6.0 (??)
EXTREME NEWBIE ALERT *sigh* Running RH 5.1 and everything was fine.. on a whim I decided to upgrade to 6.0. After making a few changes with fdisk I got 6.0 installed and running with gnome/enlightenment. I used the modem cofig tool to point out my modem and then used netcfg tool to set up ppp. This is where my problem started...under names I put in the hostname and the name of my isp, namesevers I put the isp addy, in the interfaces box I added ppp and input ph#, login and pass. I checked flow control, abort on well known errors, left line speed @ 115200, set defaultroute, restart on failed connection and mru of 1500. After saving this I tried to test the connection but it seems that the deck wasnt stacked in my favor. I hear the modem open the line, but it doesnt dial (this modem worked an hour ago under win95 and RH 5.1) and seems to lock up for a bit. Also, and this problem frustrates me a little more, one or more of the changes I made to netcfg seem to have locked me out of gnome. None of my panel buttons work and from xterm (which I had access to until I closed it) gives me errors from the netcfg file starting at line 24. I am guessing that I messed up something when I put in host and domain names, but that is a real uneducated guess (it just seems like I've lost permission for everything). One other tidbit of info.. I was in as root making changes. I was under the impression that I had to be to setup ppp. The above steps are from memory/notes, if you need more info I can try to recreate the errors and mail to the list. What I am hoping for is that someone will see my error in the limited info above and tell me how to correct it or, if that is impossible I would like to know how to re-set the netcfg back to default values. Oh, re-installing in part, or in whole is an option I just dont want to do that until I check for other ways... can ya blame me ? Thanks in advance, T. Sprowl -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
