[SLUG] ADSL Problem
Merry Xmas all... I'm stuck trying to get ADSL working under Debian 3.0. pppoe conf runs and seems very happy. It tells me it's found an access concentrator, and all is well, but when it goes to start the link I get the error message: ppp0: error fetching interface information: Device not found This seems bizzarre... how can it find an access concentrator if it can't find the device??? I'm pretty stumped... /var/log/messages says: Dec 24 08:12:39 denial pppd[189]: Serial connection established. Dec 24 08:12:39 denial pppd[189]: Using interface ppp0 Dec 24 08:12:39 denial pppd[189]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0 Dec 24 08:12:40 denial pppd[189]: Modem hangup Dec 24 08:12:40 denial pppd[189]: Connection terminated. over and over. /var/log/daemon says: Dec 24 08:12:39 denial pppoe[286]: PADS: Service-Name: '' Dec 24 08:12:39 denial pppoe[286]: PPP session is 3133 Dec 24 08:12:40 denial pppoe[286]: Session terminated -- received PADT from peer over and over, until the point when I hit ctrl-c, when it says Dec 24 08:14:31 denial modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module ppp0 Anyone have any ideas what might be wrong or how I might approach fixing it? I like Debian, but it seems like the initial installation and setup process, always its weakest point, has gotten even worse? It cluttered my system with stuff I never asked for (ISDN, etc), and so far lilo, X and ADSL have all failed to work. I'd switch distros if I could give up on apt. cheers and thanks in advance, Martin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] ADSL Problem
Martin, do you have a Ethernet adsl modem/router? had to experiment with my connection, even though my ISP told windows users they have to use PPPOE, I found in my case this was not true. I had to install DHCPCD activate the Ethernet port then connect to my modem then connect to the ISP. Also this depends on the type of account you have. ie: dynamic IP address. Hope I have helped > Merry Xmas all... > > I'm stuck trying to get ADSL working under Debian 3.0. pppoe conf runs and > seems very happy. It tells me it's found an access concentrator, and all is > well, but when it goes to start the link I get the error message: > > ppp0: error fetching interface information: Device not found > > This seems bizzarre... how can it find an access concentrator if it can't > find the device??? > > I'm pretty stumped... /var/log/messages says: > > Dec 24 08:12:39 denial pppd[189]: Serial connection established. > Dec 24 08:12:39 denial pppd[189]: Using interface ppp0 > Dec 24 08:12:39 denial pppd[189]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0 > Dec 24 08:12:40 denial pppd[189]: Modem hangup > Dec 24 08:12:40 denial pppd[189]: Connection terminated. > > over and over. /var/log/daemon says: > > Dec 24 08:12:39 denial pppoe[286]: PADS: Service-Name: '' > Dec 24 08:12:39 denial pppoe[286]: PPP session is 3133 > Dec 24 08:12:40 denial pppoe[286]: Session terminated -- received PADT from > peer > > over and over, until the point when I hit ctrl-c, when it says > > Dec 24 08:14:31 denial modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module ppp0 > > Anyone have any ideas what might be wrong or how I might approach fixing it? > > I like Debian, but it seems like the initial installation and setup process, > always its weakest point, has gotten even worse? It cluttered my system with > stuff I never asked for (ISDN, etc), and so far lilo, X and ADSL have all > failed to work. I'd switch distros if I could give up on apt. > > cheers and thanks in advance, > > Martin > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] ADSL Problem
Hi Martin, Is PPP compiled into your kernel or is it a module? Try compiling with ppp as a module if you haven't already... PADT is a common result of bad username/password, or occasionally on new connections when Tel$tra hooks you up to the wrong ADSL provider... You don't get PADT unless you're connected to a DSLAM, so PADT is normally a good sign on new connections. Merry Xmas ;) Cheers, Marty > -Original Message- > From: Martin Richards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2002 8:44 AM > To: SLUG > Subject: [SLUG] ADSL Problem > > > Merry Xmas all... > > I'm stuck trying to get ADSL working under Debian 3.0. pppoe > conf runs and > seems very happy. It tells me it's found an access > concentrator, and all is > well, but when it goes to start the link I get the error message: > > ppp0: error fetching interface information: Device not found > > This seems bizzarre... how can it find an access concentrator > if it can't > find the device??? > > I'm pretty stumped... /var/log/messages says: > > Dec 24 08:12:39 denial pppd[189]: Serial connection established. > Dec 24 08:12:39 denial pppd[189]: Using interface ppp0 > Dec 24 08:12:39 denial pppd[189]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0 > Dec 24 08:12:40 denial pppd[189]: Modem hangup > Dec 24 08:12:40 denial pppd[189]: Connection terminated. > > over and over. /var/log/daemon says: > > Dec 24 08:12:39 denial pppoe[286]: PADS: Service-Name: '' > Dec 24 08:12:39 denial pppoe[286]: PPP session is 3133 > Dec 24 08:12:40 denial pppoe[286]: Session terminated -- > received PADT from > peer > > over and over, until the point when I hit ctrl-c, when it says > > Dec 24 08:14:31 denial modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module ppp0 > > Anyone have any ideas what might be wrong or how I might > approach fixing it? > > I like Debian, but it seems like the initial installation and > setup process, > always its weakest point, has gotten even worse? It cluttered > my system with > stuff I never asked for (ISDN, etc), and so far lilo, X and > ADSL have all > failed to work. I'd switch distros if I could give up on apt. > > cheers and thanks in advance, > > Martin > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > Netway Networks Pty Ltd (T) 8920 8877 (F) 8920 8866 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Need Help With LWP and newlines
Hi Sluggers: I am using LWP module from Perl to automatically login into a member area. I have hit a problem when posting to a form after I have logged in. The purpose of the form is to send an email to all my members. My problem is that the contents (body) of the email that is coming from: my server (client) -> server where forms resides does now show the newlines, and returns. When I print out the contents I am sending before posting to the form from my end, I can see that the email message is formatted with the newlines, and returns as expected. At the other end the email that went to the members cannot detect the returns/newlines. Any help on this is appreciated. Louis. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] RE: [Still] Configuring Woody for cable.
Hmmm ... I received the message "invalid line 1 in /etc/resolv.conf", i.e. "domain nameserver xxx.xx.xxx.x xxx.xx.xxx.xx" but putting a hash (#) in front of line 1 changed nothing. Looking at /etc/networks gave "localnet 192.168.1.0 eth0_netmask 255.255.255.0" - the first IP adress was unfamiliar so I changed it to my static IP adress - but I still get the message "something wicked has happened ..." when I try 'apt-get update' to all my sources. When I reboot eth0 comes up, so something is happening correctly but I'm stumped as to what is wrong. Running 'netconf --status' still gives the message that "module pythonmod does not exist" and that "? Service samba is not running" although I see it started at boot and apparently started by linuxconf. I don't wish to create any more problems for myself than already exist so I'd welcome any advice people may wish to give. Adam Bogacki [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [forwarding] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Ken Foskey Sent: Saturday, 7 December 2002 4:41 PM To: slug Subject: Re: [SLUG] Configuring Woody for cable. On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 10:02, Adam Bogacki wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I've just installed cable on a dual-boot machine and the XP side of it > is working but I can't even do an 'apt-get update' successfully, > getting the message that 'something wicked' has happened. > > What do I do to configure Woody for cable? something wicked is the error when the names are not resolving. Not a very good error message :-( Check that you dns lookup is working, if not check resolv.conf for you dns settings. KenF -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] USB Camera - Easy?
I'm looking for a heads up on USB Cameras under Linux now and how easy
are they?
RH7.3 specifically.
One of our local rags (newspapers) has just come out with a four sheet
"saleathon" for advertising post christmas sales. Strathfield car radio
has multiple pages (cheap Cds (35c+), etc) and includes two Digital
Camearas for $58 each.
There is the StarCam, which is clearly shown as USB capable and the Agfa
digital camera[1]. Both are claimed to do 640x480 pixel. I'm not looking
for a digital camera, but more webcam type cameras, i.e. something I can
just connect up to the PC to capture images.
At $58, I think they are worth buying for a fiddle.
[1] It doesn't look to be the same as the agfa mentioned at
http://www.mit.edu/~mkgray/ephoto/ or http://photopc.sourceforge.net.
Curiously, Agfa (http:www.agfa.com) says that they have decided to
discontinue their digital cameras at the end of 2001.
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Re: [SLUG] Live! ALSA under Woody
On Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 03:18:56PM +1100, Bruce Badger wrote: > I asked a while ago what sound system people recommended for Woody, > and answer seemed to be ALSA. Well, I've not been able to get it > going - this after spending much time reading FAQs and being on the > Creative IRC channel. :-( Dear Bruce, ALSA in Debian is undergoing a major overhaul right now. /me points at StevenK and ducks. So the installation for it isn't as smooth as we'd like right now. Follow the below HOWTO and it should work fine. http://www.linuxorbit.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=541&page=1 Yours sincerely, Andrew "Netsnipe" Lau -- --- * Andrew "Netsnipe" Lau Computer Science & Student Rep, UNSW * * # apt-get into it Debian GNU/Linux Package Maintainer * ** * GnuPG 1024D/2E8B68BD 0B77 73D0 4F3B F286 63F1 9F4A 9B24 C07D 2E8B 68BD * --- msg29052/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [SLUG] Live! ALSA under Woody
Andrew Lau wrote: ...and the answer seemed to be ALSA ... Dear Bruce, ALSA in Debian is undergoing a major overhaul right now. /me points at StevenK and ducks. So the installation for it isn't as smooth as we'd like right now. Follow the below HOWTO and it should work fine. http://www.linuxorbit.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=541&page=1 Andrew, Many thanks for the link. I didn't get very far, I'm afraid :-( I do have kernel 2.4.29-686 installed, which is a perfect fit with the instructions - I was optimistic. However ... wally:~# apt-get install alsa-modules-2.4.18-686 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done E: Couldn't find package alsa-modules-2.4.18-686 Perhaps I need to modify my sources.list? Currently, my sources.list is: deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r0 _Woody_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (20020718)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main deb ftp://ftp.iinet.com.au/linux/debian/debian stable main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main Thanks, Bruce -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] ask a programming_concept about C
Dears :
Maybe it's improper to ask the
question not specific to Linux here.
But there([EMAIL PROTECTED]) must be
some skilled C-programmers .
In my company,I write firmware
,
Un-avoidablely,there is a complicated Menu written in C(not
C++) by another company.
(it's said that's why the product costs a good
price)
There are lots of function as follows :
Byte GetVariable(void)
{return Variable
;}
where Variable is a gloable
variable .
My question is :
Why is the variable encapulated like this(but not
declared as globle) ?
The function explain it's usage .Is there other
goods ?
There are some globle variables hidden in
drivers .Should I explicitly list them as parameters of
drivers(functions) ?
Thanks in advance !
Henry
