Re: [SLUG] no XP boot with ubuntu, dialup weirdness
DaZZa wrote:
On Sat, 11 Dec 2004, Brad Kowalczyk wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions Dazza (and Grant) and googling on my behalf
:) but unfortunately the problem still exists. I have been persisting
for so long with Linux with the main problem always having been internet
conectivity. When I finally got Fedora to dial, connect, stay connected
and then visit my first webpage on Linux I thought I could finally make
the switch, but alas some other problem arises! I think I am cursed, I
must have unwillingly sold my soul to MS when accepting some EULA of
theirs :P
This could still be caused by a hardware problem of some sort - you don't
mention what kind of modem you have doing the dialing, or how it conects
to your computer - if you have some kind of winmodem or internal modem, do
you have any chance of borrowing an external modem and trying with that?
The modem is a NetComm Roadster II 56 Ultra SVD connected via serial port.
Also, what are you using do actually do the dialing? How do you establish
the connection?
just using the 'Network Device Control' under GNOME to activate the ppp0
interface
How long {time wise} does it take for the connection to stop working?
usually around 1 - 1.5 minutes but ATM it has been up for 12 minutes and
is still working ?!
Cheers,
Brad
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Re: [SLUG] no XP boot with ubuntu, dialup weirdness
DaZZa wrote: OK - a quick google seems to indicate that there's a problem with your kernel buffer space. ulimit -s 10240 is the suggested fix I found - but I'm not guaranteeing this is right. As to how to fix this permanently - if this is indeed the problem - I have no idea. JFGI, I would suggest. DaZZa Thanks for the suggestions Dazza (and Grant) and googling on my behalf :) but unfortunately the problem still exists. I have been persisting for so long with Linux with the main problem always having been internet conectivity. When I finally got Fedora to dial, connect, stay connected and then visit my first webpage on Linux I thought I could finally make the switch, but alas some other problem arises! I think I am cursed, I must have unwillingly sold my soul to MS when accepting some EULA of theirs :P BTW Is there any way to flush the buffer manually, or is this a really bad idea? I started a ping from the time my connection came up: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ ping 210.49.224.254 PING 210.49.224.254 (210.49.224.254) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 210.49.224.254: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=281 ms 64 bytes from 210.49.224.254: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=190 ms 64 bytes from 210.49.224.254: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=182 ms snipped 64 bytes from 210.49.224.254: icmp_seq=34 ttl=255 time=362 ms 64 bytes from 210.49.224.254: icmp_seq=35 ttl=255 time=191 ms 64 bytes from 210.49.224.254: icmp_seq=36 ttl=255 time=171 ms ping: sendmsg: No buffer space available --- 210.49.224.254 ping statistics --- 69 packets transmitted, 37 received, 46% packet loss, time 87061ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 156.957/215.230/362.926/62.341 ms, pipe 2 Cheers, Brad -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] no XP boot with ubuntu, dialup weirdness
Hi all, Couple of questions: 1. I got my ubuntu cd's the the other day (BTW the live cd did not work for me, seemed to die at X startup, just a black screen) and promptly did an install onto a vacant partition on my HD. Everything ran smoothly, detected all my hardware and my XP installation. However despite XP being on the grub boot list it now refuses to boot. I couldn't browse my XP partition with ubuntu (can you? I couldn't find it) so I threw in Lindows live cd and all my windows data seems intact. So question is does anyone know how I may be able to fix this XP boot problem? I installed FC3 over ubuntu hoping that it might somehow fix the problem but no luck... 2. I finally managed to get my computer connected to my ISP under Linux (ubuntu) but despite a connection (dialup) I could not actually access any address on the net, with either direct IP address or domain name. Then after I installed FC3 I treid again and this time I got connected and was able to connect to addresses on the net, but only for a few minutes before everything came to a halt despite the connection still being there. I checked /var/log/messages and there is the following extract: Dec 10 09:54:49 localhost ifup-ppp: pppd started for optusnet on /dev/ttyS0 at 57600 Dec 10 09:54:49 localhost pppd[17843]: pppd 2.4.2 started by root, uid 0 Dec 10 09:54:49 localhost pppd[17843]: Removed stale lock on ttyS0 (pid 17258) Dec 10 09:54:50 localhost wvdial[17856]: WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0 Dec 10 09:54:50 localhost wvdial[17856]: Initializing modem. Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Sending: ATZ Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: ATZ Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: OK Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 C1 D2 +FCLASS=0 Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 C1 D2 +FCLASS=0 Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: OK Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Sending: ATM1L1 Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: ATM1L1 Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: OK Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Modem initialized. Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Sending: ATDT019833 Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Waiting for carrier. Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: ATDT019833 Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost wvdial[17856]: CONNECT 26400 Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost wvdial[17856]: User Access Verification Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost wvdial[17856]: Username: username: login: Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost wvdial[17856]: Carrier detected. Chatmode finished. Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost pppd[17843]: Serial connection established. Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost pppd[17843]: Using interface ppp0 Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost pppd[17843]: Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/ttyS0 Dec 10 09:55:15 localhost pppd[17843]: PAP authentication succeeded Dec 10 09:55:16 localhost pppd[17843]: local IP address 210.49.224.133 Dec 10 09:55:16 localhost pppd[17843]: remote IP address 210.49.224.254 Dec 10 09:55:16 localhost pppd[17843]: primary DNS address 203.2.75.132 Dec 10 09:55:16 localhost pppd[17843]: secondary DNS address 198.142.0.51 This doesn't seem to indicate any errors, is there somewhere else I should look? If anyone has any ideas they would be greatly appreciated, before I go mad... Cheers, Brad -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] no XP boot with ubuntu, dialup weirdness
check /etc/resolv.conf and make sure the dns servers were properly added, if they weren't, then add them manually On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:22:10 +1100, Brad Kowalczyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Couple of questions: 1. I got my ubuntu cd's the the other day (BTW the live cd did not work for me, seemed to die at X startup, just a black screen) and promptly did an install onto a vacant partition on my HD. Everything ran smoothly, detected all my hardware and my XP installation. However despite XP being on the grub boot list it now refuses to boot. I couldn't browse my XP partition with ubuntu (can you? I couldn't find it) so I threw in Lindows live cd and all my windows data seems intact. So question is does anyone know how I may be able to fix this XP boot problem? I installed FC3 over ubuntu hoping that it might somehow fix the problem but no luck... 2. I finally managed to get my computer connected to my ISP under Linux (ubuntu) but despite a connection (dialup) I could not actually access any address on the net, with either direct IP address or domain name. Then after I installed FC3 I treid again and this time I got connected and was able to connect to addresses on the net, but only for a few minutes before everything came to a halt despite the connection still being there. I checked /var/log/messages and there is the following extract: Dec 10 09:54:49 localhost ifup-ppp: pppd started for optusnet on /dev/ttyS0 at 57600 Dec 10 09:54:49 localhost pppd[17843]: pppd 2.4.2 started by root, uid 0 Dec 10 09:54:49 localhost pppd[17843]: Removed stale lock on ttyS0 (pid 17258) Dec 10 09:54:50 localhost wvdial[17856]: WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0 Dec 10 09:54:50 localhost wvdial[17856]: Initializing modem. Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Sending: ATZ Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: ATZ Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: OK Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 C1 D2 +FCLASS=0 Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 C1 D2 +FCLASS=0 Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: OK Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Sending: ATM1L1 Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: ATM1L1 Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: OK Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Modem initialized. Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Sending: ATDT019833 Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Waiting for carrier. Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: ATDT019833 Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost wvdial[17856]: CONNECT 26400 Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost wvdial[17856]: User Access Verification Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost wvdial[17856]: Username: username: login: Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost wvdial[17856]: Carrier detected. Chatmode finished. Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost pppd[17843]: Serial connection established. Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost pppd[17843]: Using interface ppp0 Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost pppd[17843]: Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/ttyS0 Dec 10 09:55:15 localhost pppd[17843]: PAP authentication succeeded Dec 10 09:55:16 localhost pppd[17843]: local IP address 210.49.224.133 Dec 10 09:55:16 localhost pppd[17843]: remote IP address 210.49.224.254 Dec 10 09:55:16 localhost pppd[17843]: primary DNS address 203.2.75.132 Dec 10 09:55:16 localhost pppd[17843]: secondary DNS address 198.142.0.51 This doesn't seem to indicate any errors, is there somewhere else I should look? If anyone has any ideas they would be greatly appreciated, before I go mad... Cheers, Brad -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] no XP boot with ubuntu, dialup weirdness
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:22, Brad Kowalczyk wrote: Hi all, Couple of questions: 1. I got my ubuntu cd's the the other day (BTW the live cd did not work for me, seemed to die at X startup, just a black screen) and promptly did an install onto a vacant partition on my HD. Everything ran smoothly, detected all my hardware and my XP installation. However despite XP being on the grub boot list it now refuses to boot. ... Would you be able to provide the contents of your grub.conf file? You should find it inside your /boot/grub dir. Make sure to mount /boot if it is not mounted by default. Regarding browsing your XP partition, it is most likely that your XP installation is on a NTFS partition. I don't know Ubuntu, but it may either be that NTFS support has not been compiled into the kernel, or as a module, or if it has been compiled as a module it is not being loaded. Many linux distros now have a module autoloading mechanisms... but again, I don't know Ubuntu. Bottom line is, you should be able to browse your NTFS partition. Note, AFAIK NTFS should at present be used READ ONLY. Write support is preliminary and dangerous. I have a second FAT32 windows partition where I store shared files. 2. I finally managed to get my computer connected to my ISP under Linux (ubuntu) but despite a connection (dialup) I could not actually access any address on the net, with either direct IP address or domain name. Then after I installed FC3 I treid again and this time I got connected and was able to connect to addresses on the net, but only for a few minutes before everything came to a halt despite the connection still being there. I checked /var/log/messages and there is the following extract: There are so many places where things could go wrong... where to begin :) First try pings... see where the buck stops. It may well be a problem with OptusNet... so see if you can ping the DNS server. If so, check that you can resolve DNS. Then try tracerouting. If not, the the problem is likely to be with either your ppp daemon or your modem driver. What kind of modem are you using? You seem to indicate you had trouble before... what was it, what was your solution? Linux is great when it just works, but when it doesn't... Cheers, Marek Wawrzyczny -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] no XP boot with ubuntu, dialup weirdness
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Brad Kowalczyk wrote: 2. I finally managed to get my computer connected to my ISP under Linux (ubuntu) but despite a connection (dialup) I could not actually access any address on the net, with either direct IP address or domain name. Then after I installed FC3 I treid again and this time I got connected and was able to connect to addresses on the net, but only for a few minutes before everything came to a halt despite the connection still being there. I checked /var/log/messages and there is the following extract: Dec 10 09:54:49 localhost ifup-ppp: pppd started for optusnet on /dev/ttyS0 at 57600 Dec 10 09:54:49 localhost pppd[17843]: pppd 2.4.2 started by root, uid 0 Dec 10 09:54:49 localhost pppd[17843]: Removed stale lock on ttyS0 (pid 17258) Dec 10 09:54:50 localhost wvdial[17856]: WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0 Dec 10 09:54:50 localhost wvdial[17856]: Initializing modem. Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Sending: ATZ Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: ATZ Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: OK Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 C1 D2 +FCLASS=0 Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 C1 D2 +FCLASS=0 Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: OK Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Sending: ATM1L1 Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: ATM1L1 Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: OK Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Modem initialized. Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Sending: ATDT019833 Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Waiting for carrier. Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: ATDT019833 Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost wvdial[17856]: CONNECT 26400 Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost wvdial[17856]: User Access Verification Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost wvdial[17856]: Username: username: login: Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost wvdial[17856]: Carrier detected. Chatmode finished. Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost pppd[17843]: Serial connection established. Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost pppd[17843]: Using interface ppp0 Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost pppd[17843]: Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/ttyS0 Dec 10 09:55:15 localhost pppd[17843]: PAP authentication succeeded Dec 10 09:55:16 localhost pppd[17843]: local IP address 210.49.224.133 Dec 10 09:55:16 localhost pppd[17843]: remote IP address 210.49.224.254 Dec 10 09:55:16 localhost pppd[17843]: primary DNS address 203.2.75.132 Dec 10 09:55:16 localhost pppd[17843]: secondary DNS address 198.142.0.51 This doesn't seem to indicate any errors, is there somewhere else I should look? If anyone has any ideas they would be greatly appreciated, before I go mad... It's possible there might be more errors crop up about 2 minutes into it depending on pppd options. Things like LCP echo timeouts indicate you just got a dud router or bad line - I did notice the slow modem connection. See if you can ping the other end of the link (ie 210.49.224.254 in this case). Also ensure there's no firewall stuffup by doing /etc/init.d/iptables stop (at least on Fedora) - verify with 'iptables -L -n' which should look like this:- Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Also, I've had cases where it's the ISP's equipment not quite bringing up the connection properly (I think the route doesen't happen). In which case you might try a few redials gets you on a different IP range on a different router. Oh and to Menno, Brad did mention he tried by IP address first. ONLY after IP connection is established can one hope to look further at DNS issues. -- ---GRiP--- ** ROOM FOR RENT $120pw (neg) near Newington Shops 525/401 buses ** Electronic Hobbyist, Former Arcadia BBS nut, Occasional nudist, Linux Guru, SLUG Secretary, AUUG and Linux Australia member, Sydney Flashmobber, Tenpin Bowler, BMX rider, Walker, Raver rave music lover, Big kid that refuses to grow up. I'd make a good family pet, take me home today! Some people actually read these things it seems. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] no XP boot with ubuntu, dialup weirdness
DaZZa wrote:
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Brad Kowalczyk wrote:
2. I finally managed to get my computer connected to my ISP under Linux
(ubuntu) but despite a connection (dialup) I could not actually access
any address on the net, with either direct IP address or domain name.
Then after I installed FC3 I treid again and this time I got connected
and was able to connect to addresses on the net, but only for a few
minutes before everything came to a halt despite the connection still
being there. I checked /var/log/messages and there is the following extract:
Dec 10 09:54:49 localhost ifup-ppp: pppd started for optusnet on
/dev/ttyS0 at 57600
Dec 10 09:54:49 localhost pppd[17843]: pppd 2.4.2 started by root, uid 0
Dec 10 09:54:49 localhost pppd[17843]: Removed stale lock on ttyS0 (pid
17258)
Dec 10 09:54:50 localhost wvdial[17856]: WvDial: Internet dialer version
1.54.0
Dec 10 09:54:50 localhost wvdial[17856]: Initializing modem.
Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Sending: ATZ
Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: ATZ
Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: OK
Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 C1
D2 +FCLASS=0
Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 C1 D2 +FCLASS=0
Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: OK
Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Sending: ATM1L1
Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: ATM1L1
Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: OK
Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Modem initialized.
Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Sending: ATDT019833
Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Waiting for carrier.
Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: ATDT019833
Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost wvdial[17856]: CONNECT 26400
Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost wvdial[17856]: User Access Verification
Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost wvdial[17856]: Username: username: login:
Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost wvdial[17856]: Carrier detected. Chatmode
finished.
Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost pppd[17843]: Serial connection established.
Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost pppd[17843]: Using interface ppp0
Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost pppd[17843]: Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/ttyS0
Dec 10 09:55:15 localhost pppd[17843]: PAP authentication succeeded
Dec 10 09:55:16 localhost pppd[17843]: local IP address 210.49.224.133
Dec 10 09:55:16 localhost pppd[17843]: remote IP address 210.49.224.254
Dec 10 09:55:16 localhost pppd[17843]: primary DNS address 203.2.75.132
Dec 10 09:55:16 localhost pppd[17843]: secondary DNS address 198.142.0.51
This doesn't seem to indicate any errors, is there somewhere else I
should look? If anyone has any ideas they would be greatly appreciated,
before I go mad...
Can you ping the listed remote IP address when the conection comes up?
If you can, and you can't ping anything else, then do you have a default
route pointing out the PPP connection?
I can ping anything for a minute or so, or use browser or email but then
it just stops sending/receiving
Try doing this {as root} once your connection is up
route add default gw remote ip
did that
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ppp]# /sbin/route add default gw 210.49.225.254
SIOCADDRT: File exists
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ppp]# /sbin/route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse
Iface
210.49.225.254 * 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 ppp0
169.254.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 00 lo
default 210.49.225.254 0.0.0.0 UG0 00 ppp0
Then try to ping something else.
no luck, I get the following:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ppp]# ping -c3 216.55.97.142
PING 216.55.97.142 (216.55.97.142) 56(84) bytes of data.
ping: sendmsg: No buffer space available
ping: sendmsg: No buffer space available
ping: sendmsg: No buffer space available
--- 216.55.97.142 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 21087ms
Cheers,
Brad
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Re: [SLUG] no XP boot with ubuntu, dialup weirdness
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Brad Kowalczyk wrote: Can you ping the listed remote IP address when the conection comes up? If you can, and you can't ping anything else, then do you have a default route pointing out the PPP connection? I can ping anything for a minute or so, or use browser or email but then it just stops sending/receiving That sounds like it might be a flow control of FIFO problem. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ppp]# /sbin/route add default gw 210.49.225.254 SIOCADDRT: File exists [EMAIL PROTECTED] ppp]# /sbin/route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 210.49.225.254 * 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 ppp0 169.254.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 00 lo default 210.49.225.254 0.0.0.0 UG0 00 ppp0 OK - so the default route exists - that's good. Then try to ping something else. no luck, I get the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ppp]# ping -c3 216.55.97.142 PING 216.55.97.142 (216.55.97.142) 56(84) bytes of data. ping: sendmsg: No buffer space available ping: sendmsg: No buffer space available ping: sendmsg: No buffer space available --- 216.55.97.142 ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 21087ms OK - a quick google seems to indicate that there's a problem with your kernel buffer space. ulimit -s 10240 is the suggested fix I found - but I'm not guaranteeing this is right. As to how to fix this permanently - if this is indeed the problem - I have no idea. JFGI, I would suggest. DaZZa -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] no XP boot with ubuntu, dialup weirdness
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Brad Kowalczyk wrote:
2. I finally managed to get my computer connected to my ISP under Linux
(ubuntu) but despite a connection (dialup) I could not actually access
any address on the net, with either direct IP address or domain name.
Then after I installed FC3 I treid again and this time I got connected
and was able to connect to addresses on the net, but only for a few
minutes before everything came to a halt despite the connection still
being there. I checked /var/log/messages and there is the following extract:
Dec 10 09:54:49 localhost ifup-ppp: pppd started for optusnet on
/dev/ttyS0 at 57600
Dec 10 09:54:49 localhost pppd[17843]: pppd 2.4.2 started by root, uid 0
Dec 10 09:54:49 localhost pppd[17843]: Removed stale lock on ttyS0 (pid
17258)
Dec 10 09:54:50 localhost wvdial[17856]: WvDial: Internet dialer version
1.54.0
Dec 10 09:54:50 localhost wvdial[17856]: Initializing modem.
Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Sending: ATZ
Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: ATZ
Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: OK
Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 C1
D2 +FCLASS=0
Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 C1 D2 +FCLASS=0
Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: OK
Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Sending: ATM1L1
Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: ATM1L1
Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: OK
Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Modem initialized.
Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Sending: ATDT019833
Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: Waiting for carrier.
Dec 10 09:54:51 localhost wvdial[17856]: ATDT019833
Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost wvdial[17856]: CONNECT 26400
Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost wvdial[17856]: User Access Verification
Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost wvdial[17856]: Username: username: login:
Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost wvdial[17856]: Carrier detected. Chatmode
finished.
Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost pppd[17843]: Serial connection established.
Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost pppd[17843]: Using interface ppp0
Dec 10 09:55:14 localhost pppd[17843]: Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/ttyS0
Dec 10 09:55:15 localhost pppd[17843]: PAP authentication succeeded
Dec 10 09:55:16 localhost pppd[17843]: local IP address 210.49.224.133
Dec 10 09:55:16 localhost pppd[17843]: remote IP address 210.49.224.254
Dec 10 09:55:16 localhost pppd[17843]: primary DNS address 203.2.75.132
Dec 10 09:55:16 localhost pppd[17843]: secondary DNS address 198.142.0.51
This doesn't seem to indicate any errors, is there somewhere else I
should look? If anyone has any ideas they would be greatly appreciated,
before I go mad...
Can you ping the listed remote IP address when the conection comes up?
If you can, and you can't ping anything else, then do you have a default
route pointing out the PPP connection?
Try doing this {as root} once your connection is up
route add default gw remote ip
Then try to ping something else.
DaZZa
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Re: [SLUG] no XP boot with ubuntu, dialup weirdness
quote who=Brad Kowalczyk Couple of questions: 1. I got my ubuntu cd's the the other day (BTW the live cd did not work for me, seemed to die at X startup, just a black screen) and promptly did an install onto a vacant partition on my HD. Everything ran smoothly, detected all my hardware and my XP installation. However despite XP being on the grub boot list it now refuses to boot. I couldn't browse my XP partition with ubuntu (can you? I couldn't find it) so I threw in Lindows live cd and all my windows data seems intact. So question is does anyone know how I may be able to fix this XP boot problem? I installed FC3 over ubuntu hoping that it might somehow fix the problem but no luck... What is the symptom of XP failing to boot? Is it getting anywhere, or hanging as soon as it starts to load the NT boot loader? If so, it's possibly the problem I ran into where the partition manager screwed up the drive geometry written into the partition table. Linux recognises the mismatch and continues, where XP dies and none of the XP recovery mechanisms fix it. If that's it, it can be repaired - just don't go running any XP 'fix boot' or XP re-installations. Apparently Fedora Core used to have the same problem, but I can't find the bug report right now. It had to do with writing an incorrect drive geometry description to the partition table. J. -- Jan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] If Darl McBride had his way, he would have banned marriage too, because it obviously is against the remunerative interests of prostitutes - Bruce Perens -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
