Re: [SLUG] ADSL on Linux

2000-11-04 Thread Malcolm Tredinnick
On Sat, Nov 04, 2000 at 10:04:56PM +1100, George Vieira wrote: My main problem is my DHCP is not working and I'm using the standard dhcpcd RPM which comes with RedHat 6.2. Is this a crap version of dhcp client? Is there a URL that has a better linux client? Typically, Red Hat systems use

Re: [SLUG] ADSL on Linux

2000-11-04 Thread Jason Rennie
I finally got my ADSL today and man those telstra guys can really stuff up. Anyway, I've browsed around on what I need to get the linux box on and I got the RP-PPoE RPM and besides the small script bugs I got it working. My main problem is my DHCP is not working and I'm using the standard

[SLUG] dlink woes

2000-11-04 Thread Dean Hamstead
I have three dfe530tx's (link 10/100s) ive got them to work with via-rhine before however these are "b1" revision cards with WOL capability. They are reported as via unknown devices with lspci or cat /proc/pci freebsd also doesnt recognise them either and ive used previous revisions of the card

RE: [SLUG] dlink woes

2000-11-04 Thread Dave Kempe
via-rhine just doesnt find them. any other cards work fine. replacement is not an option I've had the same trouble. Replacement becomes the only option :( Why do you need those cards? There are many other better ones with same features dave -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing

Re: [SLUG] dlink woes

2000-11-04 Thread Dean Hamstead
Ken Yap wrote: I have three dfe530tx's (link 10/100s) ive got them to work with via-rhine before however these are "b1" revision cards with WOL capability. Try the latest driver from Donald Becker maybe? Unknown IDs means they've modified the chip again. Maybe it's not Via-Rhine

Re: [SLUG] dlink woes

2000-11-04 Thread Peter Hardy
On Sat, Nov 04, 2000 at 11:33:34PM +1100, Dean Hamstead wrote: Ken Yap wrote: Try the latest driver from Donald Becker maybe? Unknown IDs means they've modified the chip again. Maybe it's not Via-Rhine anymore. Thats what i suspect, most annoying considering the machine is for a dlink

RE: [SLUG] ADSL on Linux

2000-11-04 Thread George Vieira
For Tel$stra you must set up your NIC for DHCP which then it gets an IP and then you run the Tel$stra profile program which enables your connection ( which i assume rp-PPoE does). But I can't even get an IP yet alone get PPoE to work.. it keeps connecting and then dropping out.. I think the

[SLUG] Re: ADSL on Linux

2000-11-04 Thread Angus Lees
On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 10:10:14AM +1100, George Vieira wrote: For Tel$stra you must set up your NIC for DHCP which then it gets an IP and then you run the Tel$stra profile program which enables your connection ( which i assume rp-PPoE does). err, no. ppp does all the authentication and IP

RE: [SLUG] Re: ADSL on Linux

2000-11-04 Thread George Vieira
Well funny enough, my NT box which Telstra couldn't get to work finally works. DHCP was giving us grief and now it suddenly gets a 192.168.0.1 IP (not my original IP either) and now authenticates fine and connects via their software... So what do I put in

Re: [SLUG] Re: ADSL on Linux

2000-11-04 Thread Alan Lee
Im using rp-pppoe-2.3, with no problems what so ever. After downloading it, I had it working in less then 5 min. (Downloaded it via win2k, then ftp'ed it accross) All IP's in the machine at static, are you using the correct username? Are you doing it like user@bigpond ? - Original

[SLUG] Printing (Debian/Samba)

2000-11-04 Thread Stephen Graham
Hey SLUGers, I have a HP DeskJet 500C attached to a WinNT machine, and I am trying to set up printing from my Debian (stable) box. I have gotten a fair way down the track... I can print text files to the printer (ie 'cat /etc/fstab | lpr'). The only problem with doing this is that the file

[SLUG] port 139 scanning by m$oft boxes

2000-11-04 Thread Richard Ames
Trying to help a Win admin whose box is scanning. I think I remember there is a bug (design feature) in Win 95/8 that results in these boxes scanning the complete class c network I can't find a reference to it in the M$ knowledge base but think a tech note Q number was quoted...

Re: [SLUG] Printing (Debian/Samba)

2000-11-04 Thread Patrick Mougin
Hey SLUGers, I have a HP DeskJet 500C attached to a WinNT machine, and I am trying to set up printing from my Debian (stable) box. I have gotten a fair way down the track... I can print text files to the printer (ie 'cat /etc/fstab | lpr'). The only problem with doing this is that the

[SLUG] Re: Printing (Debian/Samba)

2000-11-04 Thread Angus Lees
On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 03:00:34PM +1100, Stephen Graham wrote: I have gotten a fair way down the track... I can print text files to the printer (ie 'cat /etc/fstab | lpr'). The only problem with doing this is that the file prints out but no page feed is delivered to the printer (ie the

[SLUG] Re: Printing (Debian/Samba)

2000-11-04 Thread Angus Lees
On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 03:36:32PM +1100, Patrick Mougin wrote: Another good thing about apsfilter is that it can configure different styles of the one printer (I think), so let's say you want to print b+w one time and colour another. It can make different aliases to point to different

[SLUG] Re: ADSL on Linux

2000-11-04 Thread Angus Lees
setting up adsl under linux: (from memory, hence missing some details) get/install rp-pppoe (debian package is just "pppoe"). bring an ethernet card up. you don't have to give it an IP (ie: just run "ifconfig eth0 up"). setup your pppd command line, ppp/options, or ppp/peers/provder

Re: [SLUG] port 139 scanning by m$oft boxes

2000-11-04 Thread Howard Lowndes
I think you will find that it is more likely to be a virus called network.vbs Refer to: http://www.cert.org/incident_notes/IN-2000-02.html for further. -- Howard. __ LANNet Computing Associates http://www.lannet.com.au On Sun, 5 Nov 2000,

RE: [SLUG] ADSL on Linux

2000-11-04 Thread Jason Rennie
For Tel$stra you must set up your NIC for DHCP which then it gets an IP and then you run the Tel$stra profile program which enables your connection ( which i assume rp-PPoE does). I have set it up, i was one of telstras first linux uisers with ADSL. I think the first step is to get the

Re: [SLUG] Re: ADSL on Linux

2000-11-04 Thread Jason Rennie
an "i survived telstra adsl" howto anyone? I was plannign to maybe write a broadband in oz woith major telcos howto over the christman break from uni. Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Latex Lilypond dvilj and dvilj4

2000-11-04 Thread Terry Collins
I'm using dvilj and dvilj4 on some of the lilypond documentation and output and finding that it does not draw the joins between quavers, etc. Is this a problem in my latex installation (i.e. do I need to upgrade latex) or is it a known problem in dvilj and dvilj4? dvips works fine, but my old

Re: [SLUG] Re: ADSL on Linux

2000-11-04 Thread Jason Rennie
If you'll all wait until after the 13th, I'll have my ADSL connected and I'll work it all out [admitantly, under OpenBSD - but the principles are the same] Good luck, i tried for 2 months to get pppoe to run with OBSD, with no luck, i did eventualy get the rp-pppoe port to netbsd to run

RE: [SLUG] Re: ADSL on Linux

2000-11-04 Thread George Vieira
OK.. just to let you all know, I got RP-PPPoE work under RedHat 6.2 The trick was to make sure that: 1. /etc/ppp/options has nothing in it.. not that I had anything conflicting but to make sure. 2. /etc/ppp/pap-secrets chap-secrets both have name@bigpond in them 3. /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf has

RE: [SLUG] ADSL on Linux

2000-11-04 Thread George Vieira
PS: I found also the adsl-setup script nukes my /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf file every time with "sed" errors and blanked my file... another one that threw me off for a while.. Damn things... -Original Message- From: Jason Rennie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 5:22 PM

[SLUG] Catch 22.rpm

2000-11-04 Thread Howard Lowndes
The rpm code has moved from version 3 to version 4 I need to get some rpm's installed on a box with rpm v3, but the rpm's I want are v4. Even the source code rpm.*.src.rpm is v4 so I can't upgrade my rpm to install v4 rpms. Bugger. Suggestions? -- Howard.

Re: [SLUG] Catch 22.rpm

2000-11-04 Thread Jeff Waugh
I need to get some rpm's installed on a box with rpm v3, but the rpm's I want are v4. Even the source code rpm.*.src.rpm is v4 so I can't upgrade my rpm to install v4 rpms. Suggestions? There are statically linked binary tar.gz's around on the Red Hat mirrors. Watch you're not installing

[SLUG] Network card problems Intel Etherexpress

2000-11-04 Thread Ken Foskey
Gday, I just purchased a new (secondhand) computer and I need to get the network stuff going on it, new computer is a P350 with 100 MHz bus RedHat 6.2. Fresh install. I have two cards: 1. IBM etherjet ISA.This is not directly supported but I looked up the notes in Don's network site

[SLUG] Re: Latex Lilypond dvilj and dvilj4

2000-11-04 Thread Angus Lees
On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 03:42:35PM +1100, Terry Collins wrote: I'm using dvilj and dvilj4 on some of the lilypond documentation and output and finding that it does not draw the joins between quavers, etc. Is this a problem in my latex installation (i.e. do I need to upgrade latex) or is it

RE: [SLUG] port 139 scanning by m$oft boxes

2000-11-04 Thread Dave Kempe
Trying to help a Win admin whose box is scanning. I think I remember there is a bug (design feature) in Win 95/8 that results in these boxes scanning the complete class c network I can't find a reference to it in the M$ knowledge base but think a tech note Q number was

Re: [SLUG] email list management information

2000-11-04 Thread Anand Kumria
On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 12:56:47PM +1100, Howard Lowndes wrote: I have just started to notice on a few of the mailing lists that I subscribe to this footnote appears on the message: [ Note: This message contains email list management information ] Sounds like you use Pine. Click on the

Re: [SLUG] email list management information

2000-11-04 Thread Anand Kumria
On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 01:19:31PM +1100, Malcolm Tredinnick wrote: On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 12:56:47PM +1100, Howard Lowndes wrote: I have just started to notice on a few of the mailing lists that I subscribe to this footnote appears on the message: [ Note: This message contains