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kppp gateway problem
by Ian Douglas 19 Jan '03

19 Jan '03

Hi, I normally access the internet via a gateway on my network via my ethernet card, however, I have recently had a few occasions when I needed to temporarily access an alternative ISP using a modem. To keep things simple I thought I would use kppp to setup the dial-up connection. The modem connects to the dial-up ISP ok, establishes a ppp link, and correctly modifies /etc/resolv.conf to point at the dial-up ISP nameservers, however I cannot ping, or reach anything over the link. If I run tcpdump I instead see that the data is still being routed through my ethernet card rather than now going through the modem. i.e: [ian@swan ian]$ ping 80.225.253.50 PING 80.225.253.50 (80.225.253.50) from 192.168.1.232 : 56(84) bytes of data. --- 80.225.253.50 ping statistics --- 90 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss If I run netstat I see: [ian@swan ian]$ netstat -rn Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface 80.225.252.38 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 40 0 0 ppp0 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 40 0 0 eth0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 40 0 0 lo 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 40 0 0 eth0 192.168.1.1 is my ethernet network's internet gateway machine. If I manually delete this gateway entry in the routing table and add my ptp partner I get: [ian@swan ian]$ netstat -rn Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface 80.225.252.38 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 40 0 0 ppp0 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 40 0 0 eth0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 40 0 0 lo 0.0.0.0 80.225.252.38 0.0.0.0 UG 40 0 0 ppp0 and can happily access the internet: [ian@swan ian]$ ping www.bbc.co.uk PING www.bbc.net.uk (212.58.224.56) from 80.40.6.31 : 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from www10.thdo.bbc.co.uk (212.58.224.56): icmp_seq=0 ttl=250 time=178.495 msec I noticed that the kppp dial-up configuration screens have a "gateway" tab. I have set this to "Default Gateway" rather than "Static Gateway" and have also selected "Assign the default route to this gateway". Question: What silly thing am I doing wrong (or have misconfigured) to prevent kppp changing the default gateway route from the ethernet card to the modem? Thanks, Ian. PS: In case it is relevant the PC involved is running Mandrake 8.2 and kppp version 2.0.9.

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Linux Standards Base
by Ricardo Campos 17 Jan '03

17 Jan '03

In compiling my report about Linux for uni, I have merely skirted around the topic of LSB. I notice, for example, that there are only a few distros that have LSB compliance. I guess that the LSB is a good idea (in theory), since Linux has gone the way UNIX did by diversifying (perhaps too much)... Does anyone have any thoughts on this? It seems, also, that compliance means that RPM needs to be used? (That's insane IMHO, but I haven't tried APT-RPM). Any thoughts oh wise ones? ;)

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Problem No. 347 - Remote printing - any more offers? (Update)
by bsamuels＠beenthere-donethat.org.uk 14 Jan '03

14 Jan '03

Some extra information which, I think, may answer one of my own questions. I have just connected my laptop to the network and tried to print to the same remote printer. This works perfectly well. I also see in lpr.log: machine1 lpd[28252]: machine3.mynetwork requests recvjob timicrol machine1 lpd[28252]: reading df file for timicrol machine1 lpd[28252]: finished reading df file for timicrol machine1 lpd[28252]: reading cf file for timicrol machine1 lpd[28252]: finished reading cf file for timicrol I don't see this when trying to print from the Mandrake machine (Machine2) so I suspect there is nothing going to the remote host (Machine1). Anything I could try on the Mandrake machine to try and sort this? (Anyone have a steam roller ?) Barry Samuels

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Re: [Alug] locations
by Matt Parker 13 Jan '03

13 Jan '03

On Sunday 12 Jan 2003 1:06 pm, Chris Walker wrote: > Can somebody give me a pointer to where kscd stores the freedb data for CDs > please? I have around 200 audio CDs which I have already fetched details on > another OS and I'd like to have the same details available in Linux but > would prefer not to have to download them all again. > > Oh. It's Mandrake 9 in case it's important. > > TIA. locate kscd gives:- /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/blues /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/classical /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/country /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/data /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/folk /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/jazz /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/misc /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/newage /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/reggae /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/rock /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/soundtrack The format is this (with the filename being the same as the disc ID):- # xmcd CD database file # Generated: Mon Jan 13 21:01:53 2003 by KSCD # Copyright (C) 1997-1999 Bernd Johannes Wuebben. # Copyright (C) 1999-2001 Dirk Foersterling. # # Track frame offsets: # 200 # 27797 # 50962 # 72812 # 97517 # 118302 # 145365 # 188035 # 211805 # 233550 # 253700 # # Disc length: 3382 seconds # # Revision: 8 # Submitted via: Kscd 1.3.3 # DISCID=990d330a DTITLE=Loop / A Gilded Eternity TTITLE0=Vapour TTITLE1=Afterglow TTITLE2=The Nail Will Burn TTITLE3=Blood TTITLE4=Breathe into Me TTITLE5=From Centre to Wave TTITLE6=Be Here Now TTITLE7=Shot with a Diamond TTITLE8=The Nail Will Burn (Burn Out) TTITLE9=Arc-Lite (Sonar) EXTD=BMG/Beggars Banquet/RCA 2061-2-H\n(c) 1990 Beggars Banquet\n\n EXTT0= EXTT1= EXTT2= EXTT3= EXTT4= EXTT5= EXTT6= EXTT7= EXTT8= EXTT9= PLAYORDER=

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Problem No. 347 - Remote printing - any more offers?
by bsamuels＠beenthere-donethat.org.uk 13 Jan '03

13 Jan '03

My problem is still there. Everything I have tried hasn't worked. The machine from which I am trying to print (Mandrake 9.0) says that the remote host refused to accept the control file but the remote host (Debian Testing) doesn't show any signs of access or attempted access in the logs. Stopping the firewall on the remote host makes no difference. Is there any way that I can find out on which machine the problem lies? All other network functions perform properly. I think that the Mandrake machine is lying to me but I can't prove it. Barry Samuels

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 13 Jan '03

13 Jan '03

This is the automated ALUG IRC meeting reminder sent to remind you that there is an IRC meeting tonight (Monday) at 8.00pm. The meeting takes place on the irc server irc.alug.org.uk in the #alug channel. Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server irc.alug.org.uk" and "/join #alug". Popular IRC clients include tkirc, bitchx, xchat and EPIC on Unix, and Mirc under windows. Here are some links to help you get started with irc. Unix http://www.xchat.org/ http://freshmeat.net/ http://www.epicsol.org/ Windows http://www.mirc.com (loads of help with irc for newbies!)

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Problem No. 347 - Remote printing
by bsamuels＠beenthere-donethat.org.uk 12 Jan '03

12 Jan '03

Well - it feels like that sometimes. I have two machines networked. Machine1 (Debian Testing) has two printers - one on the parallel port and one on a USB port. I want to be able to print from Machine2 (Mandrake 9) to Machine1 but when I try I see a message in the logs 'Remote host did not accept the control file'. I see this whichever printer I try and use so I assume the problem is on Machine1 but I don't know how to correct it. Machine1 does have an /etc/hosts.lpd with the following entry: machine2.mynetwork There is an iptables firewall running (Endoshield) but I have tried after shutting down the firewall to no avail. All other networking functions correctly. Any advice would be appreciated. Barry Samuels

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Problem installin Videolan Client
by celldee＠tiscali.co.uk 12 Jan '03

12 Jan '03

Hi all, I'm having trouble installing Videolan Client. I'm using Redhat 8.0 (2.4.18-19). I've installed packages for libdvdcss,libdvdread and libdvbpsi but when I try to install the vlc packages with the command 'rpm -Uvh vlc-0.4.6-1.i586.rpm vlc-mad-0.4.6-1.i586.rpm vlc-gnome-0.4.6-1.i586.rpm' I get the following error message :- error: failed dependencies: liba52.so.0 is needed by vlc-0.4.6-1 libavcodec.so is needed by vlc-0.4.6-1 libmad.so.0 is needed by vlc-mad-0.4.6-1 Can anyone help me out ?

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Re: NTL broadband
by tom potts 11 Jan '03

11 Jan '03

Its superb but theres a few hitches Linux wise.. 1) You can only register using a windows box and IE5/5.5 and no firewall running! Once up and running turn off the modem for an hour or two and then you can DHCP on using Linux but make sure your firewalls tight and you passwords are shadowed - I left mine unsecure to see what happened and got hacked pretty quickly one an attempted takeover and once sendmail was so busy I had to cold boot! 2) I get 1.5M UDP (mainly who-has) on my port per week so watch out what you do with a tcpdump output on a small router. 3) I had to have the engineers round 3 times to get it sorted properly. Warning: With 600k you can browse everything useful in about a week! And those nasty sites with splash screens everywhere can download too fast for you to stop them so be ready to CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE Tom __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com

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wireless networking
by simon 11 Jan '03

11 Jan '03

Thanks to everyone who replied to my wireless network questions the card is up and running. I brought a DLink DWL-500 which has the prism2 chipset which seems to be the most supported chipset. Here's somethings I found useful. There is a RedHat RPM for setting up wireless network cards which was handy it can be found at prism2.unixguru.raleigh.nc.us and includes all the documentation as well. http://jgo.local.net/LinuxGuide/linux-ethernet.html for the basics of which scripts to edit to get your network going. Once again thanks Simon

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