I installed woody last week, and have just gotten round to compiling the 2.4.22 kernel. All was well until I tried to access the net. I can connect OK (using wvdial) but I can't get my mail and moz just times out when trying to load pages. I've tried pinging IP addresses with no luck so It's not my nameservers being wrong or anything. I'm guessing that something is stopping the packets from leaving my 'puter. The lack of blinking lights on my modem would suggest ths, anyhow.
the config I used to compile the kernel is the one I have used in all my boxes in the past with no problems (including ones with kernel 2.4.22). I used the vanilla kernel source (ie, taken from the PC format discs rather than apt-getting the source), but I doubt that would make a difference??
And even with my shiny new book, 'google hacks' I still can't anything even remotely related ;)
help...please...someone.
TIA,
BenE
On 2004.03.06 22:13, beneboy wrote:
I installed woody last week, and have just gotten round to compiling the 2.4.22 kernel. All was well until I tried to access the net. I can connect OK (using wvdial) but I can't get my mail and moz just times out when trying to load pages. I've tried pinging IP addresses with no luck so It's not my nameservers being wrong or anything. I'm guessing that something is stopping the packets from leaving my 'puter. The lack of blinking lights on my modem would suggest ths, anyhow.
Without seeing other aspects of you set up it is hard to diagnose this.
Do you have PPP configured as a module or compiled into the kernel. If it is compiled as a module is is loaded - check with lsmod.
Check /var/log/syslog for lines regarding the statup of the PPP session. Also check the kernel routing table (as printed with the route command) and if iptables has been set up as a firewall, i.e. check the output of iptables -L.
If the above doesn't result in an answer then you could post the above info to the list to see if anyone else can see anything incorrectly configured.
Steve.
On 2004-03-06 22:13:32 +0000 beneboy mail@psychoferret.freeserve.co.uk wrote:
I used the vanilla kernel source [...] I doubt that would make a difference??
Can you tell us what you did with it?
On Sun, 2004-03-07 at 23:44, MJ Ray wrote:
On 2004-03-06 22:13:32 +0000 beneboy mail@psychoferret.freeserve.co.uk wrote:
I used the vanilla kernel source [...] I doubt that would make a difference??
Can you tell us what you did with it?
Ermm....unpacked and installed it ;) I stole the .config from SuSE 8.0 (yes, I know, lots of crap in it).
I have found a clue in the logs though. If I manage to get through my mails before 9PM, I'll google it tonight, otherwise tmrw.
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Mar 7 22:35:24 orac diald[190]: Calling site 192.168.0.2 Mar 7 22:35:24 orac diald[190]: No devices free to call out on. Mar 7 22:35:24 orac diald[190]: Connect script failed. Mar 7 22:35:24 orac diald[190]: Delaying 1 seconds before clear to dial. Mar 7 22:35:26 orac diald[190]: Calling site 192.168.0.2
etc.
BenE
On Tue, 2004-03-09 at 20:19, beneboy wrote:
On Sun, 2004-03-07 at 23:44, MJ Ray wrote:
On 2004-03-06 22:13:32 +0000 beneboy mail@psychoferret.freeserve.co.uk wrote:
I used the vanilla kernel source [...] I doubt that would make a difference??
Can you tell us what you did with it?
Ermm....unpacked and installed it ;) I stole the .config from SuSE 8.0 (yes, I know, lots of crap in it).
I have found a clue in the logs though. If I manage to get through my mails before 9PM, I'll google it tonight, otherwise tmrw.
Mar 7 22:35:24 orac diald[190]: Calling site 192.168.0.2 Mar 7 22:35:24 orac diald[190]: No devices free to call out on. Mar 7 22:35:24 orac diald[190]: Connect script failed. Mar 7 22:35:24 orac diald[190]: Delaying 1 seconds before clear to dial. Mar 7 22:35:26 orac diald[190]: Calling site 192.168.0.2
etc.
BenE
Yep, I googled. It seems diald interfers in some way *waves hands in the air*. I killed it and everything works :-)
Pah! Who wants dial on demand anyway? Not me.
cheers everyone,
BenE
On 2004-03-09 20:40:56 +0000 beneboy psychoferret@ukonline.co.uk wrote:
Yep, I googled. It seems diald interfers in some way *waves hands in the air*. I killed it and everything works :-)
Pah! Who wants dial on demand anyway? Not me.
I admit, I read your email and thought "diald: I give up". You can still have dial on demand without diald. Use pppd's demand option, which can do all most DoD users want.
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