Re: PPPoE tests
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Philippe Cloutier wrote:
> Hi Eddy,
Hello Philippe,
> I've tested your (updated) iso on 2 of my 3 computers. It worked great,
> I'm curious to know which tricks you use to produce such an image, and
> can't wait to see regular testing install media behave similarly :)
Well, regular recipe, some sugar, some spice and something nice ;-)
I have some good news, these tests were necessary to be able to make the
changes I made a part of the official ppp-udeb module. So, it looks like Etch
might have support for installs over PPPoE.
>> * in D-I environment
>> o bad/good login should be detected (good logins are silent)
>>
> Check.
>
>> o transitory problems when trying to do the initial
>> connection (cable unplugged or PPPoE server down) should
>> be detected
>>
> Didn't test enough.
Well, this is double checking, I made some testing myself about this, but I
would have preferred double checking with someone else. You know, "works for
me" is not good enough.
>> * in the installed system:
>> o target system boots fine with the PPPoE connection set up
>> correctly
>>
> Check.
Excellent.
>> o hosts file and host name are set correctly
>>
> host names were fine. I'm not familiar with hosts file, but it seemed OK.
# cat /etc/hosts
# hostname
# hostname -f
These would be enough to get that info.
>> o permissions are set correctly on the network configuration
>> files and the ppp configuration files (an output of "ls
>> -lR /etc/ppp" in the target would be appreciated)
>>
> This is the ls -lR /etc/ppp/ output from one machine:
>
> /etc/ppp:
> total 64
> -rw------- 1 root root 54 2007-01-24 15:00 chap-secrets
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1754 2006-12-19 07:23 ip-down
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-01-24 15:00 ip-down.d
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1892 2006-12-19 07:23 ip-up
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-01-24 20:46 ip-up.d
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 784 2006-12-19 07:23 ipv6-down
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-12-19 07:23 ipv6-down.d
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 922 2006-12-19 07:23 ipv6-up
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-12-19 07:23 ipv6-up.d
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13208 2006-12-19 07:23 options
> -rw------- 1 root root 54 2007-01-24 15:00 pap-secrets
> drwxr-s--- 2 root dip 4096 2007-01-24 15:00 peers
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 52 2007-01-25 14:02 resolv.conf
>
> /etc/ppp/ip-down.d:
> total 4
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 559 2006-12-19 07:23 0000usepeerdns
>
> /etc/ppp/ip-up.d:
> total 8
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 891 2006-12-19 07:23 0000usepeerdns
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 295 2005-08-14 10:03 exim4
>
> /etc/ppp/ipv6-down.d:
> total 0
>
> /etc/ppp/ipv6-up.d:
> total 0
>
> /etc/ppp/peers:
> total 4
> -rw-r----- 1 root dip 1378 2007-01-24 15:00 provider
>
>> o loopback interface is configured correctly
>>
> Check.
This seems is to be ok. If anyone spots anything wrong, please speak up now.
> Thank you!
No, THANK YOU!
Your help is mostly appreciated.
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Regards,
EddyP
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