Re: newbie: more startup problems

[Paul Schwartz <brpms@earthlink.net>]

Lucas Bergman wrote:

> Paul Schwartz <brpms@earthlink.net> writes:
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>  
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> > Lucas Bergman <lucas@fivesight.com> writes:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > Paul Schwartz <brpms@earthlink.net> writes:
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > > > Earlier I have written about not being able to find the agpgart
> > > > module [I can't start X]
> > > >        
> > > Okay.  Is this still a problem?
> > >      
> > Yes, it is.  Browsing through the Contents on CD #2, I find that
> > agpgart.o is supposed to be part of the base kernel.  I can't find
> > it in my installation.
> >    
>
> I've been in the habit of making my own kernel these days, so I admit
> I have no idea what comes with the standard one.
>
>  
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> > > > I have been trying to enable web access to update apt, etc.  I
> > > > have tried two ways: wvdial and pon...  Both seem to connect to
> > > > my ISP and establish ppp, but none of the programs I run are
> > > > able to communicate with the outside.
> > > >        
> > > What do 'ifconfig' and 'cat /etc/resolv.conf' and 'netstat -rn'
> > > say after you've connected?
> > >      
> > ifconfig gives...
> > [ ... ]
> > ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol  
> >          inet addr:67.31.182.205  P-t-P:63.215.28.44  Mask:255.255.255.255
> >    
>
> That line says that your IP address is 67.31.182.205 and the IP
> address of the server end of the PPP connection is 63.215.28.44.  Keep
> that in mind.
>
>  
>
> > /etc/resolv.conf is
> > nameserver 207.217.126.81
> > nameserver 207.217.120.83
> >    
>
> Seems okay, I guess.
>
>  
>
> > and netstat -rn gives
> > Kernel IP routing table
> > Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window
> > irtt Iface
> > 63.215.28.44    0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH        0 0 0 ppp0
> > 192.168.0.2     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH        0 0 0 sl0
> > 192.168.2.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U         0 0 0 eth0
> > 0.0.0.0         192.168.2.1     0.0.0.0         UG        0 0 0 eth0
> > 0.0.0.0         0.0.0.0         0.0.0.0         U         0 0 0 sl0
> >    
>
> Ding!  This (the second-to-last line) says that your default traffic
> is going through eth0, not ppp0.
>
>  # route del default
>  # route add default gw 63.215.28.44

This worked!  DNS is working and  I can ping lots of places [not all; 
don't know what that means]

pppconfig put a default parameter in the ISP file, but it doesn't seem 
to be taking charge.

I am doing apt-get update as I write, so this is progress.

Thanks.
Paul Schwartz