Re: start up problems
Mark Grieveson <dg135@torfree.net> wrote:
> >
> > Before a guru jumps in with the right answer, maybe I can at least
> > point you in the right direction. See below.
> >
> > Mark Grieveson <dg135@torfree.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> > Hello. I use Etch, and occasionally run into some start up problems.
> >> > As it's booting, it will read something like this:
> >> >
> >> > PPDEV: user-space parallel port driver
> >>
> >
> > Do you need the parallel port? If not, you could blacklist the relevant
> > module
> >
>
> No, I don't need the parallel port; so, this is probably a good idea.
> I'm not sure how to do this, though.
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
> >> > DROPPED IN= OUT=PPRO PREC= MAC= SRC=123 456 789 ...
> >>
> >
> > This looks like a message from the firewall. Did you activate it? What
> > frontend (shorewall, firestarter, ...)?
> >
>
> Yes, I did activate it. It's Guarddog that I'm using. Occasionally
> errors are reported with the firewall when it starts, too.
You should make sure that the firewall is started *after* the internet
connection
> >
> >> > And it just continues like this. Eventually it will load, but it won't
> >> > connect to my adsl, and everything runs very slowly. Rebooting
> >> > sometimes helps, and unplugging, and then replugging my adsl modem also
> >> > helps in re-establishing the connection. It usually occurs after
> >> > loading this ppdev parallel port driver.
> >> >
> >> > Is there something I can do about this? Am I missing a library, or
> >> > package, or something that will prevent this? Sometimes it boots up
> >> > fine, and I don't have to worry about it. But more often then not I
> >> > have to reboot it (sometimes reboot numerous times) before it loads
> >> > correctly.
> >> >
> >> > Mark
> >>
> >
> > You should specify the type of ADSL, how did you configure it, when did
> > these problems start to appear (new package/hardware/application?), ...
> > Googleing for the error messages also works most of the time.
> >
>
> Ever since I got Etch going, I've been having these problems. I
> configured the ADSL with pppoeconf. I've not been able to use
> etherconf, for some reason. I'm not sure what type of ADSL it is. It's
> a phone line, if that's what you mean. I was unable to use netinstall,
> because the connection is only recognized after running pppoeconf (this
> was true with Sarge, and it's true with all LiveCDs, ie, Knoppix or
> Ubuntu, as well).
>
> >
> > Regards,
> > Andrei
>
> Thanks for your response,
> Mark
I'm not an expert on ADSL and besides, I have a USB modem, so I don't
think I can help you further then the two pointers above.
Regards,
Andrei
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