Re: need sd card backup on r-pi-3b
Try obconf from openbox, I have 4 workspaces on my hp laptop done with
that. I think it's LXDE. They survive reboots for me.
On 9/24/17, Alan Corey <alan01346@gmail.com> wrote:
> So this is on the rock64 or one of your pis? I thought the rock64 was
> too experimental to be able to use apt. Raspbian or Debian?
>
> On 9/24/17, Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> wrote:
>> On Sunday 24 September 2017 11:59:57 Alan Corey wrote:
>>
>>> But what's the purpose of having the gateway fields in interfaces if
>>> not to to be reliant on the routing table?
>>>
>>> But it's worth a shot, something like
>>> route add default gw 192.168.71.1
>>
>> That was it!
>>
>> Now I've used apt to update 5 packages, and its now installing synaptic
>> and all its 2nd and 3rd cousins. 112 megs worth. I did ask it to install
>> xfce, but it couldn't find it. I'll try lxde next, but its entirely too
>> simple. With xfce I can set up 4 workspaces/windows and the survive a
>> reboot. You can add them in lxde, but they don't survive a reboot.
>>
>> Anyway, progress, sorta. I am going to put that command in rc.local just
>> for S&G. Oh, oh, I had to create that file, does not bode well. But
>> we'll find out I guess.
>>
>> Thanks Alan, a bunch. I owe you a cold one. :)
>>
>>> It's simple enough to undo it with
>>> route del default
>>> to take it back out if it doesn't work.
>>>
>>> I dunno, I haven't manually messed with routing tables in years. They
>>> can be a bear on a laptop that gets moved between networks but since
>>> I retired my laptop never goes anywhere. Gateway is one of the fields
>>> handled by DHCP but it looks like you don't use that.
>>>
>>> Never liked DHCP much but I'm getting used to it since my phone (wifi
>>> router) doesn't give me a choice. I set up machine names in
>>> /etc/hostname and those become visible over the air. So I can ping,
>>> ftp, ssh whatever upstairs, zero, hp but only as long as I keep my
>>> phone bill paid and it all works.
>>>
>>> On 9/24/17, Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> wrote:
>>> > On Sunday 24 September 2017 04:34:50 Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
>>> >> On 23/09/17 20:00, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> I'd suggest checking using traceroute -I and then looking at
>>> >> route -n and/or ip route ls which should give you a bit more of
>>> >> an indication of what's going on. IME this sort of thing is usually
>>> >> because the router isn't NATting the entire 192.168.x.x range.
>>> >
>>> > As said before, traceroute is not installed.
>>> >
>>> > But I may have found a buglet.
>>> >
>>> > In the route -n output, no gateway has been assigned:
>>> >
>>> > root@rock64Sheldon:/etc/network/interfaces.d# route -n
>>> > Kernel IP routing table
>>> > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref
>>> > Use Iface
>>> > 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 202 0
>>> > 0 eth0
>>> > 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 202 0
>>> > 0 eth0
>>> > 192.168.71.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0
>>> > 0 eth0
>>> >
>>> > yet in /etc/network/interfaces.d/eth0 it is:
>>> > allow-hotplug eth0
>>> > auto eth0
>>> > iface eth0 inet static
>>> > address 192.168.71.2/24
>>> > gateway 192.168.71.1
>>> > =============================
>>> > Same stuff from the pi running jessie
>>> > auto eth0
>>> >
>>> > # regular network for coyote.den
>>> > iface eth0 inet static
>>> > address 192.168.71.12
>>> > netmask 255.255.255.0
>>> > gateway 192.168.71.1
>>> >
>>> > And pi@picnc:~ $ route -n
>>> > Kernel IP routing table
>>> > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref
>>> > Use Iface
>>> > 0.0.0.0 192.168.71.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0
>>> > 0 eth0
>>> > 192.168.71.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0
>>> > 0 eth0
>>> >
>>> > end of jessie version
>>> >
>>> > Of course its not going to work w/o a gateway, but wth?
>>> >
>>> > Need a coffee IV.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks Mark.
>>> >
>>> > Cheers, Gene Heskett
>>> > --
>>> > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
>>> > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
>>> > -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
>>> > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
>>
>>
>> Cheers, Gene Heskett
>> --
>> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
>> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
>> -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
>> Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
>>
>>
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