Re: debian-user-digest Digest V98 #1435
Hi
Im using the frame buffer server for my banshee chipset
but i do not have the fbset utility.
and also i am unable to specify bitmodes / virutal resolutions
to the server
can someone pls help?
thnx
debian-user-digest-request@lists.debian.org wrote:
> Subject:
>
> debian-user-digest Digest Volume 98 : Issue 1435
>
> Today's Topics:
> First attempt [ KTB <ktb@binary.net> ]
> Re: Linking Machines [ Mitch Blevins <mblevin@debian.org> ]
> Re: A few questions [ Branden Robinson <branden@ecn.purdu ]
> Re: Linking Machines [ "Sean P. Mason" <mason@imsa.edu> ]
> Re: Frame Buffer [ Branden Robinson <branden@ecn.purdu ]
> Re: Linking Machines [ Mitch Blevins <mblevin@debian.org> ]
> Re: SQUAKE SVGALIB problems [ Mark Panzer <mark.panzer@excel.net> ]
> Re: wmmail problems [ David Coe <dcoe@overlord.com> ]
> Re: Linking Machines [ =?iso-8859-1?Q?=B1=E8_=B4=EB_=B1=D4 ]
> bizzare mutt behavior [ Matt Garman <garman@crh3019.urh.uiu ]
> Re: First attempt [ Kent West <westk@heir.acu.edu> ]
> Re: Linking Machines [ Kent West <westk@heir.acu.edu> ]
> Re: First attempt [ Kent West <westk@heir.acu.edu> ]
> Re: Still clueless [ Kent West <westk@heir.acu.edu> ]
> Re: ipchains/ip_masq problems [ rick <rick@cr670575-a.rchmd1.bc.wav ]
> lilo problem - linux on each of two [ Lindsay Allen <allen@cbcfreo.wa.edu ]
> Re: eth0: unknown interface [ "Rino Mardo" <rmardo@lycosmail.com> ]
>
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>
> Subject: First attempt
> Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 20:33:27 -0600
> From: KTB <ktb@binary.net>
> To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
>
> I deleted the partion but my problem is I can't make more than that one
> partion. When
> I try to change the FS Type I can't do that either. I may be wrong but
> it seems my
> keyboard is screwed up. For example when I try to make the first
> primary partion and
> it has a space to change the number of MB for that partion (the cursor
> is under the 6
> of 6149.89) and I press "5" I am kicked out to a menu about "Changing
> the geometry,"
> If I press the number "6" I end up at [logical] and so on. My numbers
> lock light is
> not on when I am trying to load Debian. Any ideas?
> Thanks,
> Kent
>
> Andrew Ivanov wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, KTB wrote:
> >
> > > followed the instructions in the book. I select [New] and [Primary]
>
> > > then I can't change the size of the partion, it lets me make a
> 6149.89
> > > MB partion but then can't go on to make a swap partion. The 6149.89
> MB
> > > is my whole HD so maybe that is why I can't make another. At any
> rate I
> >
> > Anyway, you can choose [Delete] and delete your current partition, so
> you
> > have extra space. Just make sure you don't Delete any files on HD that
> you
> > might need later.
> >
> > >
> > > #2. While I'm at it. I have a blank 6.4 gigabyte 2nd IDE HD that I
> am
> > > trying to install Debian on. Most of the literature I have read
> talks
> > > about partioning in limited space. I was thinking I could make the
> 1st
> > > partion (root) 1000 MB and the swap 100 MB, I have 64 MB Ram. Does
> this
> > > sound reasonable? Will that make the rest of the HD dead space?
> > > Thanks,
> > > Kent
> >
> > No. What HOWTOs talk about is having the boot sector within first
> 504Mb of
> > the drive. That has nothing to do with you.
> > What you want to do is make
> > 200Mb / (root) partition.
> > 64Mb Swap
> > Allocate the rest as you wish.
> > You can make it /usr
> > For the reason of that vast majority of packages gets installed into
> > /usr partition.
> > So make it as big as you want.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Andrew
> > ____________________________________________________________________
> > Never include a comment that will help | Andrew Ivanov
> > someone else understand your code. | c680789@showme.missouri.edu
> > If they understand it, they don't | ICQ: 12402354
> > need you. |
> >
> > --
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> < /dev/null
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>
> Subject: Re: Linking Machines
> Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 21:50:30 -0500
> From: Mitch Blevins <mblevin@debian.org>
> To: "Sean P. Mason" <mason@imsa.edu>
> CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> Sean P. Mason wrote:
> > > GNU/Linux wont really make several machines act as one. Most of the
> > > clustering capabilities come from the software, which is able to divide
> > > it's work up and distribute it over several machines. This is specialized
> > > (mostly scientific) software that is not going to speed up your
> > > (for instance) web browsing.
> >
> > If I were to take this option, what benefits would I notice? For example,
> > would I be able to run a single program off of all the machines
> > simultaneously, thus increasing its speed? Or would the best I could do
> > be to run separate programs on separate machines?
>
> Separate programs on seperate machines.
> Unless you get (or write) a specialized program meant to be able
> to run distributed.
>
> > > What you can do is run one program on machine A and another on machine B
> > > (showing them both on the same terminal) and get the benefits of
> > > multitasking without having one machine take the load of both programs.
> > > But I'm not sure how effective this will be on those 386's. The
> > > memory is a little low.
> >
> > Unfortunately, the memory is a bit low. The best machine of the bunch
> > will be somewhat decent, however. Anyway, this option sounds interesting.
> > To do this, would I have to specify which machine to run each program on
> > every time I run a program? That could get a little tedious.
>
> You could always automate (via scripts) which programs run on which
> machine. But I honestly don't see you getting any productivity benefits
> from this setup (as opposed to running everything on the 486).
> The money you would spend on network cards could be better off spent
> with more memory, etc.
>
> It could be a learning experience with networking, tho...
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: A few questions
> Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 22:02:42 -0500
> From: Branden Robinson <branden@ecn.purdue.edu>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> CC: Jeff Browning <jbrownin@hotmail.com>
>
> On Tue, Dec 08, 1998 at 09:51:01PM -0400, Jeff Browning wrote:
> > Now that I got X up and running, I got a few questions.
> >
> > 1. How do I change the color setting from 256 colors to True Color?
>
> Edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config appropriately, e.g.:
>
> Section "Screen"
> Driver "Accel"
> Device "ATI Xpert@Play"
> Monitor "Sony 200sf"
> BlankTime 0
> DefaultColorDepth 32
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "1376x1032" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "512x384"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "1376x1032" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "512x384"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 32
> Modes "1376x1032" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "512x384"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Note the line "DefaultColorDepth".
>
> Alternatively:
>
> startx -- -bpp 32
>
> xdm users may want to edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers:
>
> :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 vt9 -bpp 16
>
> Note that if you edit the XF86Config per the recommendation above, you
> don't need to mess with adding parameters to startx or the xdm/Xservers
> file.
>
> > 4. If I'm idle for about 10 minutes, my screen turns black, how do I
> > turn that off or start a screen saver?
>
> I forget how this handled on the VC, there's some parameter in the kernel
> terminal driver you can manipulate with setterm or something.
>
> In X, xset manages this and a few other hardware-related issues. man xset
> for more info.
>
> --
> G. Branden Robinson | Optimists believe we live in the best of
> Debian GNU/Linux | all possible worlds. Pessimists are
> branden@ecn.purdue.edu | afraid the optimists are right.
> cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ |
>
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> Part 1.4.1.2Type: application/pgp-signature
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Linking Machines
> Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 21:06:06 -0600 (CST)
> From: "Sean P. Mason" <mason@imsa.edu>
> To: Mitch Blevins <mblevin@debian.org>
> CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> Are there any well known programs out there that will let me run processes
> distributed, or will I have to do a whole load of digging? =)
>
> I think I might just try that out, if I can manage to find the right
> software for it.
>
> --- Sean Mason
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Frame Buffer
> Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 22:10:43 -0500
> From: Branden Robinson <branden@ecn.purdue.edu>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> CC: Jeff Beley <jbeley@astcorp.com>
>
> On Tue, Dec 08, 1998 at 04:06:47PM -0600, Jeff Beley wrote:
>
> Whew, please set your wrapmargin/textwidth/whatever. 80-character lines
> are the norm.
>
> > I've just upgraded to 2.1.130 and am expirementing the frame buffer
> > that's built into the kernel. I've been able to use the fbset utility
> > to set the resolution and such....however X is very fuzzy(for lack of
> > a better term)...I read in the documentation that there is a fbdev
> > server for X, however I have not been able to locate that X server. I
> > have an ATI Mach64 card recognized at bootup.
>
> The fbdev server for i386 is new in XFree86 3.3.3, which I haven't gotten
> Debianized yet. It would be dishonest of me to try and give you an ETA on
> 3.3.3 .debs at this time, but the sooner I get the problems ironed out of
> 3.3.2.3a for the slink release, the sooner I can get 3.3.3 packages made.
>
> --
> G. Branden Robinson |
> Debian GNU/Linux | // // // / /
> branden@ecn.purdue.edu | EI 'AANIIGOO 'AHOOT'E
> cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ |
>
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> Part 1.6.1.2Type: application/pgp-signature
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Linking Machines
> Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 22:40:38 -0500
> From: Mitch Blevins <mblevin@debian.org>
> To: "Sean P. Mason" <mason@imsa.edu>
> CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> Sean P. Mason wrote:
> > Are there any well known programs out there that will let me run processes
> > distributed, or will I have to do a whole load of digging? =)
>
> If you want to run programs on separate machines and display them on
> just one, then telnet and X work just fine.
>
> But if you want the same program to run on several machines at once, you
> won't find any for everyday activites (mail, news, web, editing, etc).
> If you want to write your own, there is a neat framework called DIPC
> that allows inter-process communication across machines, using the
> familiar IPC mechanism. You can find this and others at
> http://sal.kachinatech.com
>
> -Mitch
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: SQUAKE SVGALIB problems
> Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 22:01:20 -0600
> From: Mark Panzer <mark.panzer@excel.net>
> To: "Alexander N. Benner" <Nikodemus@innocent.com>
> CC: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
>
> Alexander N. Benner wrote:
> >
> > hi
> >
> > Ship's Log, Lt. Michael Beattie, Stardate 071298.1206:
> >
> > > A `chmod +s /usr/games/squake.real` will fix it.
> >
> > you should also consider running suidregister from the package suidmanager as
> > squacke is worth being updated frequently and you want to keep the +s
> >
> Strange, SVGALIB also locked my system. Sound and video worked for a few
> moments and then at a random ,short time, after it started my machine
> would just lock???? Is there some problem with [s,x]quake and the S3
> chipset? I'm running 2.0.34.
>
> Panz
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: wmmail problems
> Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 04:05:28 +0000
> From: David Coe <dcoe@overlord.com>
> To: "Gary L. Hennigan" <glhenni@cs.sandia.gov>
> CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> I don't use wmmail, but you might tyr using wmss (sound server)
> and nmaker (noise maker) to make the sounds ... I use that in
> other simple applications when I don't want a lot of overhead.
>
> "Gary L. Hennigan" wrote:
> >
> > Is anyone else using wmmail with WindowMaker under slink? I'm having
> > problems getting the NewMailExecute configuration option to function
> > properly. In my ~/.wmmailrc file I have the following line:
> >
> > NewMailExecute "cat /home/glhenni/lib/sounds/ugotmail.au > /dev/audio &"
> >
> > This is straight out of the wmmail man page, but it's not
> > functioning. If I start wmmail on the command line it starts spewing
> > out what, at least at the beginning, is the sound file itself to the
> > screen. I can use "ps ax" to see that the command
> > "cat <file> > /dev/audio" is running, but it's outputting to the
> > screen instead of /dev/audio.
> >
> > I managed to get it working with xanim via:
> >
> > NewMailExecute "xanim +Ze +Av100 /home/glhenni/lib/sounds/ugotmail.au"
> >
> > but I don't like xanim popping up on my screen every time I get new
> > mail.
> >
> > TIA,
> > Gary
> >
> > --
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>
> --
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>
> Subject: Re: Linking Machines
> Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 13:08:56 +0900
> From: ±è ´ë ±Ô <dgkim1@daewoo.dhi.co.kr>
> To: Mitch Blevins <mblevin@debian.org>
> CC: "Sean P. Mason" <mason@imsa.edu>, debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> I though that beowulf project, clustering PCs, and most of the effort
> was about such a process management. http://cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov/beowulf/
>
> Daegyu
> On Tue, Dec 08, 1998 at 10:40:38PM -0500, Mitch Blevins wrote:
> > Sean P. Mason wrote:
> > > Are there any well known programs out there that will let me run processes
> > > distributed, or will I have to do a whole load of digging? =)
> >
> > If you want to run programs on separate machines and display them on
> > just one, then telnet and X work just fine.
> >
> > But if you want the same program to run on several machines at once, you
> > won't find any for everyday activites (mail, news, web, editing, etc).
> > If you want to write your own, there is a neat framework called DIPC
> > that allows inter-process communication across machines, using the
> > familiar IPC mechanism. You can find this and others at
> > http://sal.kachinatech.com
> >
> > -Mitch
> >
> >
> > --
> > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe debian-user-request@lists.debian.org < /dev/null
> >
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: bizzare mutt behavior
> Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 22:12:23 -0600
> From: Matt Garman <garman@crh3019.urh.uiuc.edu>
> To: Debian User's List <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
>
> Whenever I go to compose a message in mutt, I have a problem with the
> "d" key when mutt prompts me for the "to:" field.
>
> I have to press "d" twice for mutt to accept a "d" in the "to:"
> field. My "d" key is working fine in all other situations.
>
> Also strange: I tried to copy and paste with the mouse, and again,
> mutt will not accept any "d" with the mouse method, i.e. I have to add
> them by hand.
>
> Very annoying! Is this a known bug? My mutt version is:
> Mutt 0.94.17i (1998-11-19)
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
> --
> Matt Garman, garman@uiuc.edu
> "They're always havin' a good time down on the bayou,
> Lord, them delta women think the world of me."
> -- Dickey Betts, "Ramblin' Man"
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: First attempt
> Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 22:16:08 -0600 (CST)
> From: Kent West <westk@heir.acu.edu>
> To: KTB <ktb@binary.net>
> CC: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>,
> "recipient.list.not.shown": ;
>
> On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, KTB wrote:
>
> > #1. Ok I'm not getting very far. First of all I want to make sure I am
> > using the right disk. I have Debian 2.0 official, both the Binary and
> > Source disks say the same thing when I boot them up and try to install
> > from cdrom. Can you use either, or?
>
> I'm fairly new myself, so don't take my responses as gospel. I'm not sure
> if you can use the Source CD for an initial install; I think you want to
> use the Binary.
>
> > I went through the steps and
> > everything seemed to go ok until I tried to partion the drive. I
> > followed the instructions in the book. I select [New] and [Primary]
> > then I can't change the size of the partion, it lets me make a 6149.89
> > MB partion but then can't go on to make a swap partion. The 6149.89 MB
> > is my whole HD so maybe that is why I can't make another. At any rate I
> > noticed the numbers lock isn't on and the numbers just don't work. I
> > entered [US] when choosing a keyboard.
>
> I haven't yet figured out how to get the numlock to default "On" (that's
> low priority for now). You can us the numbers above the qwerty keyboard,
> or just press the NumLock key to turn on numlock.
>
> I don't think I'd use one partition for the system, although the system
> doesn't really care. It's just that later you might find it more useful if
> you've "modularized" the system some. I'd probably allocate 200MB for the
> root, maybe 300 if you want to be generous. Then maybe 64 or 128MB for the
> swap (you can't use more than 128MB for a single swap partition, I
> believe, and I think 64 would be more than adequate). The rest of the
> drive I'd probably evenly divide into partitions for /usr, /tmp, /var, and
> /home. Others would probably say this is overkill.
>
> If you have [an] existing partition[s], you may need to delete them first
> to make room for the scheme mentioned above (or whatever scheme you decide
> on). Be aware that partitioning will clean your drive of any existing
> data.
>
> Then when you create a new partition, don't let it use the entire space.
> One of the questions that cfdisk (or fdisk) asks is how big you want the
> partition (it automatically puts in 6149.89M for you, assuming it should
> use all the available space. Erase this and type in the size you want
> (such as 200M). I believe you can specify the size in megabytes by typing
> a number followed by M, but I'm not sure of the exact syntax. I think the
> on-screen hints will indicate how to do that.
>
> Once you've got the partitions created, you'll need to choose the Write
> option to actually write the changes to disk.
>
> > #2. While I'm at it. I have a blank 6.4 gigabyte 2nd IDE HD that I am
> > trying to install Debian on. Most of the literature I have read talks
> > about partioning in limited space. I was thinking I could make the 1st
> > partion (root) 1000 MB and the swap 100 MB, I have 64 MB Ram. Does this
> > sound reasonable? Will that make the rest of the HD dead space?
> > Thanks,
> > Kent
> >
>
> I'm not sure what you're referring to, but again, a root partition of
> 1000MB seems awfully large.
>
> --
> Kent West
> kent.west@infotech.acu.edu
> KC5ENO - Amateur Radio: When all else fails.
> Linux - Finally! A real OS for the Intel PC!
> "Life is an ongoing classroom." - Capt. James T. Kirk, "Dreadnought"
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Linking Machines
> Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 22:19:19 -0600 (CST)
> From: Kent West <westk@heir.acu.edu>
> To: Mitch Blevins <mblevin@debian.org>
> CC: "Sean P. Mason" <mason@imsa.edu>, debian-user@lists.debian.org,
> "recipient.list.not.shown": ;
>
> On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Mitch Blevins wrote:
>
> > Sean P. Mason wrote:
> > > I was wondering. . . I have a bunch of old machines, and I was wondering
> > > if it was possible to link them all together to act as a single machine
> > > under Linux. I can't seem to find any information elsewhere thus far.
> > > I have six 386 Sx-16s with a meg of RAM and 40 megs of space each, and one
> > > machine around a 486 Dx with 8 megs ram and 200 megs of a hard drive.
> >
> > GNU/Linux wont really make several machines act as one. Most of the
> > clustering capabilities come from the software, which is able to divide
> > it's work up and distribute it over several machines. This is specialized
> > (mostly scientific) software that is not going to speed up your
> > (for instance) web browsing.
> >
> > What you can do is run one program on machine A and another on machine B
> > (showing them both on the same terminal) and get the benefits of
> > multitasking without having one machine take the load of both programs.
> > But I'm not sure how effective this will be on those 386's. The
> > memory is a little low.
> >
> > However, if all these machines have network cards, you have the perfect
> > platform to learn about networking. Set it up as 2 or 3 subnets and have
> > one of your machines route between them.
> >
> > I guess it all depends... what do you want to do?
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ today?
>
> Oh, sorry. Wrong thread :-)
>
> --
> Kent West
> kent.west@infotech.acu.edu
> KC5ENO - Amateur Radio: When all else fails.
> Linux - Finally! A real OS for the Intel PC!
> "Life is an ongoing classroom." - Capt. James T. Kirk, "Dreadnought"
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: First attempt
> Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 22:30:17 -0600 (CST)
> From: Kent West <westk@heir.acu.edu>
> To: KTB <ktb@binary.net>
> CC: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>,
> "recipient.list.not.shown": ;
>
> On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, KTB wrote:
>
> > I deleted the partion but my problem is I can't make more than that one
> > partion. When
> > I try to change the FS Type I can't do that either. I may be wrong but
> > it seems my
> > keyboard is screwed up. For example when I try to make the first
> > primary partion and
> > it has a space to change the number of MB for that partion (the cursor
> > is under the 6
> > of 6149.89) and I press "5" I am kicked out to a menu about "Changing
> > the geometry,"
> > If I press the number "6" I end up at [logical] and so on. My numbers
> > lock light is
> > not on when I am trying to load Debian. Any ideas?
> > Thanks,
> > Kent
> >
>
> Is this on a laptop, or a programmable keyboard, or a Microsoft keyboard,
> or something similar?
>
> Does your Numlock key not turn on numlock?
>
> Can you use the numbers above the QWERTY keys?
>
> Definitely don't use the numeric number pad if you Numlock light is not
> lit; no telling what kind of weird behaviour you'll get.
>
> --
> Kent West
> kent.west@infotech.acu.edu
> KC5ENO - Amateur Radio: When all else fails.
> Linux - Finally! A real OS for the Intel PC!
> "Life is an ongoing classroom." - Capt. James T. Kirk, "Dreadnought"
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Still clueless
> Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 22:34:37 -0600 (CST)
> From: Kent West <westk@heir.acu.edu>
> To: "Paul \"Baloo\" Johnson" <baloo@SDF.lonestar.org>
> CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org, "recipient.list.not.shown": ;
>
> On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Paul "Baloo" Johnson wrote:
>
> > Ok, if someone would kindly write up a step by step procedure for
> > configuring a Intel EtherExpress in newbie terms and make it as simply
> > worded as possible, it would help very much on my project at school right
> > now...(I can't figure out how to configure the thing...and no, this
> > wouldn't be cheating, we can ask for outside support)
> >
> > Baloo
>
> Is this on a new install, or are you adding the card to an existing
> system? Hamm, Slink, Bo, what?
>
> Reply not to me, but to the list; I'm only knowledgeable enough to ask a
> few pertinent questions, not enough to actually provide many answers, but
> maybe someone else on the list is.
>
> --
> Kent West
> kent.west@infotech.acu.edu
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> Subject: Re: ipchains/ip_masq problems
> Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 20:36:28 -0800 (PST)
> From: rick <rick@cr670575-a.rchmd1.bc.wave.home.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> In article <[🔎] 19981207201602.A20406@teleute.ml.org> Steve Lamb wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 07, 1998 at 11:10:28PM -0500, wax_man@bellsouth.net wrote:
> > >
> > > Any ideas on what I have not done properly?
> >
> > Trying to do it yourself... ;)
> >
> > ipmasq - Initializes IP Masquerade firewalling/forwarding
> >
> > This package contains scripts to initialize IP Masquerade, a feature of
> > Linux that allows an entire network of computers to be connected to another
> > network (usually the Internet) with only one network address on the other
> > network. IP Masquerade is often referred to as NAT (Network Address
> > Translation) on other platforms.
> >
> > The package by default configures the system for a basic forwarding
> > firewall, with IP spoofing and stuffed routing protection. However, ipmasq
> > now features a very flexible framework whereby you can override any of the
> > predefined rules if you so choose. It also allows you to control if the
> > rules are reinterpreted when pppd brings a link up or down.
> >
> > IP Masquerade requires the kernel to be compiled with CONFIG_FIREWALL,
> > CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL, CONFIG_IP_FORWARD, and CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Steve C. Lamb | Opinions expressed by me are not my
> > http://www.calweb.com/~morpheus | employer's. They hired me for my
> > ICQ: 5107343 | skills and labor, not my opinions!
>
> I'm trying to get ICQ on win98 out through a Linux firewall with not
> much luck so far. It sometimes works, usually mostly fails when the
> other end is also behind a firewall.
>
> I've got the above (CONFIG_*) configged in, have ipmasq installed with
> the following in rc.boot/ipmasq:
>
> ipfwadm -F -p deny
> ipfwadm -F -a m -S 192.168.1.0/24 -D 0.0.0.0/0
>
> (192.168.1.2 is the win98 box and 192.168.1.1 the firewall)
>
> This is supposed to make ICQ happy but it fails with
> "setsockopt: Protocol not available":
>
> /usr/sbin/ipautofw -A -r tcp 2000 4000 -c udp 4000 -u
>
> It looks like you (Steve) have ICQ working OK. Whatsa trick?
>
> Rick
> --
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> Subject: lilo problem - linux on each of two drives
> Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 12:41:21 +0800 (WST)
> From: Lindsay Allen <allen@cbcfreo.wa.edu.au>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> Can lilo boot either of two linux installations , one on hda and the other
> on hdb? If this is possible I would appreciate any guidance.
>
> Thanks,
> Lindsay
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> Subject: Re: eth0: unknown interface
> Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 08:38:05 +0400
> From: "Rino Mardo" <rmardo@lycosmail.com>
> To: "Debby Ian" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
>
> How does one have a compiled AND module driver? Where can I look to find
> out what other modules are being loaded?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Stevenson <John@oa.nl>
> To: Rino Mardo <rmardo@lycosmail.com>
> Cc: Debby Ian <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Date: Tuesday, December 08, 1998 7:24 PM
> Subject: Re: eth0: unknown interface
>
> >One of the easiest ways to configure the network is to use the
> >install program on the Rescue Disk / CDRom.
> >
> >You can mount an already initialised swap and linux partition
> >and then move on to configure the network. This will create all
> >the right files for you (/etc/networks /etc/resolv.conf).
> >
> >If you still have problems it may be due to the drivers, either
> >compiled into the kernel or a module, be careful not to have the
> >3com driver compiled into the kernel and as a module, I did that
> >once and had the problem as you describe.
> >
> >
> >> Rino Mardo wrote:
> >>
> >> 486/66 with 8 MB RAM, 630 MB hard disk, 3C509B-combo NIC
> >>
> >> My problem is during initial installation I wasn't able to
> >> setup the NIC so now here I am in the # prompt not knowing how
> >> to add/configure it. I read thru all the HOWTOs and
> >> mini-HOWTOs (relevant ones of course), recompiled the kernel
> >> with 3C509 support but still it would give me:
> >>
> >> eth0: unknown interface
> >>
> >> as the error message. In SCO UNIX there's this netconfig
> >> command to add a NIC and assign protocols and ip address
> >> before recompiling the kernel. What's the equivalent
> >> command/steps in Linux?
> >>
> >> TIA.
> >
>
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