August 2002 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

USB Support in Linux 2.4.18
by chuck Aug. 11, 2002

Aug. 11, 2002

How can I tell if a specific USB device, in this case a removable USB hard drive, is supported by my kernel? I know that Linux 2.4.18 has "support" for USB devices. Does this mean all USB devices or just a few? I would think that the OS talks to the USB controller via a series of well documented commands and that its up to the controller to talk to the specific USB device. Does this make sense, or is there more to it? Thanks, Chuck

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Firewall Stops Working...
by jose sanchez Aug. 11, 2002

Aug. 11, 2002

> Hello: > > This is my first post to the list and I would like > to > know if anyone have experienced or heard of what's > happenning to my box. > > I have a RH7.2 box as a firewall running an iptables > script. The box has three NICs. One for a LAN, one > for > a DMZ, and one for the Internet connection running > dhcpcd to get an IP from a cable modem (isp: Road > Runner). Everything works fine but, after hours of > innactivity I cannot access the Internet from the > LAN. > I can do everything else (chat, ftp, ssh, ping, > traceroute, etc...) from the LAN to the outside > world. > > > I was thinking it might be something with the > expiration of the IP lease but I have a chain to > take > care of that: > > iptables -A INPUT -i $INTERNET -d udp -s > $DHCP_SERVER > \ > --sport 67 --dport 68 -j ACCEPT > > iptables -A OUTPUT -o $INTERNET -d udp -d > $DHCP_SERVER > \ > --dport 67 --sport 68 -j ACCEPT > > These chains should do it but unfortunately in order > for me to get the box back to normal I have to > restart > it and also restart the modem. > > Thank you in advance for your help. > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > http://www.hotjobs.com > ===== "An ounce of gold cannot buy an ounce of time." - Anonymous www.whmicro.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com

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dhcp clients
by Brad Noyes Aug. 10, 2002

Aug. 10, 2002

Hi All, I got my home network rigged up to do dynamic dns with dhcp. It seems that the linux and fBSD dhcp clients don't send the hostname to the dhcp server, so no name record is created for those clients. Does anyone know how to do this? (windows clients seem to send the hostname okay). Thanks, --brad

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Wireless antennas
by Andy Stewart Aug. 9, 2002

Aug. 9, 2002

HI gang, I have discovered that there are a couple of locations in my house where the wireless network does not work well at all. Naturally, they are the locations where I most want to use my laptop. My access point is on the 2nd floor in approx. the middle of that floor. I'm trying to use the laptop on the 1st floor at one end of the house to (almost) no avail. Moving the access point to other locations in the room seems to make little difference. My house is not a mansion - I'm well within the 300 ft alleged range. My 2.4 GHz wireless phones have no problem over this particular path through the house (and yes, I turned them off in case they were causing interference). I have been looking at these add-on antennas that are available on the Internet. It appears that some are passive while others are active. Would this help, or is there some more basic solution which I've overlooked? Thanks, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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Issues with aic7770?
by Keller, Tim Aug. 9, 2002

Aug. 9, 2002

Has anybody done a Red Hat 7.3 install on a box with an Adaptec 7770 card in it? The machine was running *cough* the server version 4.0 of an OS that rhymes with "Empty" and working fine. However, when boot off the CD due to our buddy "El Torito" and INT13. The bios is able to get the diskette image but then unable to find the CD. I've got a ftp site with RH 7.3 so I point to it and everything works fine until I have to specify which driver I'd like to use for the scsi card. When I specify the Adaptec 7xxx series driver, the kernel issues an "Opps" and continues on. This machine is a 100mhz pentium HP Netserver. (yeah, I know its slow... I plan on using it as a standalone JBOD) Thanks, Tim.

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NFS, anyone?
by Skip Gaede Aug. 7, 2002

Aug. 7, 2002

Hi, I have a server running Mandrake 8.2. I had a problem unmounting a CDROM (I hate supermount!), so I rebooted the server. On the way back up, the NFS service hung. This is now the second time this has happened. (The first time, I attributed it to students messing with the server, and reinstalled everything.) Now, after two days of getting things back to normal, it's happened again, this time sans students. I'm writing this from home, as the school's link to the Internet is down. Anyone know where the relevant state data for NFS is stashed? Thanks, Skip

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Pascal madness?
by desdinova＠soupforare.net Aug. 6, 2002

Aug. 6, 2002

yeah.... I'm trying to teach myself pascal. What with the new release of Freepascal, and what with Delphi6/Kylix being out, I figure I should get something done while I'm out pounding pavement. Anyone know of any used book stores that have a decent computer section? I tried Another Story on Stafford St., but he didn't have anything for pascal. :( Any help is appreciated, Thanks James KB1FJQ

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Gentoo
by desdinova＠soupforare.net Aug. 6, 2002

Aug. 6, 2002

Just putting the finishing touches on my first gentoo linux installation. Took between 15 and 20 hours on a Dual PPro, it might have gone quicker, but the boot-cd's kernel doesn't support SMP. It's a pretty neat distro. James (Thanks to John)

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give away's and trades!
by Keller, Tim Aug. 5, 2002

Aug. 5, 2002

Trades: A buddy of mine is looking for a 32mb PCI video card. He'd be willing to trade 2, 800mhz pentium 3's. I've also got a 800mhz Pentium 3 with a fan and a socket 370 to socket 1 gender bender I'd be willing to part with for 20 bucks. What's the status on the BBQ? Thanks, Tim.

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WLUG BBQ!!!
by Andy Stewart Aug. 5, 2002

Aug. 5, 2002

Hi Everybody, Although I have not yet updated the WLUG website, the WLUG BBQ is going to happen! The BBQ will be held in Shrewsbury at Doug Waud's house like it was 2 years ago. Directions are forthcoming. Thanks, Doug! Our next meeting of WLUG will be at the BBQ on Thursday, August 22, 2002. The BBQ will start around 6 PM and go until Doug kicks us out (watch it, he has Steve as his bouncer). If you can't make it at 6 PM, show up whenever you can. WLUG will supply the food and munchies and will have sodas on hand. You may BYOB (beer, wine, whatever) if you wish. If you would like to bring a salad or dessert, feel free! Label your container with your name to insure its return. Doug has a swimming pool which we can use, so if you are interested, bring a bathing suit and towel. Its not clear to me if one must actually *wear* the bathing suit. We'll rig up some kind of projection system for a LInux talk of some flavor. It may end up getting used by some of you ASCII Art fanatics, but that's OK too. ;-) What good would a Linux party be without an Internet connection, a projector, and a laptop or three? Please RSVP to me and let me know that you'll be coming. In this way, we can be sure to have enough food on hand. Other party ideas? Send them out to the list! Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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