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REMINDER: Meeting Wednesday, May 16th, 7:00 PM
by Andy Stewart May 14, 2001

May 14, 2001

Hi everybody, This is a reminder about the upcoming WLUG meeting, to be held in Kinnicutt Hall (a.k.a the usual place) at WPI at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, May 16h. The topic for discussion will be the practical use of IPCHAINS. What does that mean? This meeting, Doug Waud and I will present to you ways to use IPCHAINS to implement a firewall. This is not theory, this is practice...what to type, what it does, and why. This talk will build on the more detailed information presented by Bob Ziegler at our last meeting. Doug will start with a presentation of the simpler case of getting a firewall up which supports masquerading (that is, getting multiple machines on your home network to share one IP address, as you would for cable modem, for example), e-mail, and browsing. I will follow up with more detailed examples of IPCHAINS code from my own firewall script for allowing certain services through the firewall to the home network. Although firewalling is a complex topic, we're hoping to distill out of that complexity enough information so that a person can get started toward implementing a secure firewall. I'm looking forward to a good turnout at this meeting. Come on down! Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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RE: [Wlug] charter.net & ssh
by Keller, Tim May 10, 2001

May 10, 2001

Bill, Try doing a traceroute on port 22 to your machine and see where along the line it get stopped. It's probably a default security thing they have setup, you could probably call up tech support and have them remove the blocks for specific ports... Tim. -----Original Message----- From: Bill Mills-Curran [mailto:bcurran@clariion.com] Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 11:30 AM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: [Wlug] charter.net & ssh I got my new Charter cable modem and Linksys router set up recently, but I find that Charter seems to be blocking inbound access. I've the the sshd running, and I set the router to pass port 22 to my linux box. I can even connect if I ssh outbound to the router DHCP address, so it looks like my end of the configuration is correct. Anybody experience anything like this? Do you think that Charter will allow incoming requests to my system? TIA, Bill _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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RE: [Wlug] charter.net & ssh
by Keller, Tim May 10, 2001

May 10, 2001

Bill, I make it to the same point. Looks like the 10.254.1.2 is the gateway onto that segment of Ethernet, this would indicate that they do blocking at the router (at least to me and i'm not a network expert...) Tim. -----Original Message----- From: Bill Mills-Curran [mailto:bcurran@clariion.com] Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 2:09 PM To: 'wlug(a)mail.wlug.org' Subject: RE: [Wlug] charter.net & ssh Tim, It never makes it. BTW, if you're looking to try this yourself, I've turned off the forwarding on my router. I probably should have left it on so that I could work with the Charter people. Bill traceroute to 24.240.184.215 (24.240.184.215), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 clar45sec (128.221.45.11) 0.870 ms 0.892 ms 0.829 ms 2 sobo-clariion-gw.us.dg.com (128.221.35.65) 1.238 ms 0.740 ms 0.829 ms 3 webo-atm-oc3.us.dg.com (128.221.35.61) 1.851 ms 1.232 ms 1.286 ms 4 128.221.22.60 (128.221.22.60) 1.408 ms 1.063 ms 1.791 ms 5 128.221.4.66 (128.221.4.66) 1.141 ms 1.629 ms 1.113 ms 6 128.221.23.23 (128.221.23.23) 1.917 ms 1.076 ms 1.113 ms 7 us-customs2.us.dg.com (128.221.131.14) 1.580 ms 1.613 ms 2.193 ms 8 uunet-gw.us.dg.com (128.221.122.1) 3.197 ms 2.035 ms 1.939 ms 9 500.Serial4-1-0.GW3.BOS1.ALTER.NET (157.130.222.33) 3.365 ms 3.313 ms 3.132 ms 10 196.ATM2-0.XR1.BOS1.ALTER.NET (152.63.25.122) 3.839 ms 3.410 ms 3.814 ms 11 191.ATM7-0.GW3.BOS1.ALTER.NET (146.188.177.209) 3.342 ms 3.221 ms 3.449 ms 12 hsa-noxford-t3.customer.alter.net (157.130.220.226) 5.158 ms 5.753 ms 5.425 ms 13 24-216-218-3.hsacorp.net (24.216.218.3) 5.489 ms 5.842 ms 6.198 ms 14 10.254.1.2 (10.254.1.2) 6.192 ms 9.664 ms 6.756 ms 15 * * * 16 * * * 17 * * * 18 * * * 19 * * * 20 * * * 21 * * * 22 * * * 23 * * * 24 * * * 25 * * * 26 * * * 27 * * * 28 * * * 29 * * * 30 * * * On Thu, 10 May 2001, Keller, Tim wrote: > Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 11:30:26 -0400 > From: "Keller, Tim" <Tim.Keller(a)stratus.com> > Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > To: "'wlug(a)mail.wlug.org'" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Subject: RE: [Wlug] charter.net & ssh > > Bill, > > Try doing a traceroute on port 22 to your machine and see where along the > line it get stopped. > > It's probably a default security thing they have setup, you could probably > call up tech support and have them remove the blocks for specific ports... > > Tim. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Mills-Curran [mailto:bcurran@clariion.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 11:30 AM > To: Worcester Linux Users Group > Subject: [Wlug] charter.net & ssh > > > I got my new Charter cable modem and Linksys router set up recently, > but I find that Charter seems to be blocking inbound access. I've the > the sshd running, and I set the router to pass port 22 to my linux > box. I can even connect if I ssh outbound to the router DHCP address, > so it looks like my end of the configuration is correct. > > Anybody experience anything like this? Do you think that Charter will > allow incoming requests to my system? > > TIA, > Bill > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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charter.net & ssh
by Bill Mills-Curran May 10, 2001

May 10, 2001

I got my new Charter cable modem and Linksys router set up recently, but I find that Charter seems to be blocking inbound access. I've the the sshd running, and I set the router to pass port 22 to my linux box. I can even connect if I ssh outbound to the router DHCP address, so it looks like my end of the configuration is correct. Anybody experience anything like this? Do you think that Charter will allow incoming requests to my system? TIA, Bill

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remote backup...
by Marc Hughes May 10, 2001

May 10, 2001

Hey Guys, I have a dedicated web server that I need to backup (entirely). Unfortunately there's not enough room for me to make a tar archive on the machine, and there's no tape drive either in the machine or at that facility that we can efficiently use. We get charged for bandwidth usage, so I would like to compress the backup before it comes over the wire. Also, this is a one time deal, so I can't go spending massive amounts of cash on some commercial backup software. Any Suggestions? -Marc

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CDMA compatible phone and Linux...
by Keller, Tim May 10, 2001

May 10, 2001

Hey Everybody, Has anybody ever had any luck getting a CDMA phone (Motorola StarTAC) to work with Linux? I went looking and found software that would let you alter the phone-book on the phone, but didn't do anything about dialing. I'm figuring its either a) shows up like a Hayes device (which would be wonderful) or b) it uses some totally undocumented proprietary protocol I'll be forced to reverse engineer... Tim.

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Hope this is the right list...
by rlapp＠WPI.EDU May 7, 2001

May 7, 2001

Hey guys, I know there are two lists, one for questions and one for announcements, hope this is the right one. Here is the question, hopefully someone knows or can point me to a good resource. I have the following system: Athlon TB 750, 256meg, ABIT KT7 RAID 2x20gig Hard Drives on RAID 0 Striping - Win2k Server Installed. (hde&hdf) 1x13 gig HD With Linux Mandrake 8.0 Installed. (hda) 1x60 gig HD for data. (hdb) I would like to have LILO come up first and then give me the option of booting to the Windows RAID Drives. However, if I boot to my 13 gig drive from the BIOS, and have LILO come up I can not get it to boot to the windows partitition. I have put in the entries to lilo.conf to boot to (hde) But that didnt work, /sbin/lilo gives errors (dont have them in front of me now:( ) I also tried to point it towards hdf, but that gave errors saying no valid boot sector etc. Sooo now in order to boot both OSs I need to have the BIOS load the RAID array as the default, and use a floppy to boot to linux. I can only think that lilo is having a problem knowing what drive to point to to load up windows since it is a raid array... This make sense? Thanks! Bill Bill

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Local LDAP consultants?
by Rob Bellville May 7, 2001

May 7, 2001

Anyone know of any local LDAP (OpenLDAP) consultants? -- Rob Rob Bellville Millbury Public Schools Millbury, MA 01527

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Re: [Wlug] Upcoming meetings - topic proposals
by Doug Chamberlin May 7, 2001

May 7, 2001

At 5/7/2001 01:13 PM (Monday), Scott Venier wrote: >A VPN is a good idea. PPTP, however, isn't. I highly recomend using some >other VPN setup, if at all possible. PPTP on linux doesn't excatly give >you a rock solid network conneciton. But, if you have no other options, >there are both a client and a server for linux. The server is called >PoPToP. Search freshmeat for it. The client lives at >http://merced.needsabeating.com/pptp.html. A meeting which discussed non-PPTP VPN setups would be great!

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Re: [Wlug] Upcoming meetings - topic proposals
by Peter Gutowski May 7, 2001

May 7, 2001

Well, so far it's not been a problem, although I keep a close watch on suspicious activity. (You'll notice entries for hosts allow and hosts deny. So far that seems to be pretty effective, although I do notice twits trying to access and being denied): hosts allow = 192.168.3.0/255.255.255.224 192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0 128.119.216.0/255.255.255.0 216.175.212.192/255.255.255.240 hosts deny = all # <- no other machines can access Perhaps you could suggest conf options that allows [incoming] connections, but don't broadcast availability (i.e. is 'invicible' to all but people that know that that machine is a smb server). As I said, I'm not samba expert! (BTW, my wife accesses the system from her computer at UMass) On Monday, May 7, 2001 11:01 AM, Keller, Tim <Tim.Keller(a)stratus.com> wrote: >Hey I was looking at the sample smb.conf file (and I've set up a bunch of >samba servers as well) and I saw something odd (well odd for >me) > >-- start cut -- ># Configure Samba to use multiple interfaces ># If you have multiple network interfaces then you must list them ># here. See the man page for details. >interfaces = 192.168.3.1 24.91.122.146 >-- end cut -- > >>From a home network point of view, why would you want samba to bind to your >external (24.xx...) address? Maybe I'm doing something wrong? > >I personally add rules to my firewall to block outgoing and incoming SMB >traffic to the outside world. SMB as a protocol goes (if you could call it >that) tends to tell the world more then one would want... > >Tim. -- Peter Gutowski <peter(a)linuxchamps.com> // tel.: (413) 587-3957 "When in company, put not your hands to any part of the body not usually discovered." --George Washington, _Rules for Civility and Decent Behavior_

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RE: [Wlug] Upcoming meetings - topic proposals
by Keller, Tim May 7, 2001

May 7, 2001

Hey I was looking at the sample smb.conf file (and I've set up a bunch of samba servers as well) and I saw something odd (well odd for me) -- start cut -- # Configure Samba to use multiple interfaces # If you have multiple network interfaces then you must list them # here. See the man page for details. interfaces = 192.168.3.1 24.91.122.146 -- end cut --

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more lp0
by gwlt＠ma.ultranet.com May 7, 2001

May 7, 2001

Andy, Thank you for the leads. I genuinely appreciate all of your time. I have been trying to chase the leads down. When I: ps ax | grep lpd I get: 419 ? S 0:00 lpd 906 pts/0 S 0:00 grep lpd It appears that I have the older file nomenclature of conf.modules and not modules.conf. It should work just the same though. Under modprobe -c I get a note: Note: /etc/conf.modules is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/modules.dep In the listing that follows I do have: alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc alias char-major-6 lp There is nothing for parport or lp under "options", Under "commands" I have: pre-install plip modprobe parport_pc ; echo 7 > /proc/parport/0/irq I have to be honest with you and say that I am not sure what that actually means for the system mounting of appropriate the modules or not. Does this mean anything particular to you? Anyone else familiar with the difficulty? Assistance is enormously appreciated. Colin

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Upcoming meetings - topic proposals
by Andy Stewart May 7, 2001

May 7, 2001

HI everybody, For our next meeting, I would like to have somebody finish the thread from the last meeting or two by explaining the contents of their firewall script and why the series of ipchains commands works for them. This might be helpful to folks who are either considering implementing a firewall or who want to understand the canned script that they got from wherever. My idea for a subsequent meeting was to have a newbie meeting as we haven't had one in quite some time. One idea I had was to discuss a shell: a) bash - scripting, command line "tricks" perhaps go over a "real" script, such as a startup script in /etc/init.d/wherever... Another idea would be to discuss the use of digital cameras with Linux. Are there other topics people would like to see? Are there volunteers to take on these topics? Perhaps there is a topic more interesting to you? Thanks in advance for your input, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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Re: [Wlug] Upcoming meetings - topic proposals
by Peter Gutowski May 7, 2001

May 7, 2001

Tom, Your comments indicate a distinct need. For now, you might be interested in checking out my sample commented smb.conf file at: http://www.linuxchamps.com/docs/samba/smbconf.html I'm not a samba expert by any means, but have been enough around the block with it to make it work. HTH. On Monday, May 7, 2001 8:27 AM, Thomas Carey <tcarey70(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >Andy, >The Firewall topic sounds great. First off, I am a newbie (been >toying around with Linux for the last year and a half off and >on), and want to increase my Linux knowledge. I have been >successful in setting up Linux as a web server, and as an FTP >server. The one thing I have been unable to get working is >Samba file and print services. I would love to have someone >show me the proper way to get this up and running. I am >currently using RH7 (for the server), and Win98SE for the >client machine. I would be willing to bring those machines, as >well as a small hub for us to work on. This is a feature of Linux that I really want to use. >Thanks for your time. > >Tom Carey > > -- Peter Gutowski <peter(a)linuxchamps.com> // tel.: (413) 587-3957 "When in company, put not your hands to any part of the body not usually discovered." --George Washington, _Rules for Civility and Decent Behavior_

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Re: [Wlug] Upcoming meetings - topic proposals
by Thomas Carey May 7, 2001

May 7, 2001

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Re: Fwd: Re: [Wlug] Lp0 issues
by Wesley Allen May 5, 2001

May 5, 2001

Sorry, I though mandrake was mentioned earlier in the thread. It is mandrake 7.2 ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Keith Wright <kwright(a)gis.net> Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 15:17:32 -0400 >> From: "Wesley Allen" <wallen(a)mail.lexchristian.org> >> >> Go up to 7.2, > >Of what? Redhat? Too high a number, I think. > >I did my homework, looking through all old messages in this thread >and found only > >> I have been making myself at home in KDE 1.1.2 under Linux 2.2.15-4mdk > >but there's no Linux kernel 7.2, nor I think KDE. > >-- > -- Keith Wright <kwright(a)free-comp-shop.com> > >Programmer in Chief, Free Computer Shop <http://www.free-comp-shop.com> > --- Food, Shelter, Source code. --- >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

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lp0 continued
by gwlt＠ma.ultranet.com May 4, 2001

May 4, 2001

Andy, Mike, Wesley, Jeff, et. al, thanks for helping me out on this. So here is where I stand, I have discovered a backlog of queued docs and deleted them, but I am getting Device or resource busy when I try to insmod the two missing pieces from lsmod. Here is what I tried: parport_probe and parport are present in lsmod; lp and parport_pc are missing /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/ lp.o and parport_pc.o are present when I go to... [root@localhost misc]# insmod parport_pc I get Using parport_pc.o /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/parport_pc.o: init_module: Device or resource busy and the same for lp.o Using lp.o /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/lp.o: init_module: Device or resource busy So I am missing elements in lsmod, and there is something holding me back from using insmod. Then I: lpq -P lp0 (and get) Waiting for lp0 to become ready (offline ?) Rank Owner Job Files 1st root 9 ... I try to clear this with lprm - -Plp0 dfA009localhost.localdomain dequeued cfA009localhost.localdomain dequeued The when I: lpq -P lp0 no entries I return to try to insmod lp and still get Using /lin/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/lp.o /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/lp.o: init_module: Device or resource busy So what now? Thanks a lot for keeping me going on this. Colin

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Re: Fwd: Re: [Wlug] Lp0 issues
by Wesley Allen May 4, 2001

May 4, 2001

Go up to 7.2, it's x-configuration has been painless for me on: An HP Pavillion 4450 A Compaq Deskpro 3 old Pentium NOTEBOOKS (All compaq) 1 Custom-built web server 1 HP NetServer (I forget the model) 1 Dell 4800 notebook As you can see, there is great x-support in 7.2, it was really mature, 8.0 is even nicer, but if you're on older hardware don't bother becasue you'll take a HUGE performance hit (KDE 2.1 and Nautilus are memory suckers, maybe with a lightweight window manager you'll be ok though..) Wes ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: gwlt(a)ma.ultranet.com Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 15:22:12 GMT >All right, > > Thank you for the assistance all. It has been helpful. > I took Andy & Jeff's lead to check the Kernel and sure enough there is >no such device. >Is my best bet to try to load a newer version? I am less afraid of this >prospect after fighting my way through X problems in 6.0 before going to >7.1. > Any words to the wise before embarking on this adventure? Up until now I >have used off the shelf disks to get the job done. How much more >treacherous is trying to grab stuff on-line? > >COLIN > >> Basic stuff: if you cannot cat a file to /dev/lp0, then you probably >have >> a kernel related problem. That will need to be fixed first. Jeff's >> earlier e-mail explains in brief how to do this. > >> Try something like this: > >> cat/.cshrc > /dev/lp0 > >> OK, once that works, you know that the kernel is OK. > > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

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Cheap Servlet Hosting
by Sands Fish May 4, 2001

May 4, 2001

Hey all, Just a quickie. Anyone know of any good hosting providers that support running servlets? Maybe something not too expensive, although that's not bloody likely. Thanx! -Sands

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FYI: Update on USENIX Conferences (68152)
by Andy Stewart May 4, 2001

May 4, 2001

---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Update on USENIX Conferences (68152) Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 01:09:58 -0700 (PDT) From: enotify(a)usenix.org To: astewart(a)world.std.com The USENIX Annual Technical Conference June 25-30, 2001 in Boston, MA http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01 REGISTER BY May 25, 2001, and SAVE up to $200! ================================================ Featuring THIRTY TUTORIALS, seventeen brand-new. Topics include: Running Web Servers Securely Advanced Solaris Administration Network Security Profiles UNIX Network Programming Network Programming with Perl Forensic Computer Investigations Large Heterogeneous Networks Inside the Linux Kernel Practical Wireless IP Security Exploring the Potential of LDAP Advanced Topics in Perl Programming Topics for System Administrators Wireless Networking Fundamentals UNIX Network Programming Topics Plus INVITED TALKS on WAP, IP wireless networking, Napster and Gnutella, E-voting in public elections, virtual machines, online privacy, active content, protocol design history and hazards, a Microsoft acquisition, and secure DNS. *KEYNOTE ADDRESS by Daniel D. Frye, Director, IBM Linux Technology Center *CLOSING SESSION by Cynthia Breazeal, Researcher, MIT Media Lab, and her robot Kismet. * FREENIX track dedicated to open source *VENDOR EXHIBITION featuring top companies, technology and information For more information and to register, visit: http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01 -------------------------------------------------------- PAPER SUBMISSIONS DEADLINES: FAST: Conference on File and Storage Technologies January 28-29, 2002, in Monterey, CA. http://www.usenix.org/events/fast/ Please submit abstracts by July 13, 2001 ALS: 5th Annual Linux Showcase & Conference November 6-10, 2001, in Oakland, CA http://www.linuxshowcase.org Please submit abstracts by June 5, 2001. LISA: 15th Systems Administration Conference December 2-7, 2001, in San Diego, CA http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2001 Please submit abstracts by June 5, 2001. ****************************************************************** If you do NOT want to receive email announcements about USENIX Association activities, please reply to this message, and you will not receive future email notices. ****************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------- -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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Fwd: Re: [Wlug] Lp0 issues
by gwlt＠ma.ultranet.com May 4, 2001

May 4, 2001

All right, Thank you for the assistance all. It has been helpful. I took Andy & Jeff's lead to check the Kernel and sure enough there is no such device. Is my best bet to try to load a newer version? I am less afraid of this prospect after fighting my way through X problems in 6.0 before going to 7.1. Any words to the wise before embarking on this adventure? Up until now I have used off the shelf disks to get the job done. How much more treacherous is trying to grab stuff on-line? COLIN > Basic stuff: if you cannot cat a file to /dev/lp0, then you probably have > a kernel related problem. That will need to be fixed first. Jeff's > earlier e-mail explains in brief how to do this. > Try something like this: > cat/.cshrc > /dev/lp0 > OK, once that works, you know that the kernel is OK.

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Lp0 issues
by gwlt＠ma.ultranet.com May 2, 2001

May 2, 2001

I have been making myself at home in KDE 1.1.2 under Linux 2.2.15-4mdk and have managed to slowly get most functionality off of the old Windows half of the dual boot drive. There is one major impediment to moving over entirely: I cannot print. I have an Epson Stylus Color 660, and can not make it work, reconfigure and test as I try. If I am not mistaken the system is using a ghostwriter filter that generically addresses Epson Stylus Color printers (I have tried all sorts of earlier drivers and generic options within this.) When you go to the setup and configuration there is no auto detect of the printer and type, You must manually chose it, and when you try any form of a test print you get: "Waiting for lp0 to become ready (offline?)" If you try to test print from RHLinux Print System Manager ASCII directly you get: "Couldn't write file "dev/lp0": no such device" When I try to print from an app. I get: "lpr: lp: lp: unknown printer" If you can spare a few seconds I would be thoroughly grateful for your thoughts.

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RE: [Wlug] SCSI HD Boot Failure! BLA!
by Keller, Tim April 30, 2001

April 30, 2001

That'll probably be really tough, since it won't even boot for the first time... What you could try is using a boot diskette to get the machine up and running, then compile a custom kernel that has support for the scsi card compiled in (not as a module) The kernel that the installer uses has -everything- compiled in so it'll work on a maximum number of systems, however, the kernel it installs on your machine does not. Hope that helps! Tim Keller -----Original Message----- From: Ben Dow [mailto:bdow@WPI.EDU] Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 5:30 AM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: Re: [Wlug] SCSI HD Boot Failure! BLA! Try compiling scsi support into your kernel, or using a different precompiled kernel if you're not into compiling your own. You probably had scsi support in the installation kernel but not the one it installs to boot from by default. On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Sands Fish wrote: > Hello again all, > I've just recently started putting together a Mandrake 8.0 box. (About > 3 hours ago, yes in the middle of the night.) For a hard drive, I have an > IBM SCSI Drive on an Adaptec 2940-U2 card. When I ran the install, it found > the card and the drive automagically. I was impressed and happy. Went > through the installation fine, copied all the files. But as soon as I > rebooted to run it for the first time, I get the LILO graphical screen, I > choose one of the options (any), and get the following error... > > request_module[block-major-8]: Root fs not mounted > VFS: Cannot open root device "801" or 08:01 > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01 > > Just some more information. The HD is on SCSI ID #6. The controller is on > #7. The SCSI BIOS sees the drive because I can see it report it on boot. > When I watch the boot messages fly by for Linux, I see no reference to any > sd# devices at all. > > I'm really completely lost here. Would changing the SCSI ID # help? That > doesn't seem to be likely. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > Thanx a lot guys/grrls!! > > - - s a n d s - - > SandsFish(a)ArtKillsYuppieBabies.com > _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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ipchains flush
by Richard Goodman April 28, 2001

April 28, 2001

I'm running three dual-homed RedHat 7.0 boxes on separate DSL or cable, each doing IP Masquerading to private networks. I'm attempting to do some more serious firewalling, and am trying to debug problems in a rc.firewall script generated from Bob Ziegler's site. I've noticed that when I swap between Bob's 600+ line script and Rusty's Three-Line Guide to Masquerading (IPCHAINS How-To) , each modified to start with "ipchains -F" which should flush all existing rules, that the flush isn't happening. I'm switching by doing "sh <scriptname>" after having made both scripts executable. If I reboot Linux after changing which script is referenced in /etc/rc.d/rc.local, then everything is clean. Any ideas? Dick -- ------------------------------------------------- Richard Goodman dick(a)goodman1.net ---> Home: (508) 753-DICK trader(a)goodman1.net ---> Work: (508) 757-3452 voice/fax

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Ximian Gnome on Debian
by Orion April 28, 2001

April 28, 2001

Just in case anyone here uses Debian and is thinking of installing Ximian1.4, the directions that say to apt-get install task-helix-gnome are wrong. I've gone and made some task packages based on what helix/ximian used to have for its previous release. Just add this to your sources.list and you can use them: deb http://zork.net/~orion potato main (or s/potato/unstable/ of you prefer) also, if you need a deb-src line for ximian, until they fix it (IF they fix it) you need to use this instead of what they say: deb-src http://red-carpet.ximian.com/debian/ dists/potato/main/sources/ (again, s/potato/woody/ if you wish) -- Orion orion [at] tribble [dot] dyndns [dot] org "so did you eat the dog or walk it? ;)" - iain

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