January 2004 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Fwd: Re: [SLE] DHCP problems using cable modem
by Dylan 29 Jan '04

29 Jan '04

Hi Tom, To be complete for the list it helps to post the response to the list... ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Re: [SLE] DHCP problems using cable modem Date: Thursday 29 January 2004 22:43 pm From: Tom Reagan <tom_is_my_name(a)yahoo.com> To: Dylan <dylan(a)dylan.me.uk> Dylan, Thanks...you were dead on with #3! As soon as I set it to yes...boom...I could ping the gateway. (My gut was the firewall too, but I would have never guessed why, so thanks again.) Two more things I had to fix after that though... 1. I set the hostname to what I call my machine and the domain to "local". I then clicked OFF the "Change hostname via DHCP." I clicked ON the "Update name servers and search list via DHCP." Also, I set the router Gateway to xxx.yyy.xxx.1 (Trying to be complete for the archive.) Tom wmeler --- Dylan <dylan(a)dylan.me.uk> wrote: > On Thursday 29 January 2004 20:57 pm, Tom Reagan > > wrote: > > Just made the leap to a cable modem through > > Earthlink (installed by > > > Time Warner Cable...the guy told me it's the same > > as RoadRunner). > > > Anyway, it's working fine for my Windoze laptop > > with DHCP. Trying to > > > get my SuSE 8.1 Professional box running as well > > (in terms of a > > > network connection via eth0 through the cable > > modem). > > > I know the hardware is working fine because I have > > ftp'ed (in my home > > > network) to and from the Linux box (via the > > Windoze laptop) many > > > times on eth0 (using the same cables). > > > > When I do an "ifup eth0" I get the following > > message: > > "Starting DHCP Client Daemon on eth0... . . . . . > > . . . . . . . . . . > > > no IP address yet... backgrounding" > > > > Then if I try to do a ping, I get: > > "connect: Network is unreachable" > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated > > Thoughts of what's wrong--but no idea really: > > 1)DNS > > If you can't get a network connection the DNS isn't > going to work anyway > - the problem is unlikely to lie there at this stage > > > 2)DHCP configured wrong > > Hmmm maybe... Some cablemodem services (SFAIUI) > 'lock' onto a single MAC > address - you could try getting your NIC to spoof > the MAC address of > the NIC on the Win box > > > 3)Firewall on my machine is causing problems > > In YaST>System>Editor for SuSE config files - > network - firewall make > sure the FW_SERVICES_DHCLIENT setting is "yes" and > try again > > HTH > > Dylan > > -- > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a > little > temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor > safety." > -Benjamin Franklin > > > -- > Check the headers for your unsubscription address > For additional commands send e-mail to > suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com > Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com > Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ ------------------------------------------------------- -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin

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YaST in uml
by Kastus 29 Jan '04

29 Jan '04

Hi there, I'm trying to run YaST in user-mode Linux on 9.0 installation and it just hangs on y2base consuming ~6% of CPU whenever I try to access Install/Remove Packages or Online Update. This is ncurses version of yast. I tried running it both on console (serial emulation in uml) and over ssh connection. I can change Source of Installation and I actually tried both NFS and a local directory (actually a manually NFS mounted directory exported from the host). If I press Ctrl-C it just gets back to the command prompt. Manual installation of packages with rpm command from the same location (NFS mount) works fine. I also tried attaching strace to the y2base process but it reports no system calls (or this is not possible in uml?) Anybody has any clues what y2base is doing and what causes it to hang? Thanks, -Kastus

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Which directory?
by Rem P Roberti 29 Jan '04

29 Jan '04

Yesterday I downloaded and installed Mozilla 1.6. It works perfectly and I'm pleased so far. The program currently resides in my home directory. I have the feeling (don't know why) that this isn't a good idea. So my newbie question: is there a specific directory where programs such as Mozilla should be stored after installation? Something tells me that there is some kind of convention or protocol in Linux as to where folders from new installations should reside. I would appreciate knowing if this is true, and why it might be true. Rem

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could not start kdeinit
by DB Troll 29 Jan '04

29 Jan '04

I recently updated via synaptic to kde 3.1.5 and now have this in a gray box whenever I log on. I can still log on after I ack the box. How do I get this to not pop up. TIA David

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DHCP problems using cable modem
by Tom Reagan 29 Jan '04

29 Jan '04

Just made the leap to a cable modem through Earthlink (installed by Time Warner Cable...the guy told me it's the same as RoadRunner). Anyway, it's working fine for my Windoze laptop with DHCP. Trying to get my SuSE 8.1 Professional box running as well (in terms of a network connection via eth0 through the cable modem). I know the hardware is working fine because I have ftp'ed (in my home network) to and from the Linux box (via the Windoze laptop) many times on eth0 (using the same cables). When I do an "ifup eth0" I get the following message: "Starting DHCP Client Daemon on eth0... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no IP address yet... backgrounding" Then if I try to do a ping, I get: "connect: Network is unreachable" Any help would be greatly appreciated Thoughts of what's wrong--but no idea really: 1)DNS 2)DHCP configured wrong 3)Firewall on my machine is causing problems Here's what I see if I do an ifconfig: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx [replaced #'s for x's]UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1034 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:67167 (65.5 Kb) TX bytes:3564 (3.4 Kb) Interrupt:18 Base address:0xddc0 Memory:fe9e0000-0 Then something similar for lo (Local Loopback). Here's my /etc/sysconfig/network/dhcp file (without the comments): DHCLIENT_BIN="" DHCLIENT_DEBUG="no" DHCLIENT_SET_HOSTNAME="no" DHCLIENT_MODIFY_RESOLV_CONF="no" DHCLIENT_SET_DEFAULT_ROUTE="yes" DHCLIENT_MODIFY_NTP_CONF="no" DHCLIENT_MODIFY_NIS_CONF="no" DHCLIENT_SET_DOMAINNAME="yes" DHCLIENT_KEEP_SEARCHLIST="no" DHCLIENT_LEASE_TIME="" DHCLIENT_TIMEOUT="999999" DHCLIENT_REBOOT_TIMEOUT="" DHCLIENT_HOSTNAME_OPTION="AUTO" DHCLIENT_CLIENT_ID="" DHCLIENT_VENDOR_CLASS_ID="" DHCLIENT_RELEASE_BEFORE_QUIT="no" DHCLIENT_SCRIPT_EXE="" DHCLIENT_ADDITIONAL_OPTIONS="" DHCLIENT_SLEEP="0" Here's my /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0: (I have NO idea if any of these are right or necessary): BOOTPROTO='dhcp' BROADCAST='zz.yyy.225.255' [replaced numbers for zz.yyy] IPADDR='zz.yyy.225.67 NETMASK='255.255.254.0' NETWORK='zz.yyy.224.0' REMOTE_IPADDR='' STARTMODE='onboot' UNIQUE='60go.ZReZuYIS34D' WIRELESS='no' Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance... Tom --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it!

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kernel: ip_conntrack: table full, dropping packet.
by Rikard Johnels 29 Jan '04

29 Jan '04

Hi! Found this in my /var/log/messages: Jan 25 00:03:07 wall kernel: ip_conntrack: table full, dropping packet. Shall i be concerned?? -- /Rikard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rikard Johnels email : rikjoh(a)norweb.se Web : http://www.rikjoh.com Mob : +46 (0)735 05 51 01 ------------------------ Public PGP fingerprint ---------------------------- < 15 28 DF 78 67 98 B2 16 1F D3 FD C5 59 D4 B6 78 46 1C EE 56 >

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cannot remove file
by robert kuzelj 29 Jan '04

29 Jan '04

hi, i am having some trouble of removing a file (which was written) during a crash of suse 9.0. when i am trying to access that file (either by ls or rm or what ever) i am being told that lstat does not have the necessary rights to do so. su-ing to root does not help either. what i can do thou is to move the parent folder (but not onto an other mounted filesystem). any ideas how i can get rid of the file? thx ciao robertj -- Robert Kuzelj Gaissacherstrasse 7 email: robert_kuzelj(a)yahoo.com 81371 Muenchen tel: 0177/5302230 the trinity of desirables of (software) architecture: Firmitas, Utilitas, Venustas (marcus vitruvius 20 BC) strength, utility, beauty -- Robert Kuzelj Gaissacherstrasse 7 email: robert_kuzelj(a)yahoo.com 81371 Muenchen tel: 0177/5302230 the trinity of desirables of (software) architecture: Firmitas, Utilitas, Venustas (marcus vitruvius 20 BC) strength, utility, beauty

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Fwd: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender
by Örn Hansen 29 Jan '04

29 Jan '04

This is an address, that got "bounced" to me off this list ... man, linux.local has been accepted as an email recipient on this list? ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender Date: Thursday 29 January 2004 11:45 From: MAILER-DAEMON(a)linux.local (Mail Delivery System) To: orn.hansen(a)swipnet.se This is the Postfix program at host linux.local. I'm sorry to have to inform you that the message returned below could not be delivered to one or more destinations. For further assistance, please send mail to <postmaster> If you do so, please include this problem report. You can delete your own text from the message returned below. The Postfix program <taylor(a)localhost.linux.local>: Name service error for name=localhost type=A: Host not found -------------------------------------------------------

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Accessing a floppy disk
by Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) 29 Jan '04

29 Jan '04

Hi all, Just recently tried to export some documentation onto a floppy disk so that I could use it on another PC. However I was unable to write it to the floppy. I can remember that from my Mandrake days the floppy was /mnt/floppy but when I when into a Konqueror window and navigated to the directory it didn't exist. I explored a little and only saw a fd under /dev but under / I saw a /media/floppy owned by root. Seeing the ownershipmade me try and copy the files using a root login but alas it did not help. The ?relevant? entries in my fstab file is below for help + explanation: devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0 /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto noauto,user,sync 0 0 Should I change the mount point from media/floppy to /mnt/floppy or add another entry into the file? The files I needed to copy onto a floppy are now sitting under /media/floppy as well in their original location where they were copied from and there is nothing on te floppy disk, and it is not write protected :) Suggestions to enable writing to floppy disk. -- The Little Helper ======================================================================== Hylton Conacher - Licenced ex-Windows user (apart from Quicken) Registered Linux user # 229959 at http://counter.li.org Using SuSE 9.0 with KDE 3.1 ========================================================================

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Re: [suse-kde] How to disable k3b autostart (SuSE 9.0 / KDE 3.1.4)
by FX Fraipont 29 Jan '04

29 Jan '04

Philip Amadeo Saeli wrote: >How do I disable k3b from starting every time I pop a writable CD into >my CD writer? > SuSEplugger is the culprit. Look here: http://sdb.suselinux.hu/sdb/en/2003/10/suseplugger.html fx -- ______________________ Courtesy of SuSE Linux http://www.nibz.org

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