Dear people, I have been consistently having problems with my net connection and suspect that it's not my ISP. I am able to browse, do FTP downloads, ping www.google.com etc, but KGpg, YOU, Gaim etc simply freeze and timeout on me. I have asked my ISP whether they are disabling any ports. They said none except VoIP which I must ask to be enabled (for free). I wonder if it is the SuSE Firewall. I have enabled the firewall, but perhaps it is working overzealously? Back in Windows, ZoneAlarm used to popup a window for each application that wanted to access the net or act as a server, and when I said Allow all was fine and happy. Now I suspect SuSEFirewall is working and disabling access of apps to the net without asking me. Please tell me what to do? Doesn't SuSEFirewall ask the user like ZoneAlarm? I should, no? I would RT(fine)M but I am not able to use the help center as I requested for help back on Sep 03, 07:33 to which noone has given a solution. :( SuSE 9.3 on a Pentium 4 530 with KDE 3.42, 80 GB HDD, 512 MB RAM. -- (o- Penguin #395953 lives at http://samvit.org //\ subsisting on ancient Indian wisdom ... V_/_ and modern computing efficiency! :)
On Monday 05 September 2005 05:33, Shriramana Sharma wrote:
Dear people,
I have been consistently having problems with my net connection and suspect that it's not my ISP. I am able to browse, do FTP downloads, ping www.google.com etc, but KGpg, YOU, Gaim etc simply freeze and timeout on me. I have asked my ISP whether they are disabling any ports. They said none except VoIP which I must ask to be enabled (for free).
I wonder if it is the SuSE Firewall. I have enabled the firewall, but perhaps it is working overzealously? Back in Windows, ZoneAlarm used to popup a window for each application that wanted to access the net or act as a server, and when I said Allow all was fine and happy. Now I suspect SuSEFirewall is working and disabling access of apps to the net without asking me. Please tell me what to do? Doesn't SuSEFirewall ask the user like ZoneAlarm? I should, no?
The following applies to SuSE 9.3 (and perhaps earlier versions but I have 9.3 so can't be sure). Use YaST->Sucurity and users->Firewall to temporarily disable the firewall and see if that fixes the problem. Be sure "Start-Up" is selected on the left and then use the button that says "Stop firewall now". If that fixes your problem, post your file /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2.
Monday 05 Sep 2005 16:27 samaye Robert Paulsen alekhiit:
Use YaST->Sucurity and users->Firewall to temporarily disable the firewall and see if that fixes the problem. Be sure "Start-Up" is selected on the left and then use the button that says "Stop firewall now".
Oho, so that does not fix the problem. So it's probably not a problem with the firewall. What do I do now? Back in Windows too sometimes I used to have this problem, like when Internet Explorer wouldn't download a file at full speed and my download manager would - meaning that all apps don't access the net correctly/properly. I should have said I'm using SuSE 9.3 KDE 3.42 on a P4 530 80 GB 512 MB sys. -- (o- Penguin #395953 lives at http://samvit.org //\ subsisting on ancient Indian wisdom ... V_/_ and modern computing efficiency! :)
On Monday 05 September 2005 08:02, Shriramana Sharma wrote:
Monday 05 Sep 2005 16:27 samaye Robert Paulsen alekhiit:
Use YaST->Sucurity and users->Firewall to temporarily disable the firewall and see if that fixes the problem. Be sure "Start-Up" is selected on the left and then use the button that says "Stop firewall now".
Oho, so that does not fix the problem. So it's probably not a problem with the firewall. What do I do now? Back in Windows too sometimes I used to have this problem, like when Internet Explorer wouldn't download a file at full speed and my download manager would - meaning that all apps don't access the net correctly/properly.
Take a look at /var/log/messages for suspicious entries at the time of failure.
Monday 05 Sep 2005 19:11 samaye Robert Paulsen alekhiit:
Take a look at /var/log/messages for suspicious entries at the time of failure.
linux:/home/samjnaa # tail /var/log/messages Sep 6 06:57:14 linux SuSEfirewall2: Setting up rules from /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 ... Sep 6 06:57:15 linux SuSEfirewall2: Firewall rules successfully set Sep 6 06:57:38 linux kernel: hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } Sep 6 06:57:38 linux kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Sep 6 06:57:38 linux kernel: hda: ATAPI reset complete Sep 6 06:57:57 linux kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 4 Sep 6 06:57:57 linux kernel: ax25: unsupported module, tainting kernel. Sep 6 06:57:57 linux kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 3 Sep 6 06:57:57 linux kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 5 Sep 6 07:13:45 linux su: (to root) samjnaa on /dev/pts/1 Oho - a "tainted kernel"??? What does that mean and what should I do about it? 06:57 was my bootup time. -- (o- Penguin #395953 lives at http://samvit.org //\ subsisting on ancient Indian wisdom ... V_/_ and modern computing efficiency! :)
* Shriramana Sharma
Sep 6 06:57:57 linux kernel: ax25: unsupported module, tainting kernel. Sep 6 06:57:57 linux kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 3 Sep 6 06:57:57 linux kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 5 Sep 6 07:13:45 linux su: (to root) samjnaa on /dev/pts/1
Oho - a "tainted kernel"??? What does that mean and what should I do about it? 06:57 was my bootup time.
perhaps using a *non* open source module -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2
Tuesday 06 Sep 2005 07:21 samaye Patrick Shanahan alekhiit:
perhaps using a *non* open source module
I haven't installed any non-open-source Linux software on my sys. Just the default 9.3 CD install, some packman rpms, some ./configure-make-makeinstall stuff. That's it. -- (o- Penguin #395953 lives at http://samvit.org //\ subsisting on ancient Indian wisdom ... V_/_ and modern computing efficiency! :)
* Shriramana Sharma
I haven't installed any non-open-source Linux software on my sys. Just the default 9.3 CD install, some packman rpms, some ./configure-make-makeinstall stuff. That's it.
how about an nvidia display -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2
On Monday 05 September 2005 9:55 pm, Shriramana Sharma wrote:
Tuesday 06 Sep 2005 07:21 samaye Patrick Shanahan alekhiit:
perhaps using a *non* open source module
I haven't installed any non-open-source Linux software on my sys. Just the default 9.3 CD install, some packman rpms, some ./configure-make-makeinstall stuff. That's it.
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(o- Penguin #395953 lives at http://samvit.org //\ subsisting on ancient Indian wisdom ... V_/_ and modern computing efficiency! :)
Shriramana, That's because you're probably using an Nvidia display. Nvidia uses proprietary routines apart from the kernel hence the kernel is 'tainted'. It isn't tainted in any real way. That's just open source gobbly gook for not being one hundred percent open source. A small price to pay for something that actually works well. ;> By the way, love your tag. Ken
Ken, On Monday 05 September 2005 20:01, columbo wrote:
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Shriramana,
That's because you're probably using an Nvidia display. Nvidia uses proprietary routines apart from the kernel hence the kernel is 'tainted'.
Why the speculation? There's no "probably" about it:
Sep 6 06:57:57 linux kernel: ax25: unsupported module, tainting kernel.
Apparently Shriramana is an amateur radio operator? Or maybe just getting prepared for the next big catastrophe when the hams have the only viable communication.
...
Ken
Randall Schulz
Shriramana, On Monday 05 September 2005 18:45, Shriramana Sharma wrote:
Monday 05 Sep 2005 19:11 samaye Robert Paulsen alekhiit:
Take a look at /var/log/messages for suspicious entries at the time of failure.
linux:/home/samjnaa # tail /var/log/messages ... Sep 6 06:57:57 linux kernel: ax25: unsupported module, tainting kernel. ...
Oho - a "tainted kernel"??? What does that mean and what should I do about it? 06:57 was my bootup time.
This has _got_ to be a FAQ. I still get the feeling you're turning to the list as a first resort for every question that pops into your mind. To wit, searching for "Linux Kernel Tainted" (http://a9.com/Linux%20Kernel%20tainted) gives this as its first hit: http://www.tux.org/lkml/. The "tainted" question is number 18. Randall Schulz
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