Peter Chatterton

July 8, 2007

I used the default mcc Software Packages Installation and

when it was running it showed the title: rpmdrake.

Do you think i'd be okay using i586 on a Pentium 3?

At the same level as i586 there's one called SRPMS which

has one of the packages i installed. but i can't find SRPMS

in google, what does it mean?

I was looking for a Power Pack version of 'driva '07 but

couldn't find one so i guess i'm stuck w/o a ref. manual.

July 8, 2007

rp-pppoe-gui wasn't available on the "all packages, alphabetical" list.

July 8, 2007

adsl(ppp0)
IP
	DHCP
	No IP@
	No mask
	DNS Servers: 199.43.182.6 & .5
DHCP
	dhclient
	Assign host name from DHCP @
	DHCP host name: sysmpatico.ca
	DHCP timeout: 5
	Get DNS servers from DHCP
Options
	Start at boot
	Metric: 20
Info
	module name:
	Mac @: ppp0
	Bus:
	Bus Loc:
eth0	(Intel EtherExpress Pro/100)
TCP
	No protocol
	No IP @
	DNS Servers: as before
DHCP
	blanked out
Options
	Start at boot
	Metric: 10
Info
	Desc: Intel EtherExpress Pro/100
	Media Class: NETWORK_ETHERNET
	Module Name: eepro100
	Mac @: 00:02:55:8a:69:1d
	Bus/Loc: PCI/1
eth1
TCP
	see eth0
DHCP
	see eth0
Options
	see eth0
Info
	Vendor: Realtek
	Desc: RTL-8129
	Media Class: NETWORK_ETHERNET
	Module Name: 8139too
	Mac @: 00:...:00		(changed)
	Bus/Loc: PCI/1		  (why the same?)

I added this with Fast Reply, the way i did in the first thread,

in the hope that the format will be fixed.

July 8, 2007

Why is this CODE block messed up? I tried editing it twice.

Is was okay in my previous thread (Can't connect to the internet with DHCP).

I don't know where the <BR>'s are coming from,

there are no tabs in the code.

July 8, 2007

Can't connect with PPPoE

System:

-- IBM Pentium 3 NetVista Type 6578-G9U

-- SpeedStream 5200 ADSL modem

Connected to one of two NICs using a good (on Windows) E'net cable.

The modem is platform independant according to

http://whirlpool.net.au/index.cfm?a=h_view&model_id=395

-- Ethernet cards:

EtherExpress PRO(100) card is Linux compatible according to

http://www.leenooks.com/Intel+EtherExpress+Pro+100%252fS

Realtek RTL-8129 seems to be Linux compatible but I don't

know about drivers.

-- Mandriva 2006 on a Cheapbytes DVD

I'm trying to connect to Bell Sympatico in Toronto but I'm a newbie

to Linux and networking (I am a programmer tho).

http://www.roaringpenguin.com/en/penguin/o...roducts/rpPppoe

says I need PPPoE which they supply. daniewicz suggested seeing if

it was available in my distro so I tried rpmdrake thru the Control

Center (mcc) and got these packages:

-- rp-pppoe-3.5-5mdk

-- libpcrp0-0.9.1-1mdk

-- ppp-2.4.3-9mdk

But it doesn't even try to connect (no led activity on the NICs or

the modem). Is there a program I should be running to set it up?

I can't find any start up info on the roaring penguin site.

Here's some ifconfig info the way I got it off the mcc Manage

Connections dialog:

<BR>adsl(ppp0)<BR>	IP<BR>		DHCP<BR>		No IP@<BR>		No mask<BR>		DNS Servers: 199.43.182.6 & .5<BR>	DHCP<BR>		dhclient<BR>		Assign host name from DHCP @<BR>		DHCP host name: sysmpatico.ca<BR>		DHCP timeout: 5<BR>		Get DNS servers from DHCP<BR>	Options<BR>		Start at boot<BR>		Metric: 20<BR>	Info<BR>		module name:<BR>		Mac @: ppp0<BR>		Bus:<BR>		Bus Loc:<BR>eth0	(Intel EtherExpress Pro/100)<BR>	TCP<BR>		No protocol<BR>		No IP @<BR>		DNS Servers: as before<BR>	DHCP<BR>		blanked out<BR>	Options<BR>		Start at boot<BR>		Metric: 10<BR>	Info<BR>		Desc: Intel EtherExpress Pro/100<BR>		Media Class: NETWORK_ETHERNET<BR>		Module Name: eepro100<BR>		Mac @: 00:02:55:8a:69:1d<BR>		Bus/Loc: PCI/1<BR>eth1<BR>	TCP<BR>		see eth0<BR>	DHCP<BR>		see eth0<BR>	Options<BR>		see eth0<BR>	Info<BR>		Vendor: Realtek<BR>		Desc: RTL-8129<BR>		Media Class: NETWORK_ETHERNET<BR>		Module Name: 8139too<BR>		Mac @: 00:...:00		(changed)<BR>		Bus/Loc: PCI/1		  (why the same?)<BR>

Hope you can help,

Peter

July 7, 2007

Okay, I'll try that.

Thanks for your help.

Peter

July 7, 2007

ifup pppd or ppp1 gives:

sbin/ifup: config for pppd not found

ifup ppp0 gives:

pppd: unrecognized option 'No'

July 7, 2007

I mean Linux start-up msg's which occur right after what used

to be called the BIOS msg's.

Yes, these are in /var/log/messages!

Thank you, that will be a big help.

The only possible deal breaker I see is:

-- ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on at.

-- pppd[5335]: unrecognized option 'No'

-- ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on at.

-- pppd[5282]: unrecognized option 'No'

How can I get these msg's to windows?

i.e. can I format a file on my flash drive that

will be readable by XP?

July 6, 2007

I found one problem -- the etc/hosts file had only one entry,

localhost, and it was mapped to sympatico.ca!

I fixed that and rebooted, but it still isn't trying.

I don't see any BIOS errors for pppd, but i sure would like to

slow that screen down!

Here's some ifconfig info the way I got it off the mcc Manage

Connections dialog:

adsl(ppp0)
IP  
	DHCP
	No IP@
	No mask
	DNS Servers: 199.43.182.6 & .5
DHCP
	dhclient
	Assign host name from DHCP @
	DHCP host name: sysmpatico.ca
	DHCP timeout: 5
	Get DNS servers from DHCP
Options
	Start at boot
	Metric: 20
Info
	module name: 
	Mac @: ppp0
	Bus:
	Bus Loc:
eth0	(Intel EtherExpress Pro/100)
TCP
	No protocol
	No IP @
	DNS Servers: as before
DHCP
	blanked out
Options
	Start at boot
	Metric: 10
Info
	Desc: Intel EtherExpress Pro/100
	Media Class: NETWORK_ETHERNET
	Module Name: eepro100
	Mac @: 00:02:55:8a:69:1d
	Bus/Loc: PCI/1
eth1		
TCP
	see eth0
DHCP
	see eth0
Options
	see eth0
Info
	Vendor: Realtek
	Desc: RTL-8129
	Media Class: NETWORK_ETHERNET
	Module Name: 8139too
	Mac @: 00:...:00		(changed)
	Bus/Loc: PCI/1		  (why the same?)

July 6, 2007

I found one problem -- the etc/hosts file had only one entry,

localhost, and it was mapped to sympatico.ca!

I fixed that, but it still isn't trying. Maybe i'll reboot.

July 6, 2007

I did that but the Ethernet led on the modem went out and there

was no activity on the NIC.

In the BIOS msg's it said that pppd had an unrecognized option: "No".

I figured i could get the same info from mcc, but it didn't seem

to have any problems. Can i slow down the bios stuff? Should

it matter?

July 6, 2007

Thru the mcc package install (titled rpmdrake) I was given:

-- rp-pppoe-3.5-5mdk

-- libpcrp0-0.9.1-1mdk

-- ppp-2.4.3-9mdk

I created a new connection (ADSL & PPPoE) but it didn't really try

(the top led flickered for less than a second when i created it

and when i test the connection there's no activity at all).

I suspect the NIC is bad. I can't try another slot as the rest

are too small, but i do have another card.

July 5, 2007

you will need to configure the repositories first (see Easy-Urpmi at the top of this page)

That seems to involved going on the internet and that's what I can't do right now.

I have 2006 Mandriva, which according to the release notes means I should be using Smart

http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Releases/Mandriva/2006/Notes

But

The current state of smart in Mandriva is:
default channels are still pointing to cooker repositories at the time of this writing. The user has to change them to point to the official Mandriva 2006 repositories after installation;

smart is not the default update tool - urpmi is. But smart can handle urpmi repositories just fine;

I don't have a clue as to how to follow the first instruction.

In the Control Center it says that urpmi is a command line thing and i need the Reference Manual

which I can't find and suspect it didn't come with my distro -- any ideas?

So in the meantime I'm going on with the rpm which i'll download on XP and flash drive over.

July 5, 2007

Set up repositories to use urpmi for software installation.

I think i did a full developer install so this should be there, right?

Will i be able to download RP-PPPoE via Windows (and xfer it with a flash drive)?

So should i get the following from http://rpms.mandrivaclub.com/rpms/mandriva...86/RByName.html

and copy them to the hard drive and install them with the Control Center?

rp-pppoe-3.8-1mdv2007.0 ADSL/PPPoE userspace driver linux/i586 
rp-pppoe-debug-3.8-1mdv2007.0 Debug information for package rp-pppoe linux/i586 
rp-pppoe-gui-3.8-1mdv2007.0 GUI front-end for rp-pppoe linux/i586 
rp-pppoe-plugin-3.8-1mdv2007.0 PPP over ethernet kernel-mode plugin linux/i586

July 4, 2007

It's all explained here (I guess): http://www.monitor.ca/monitor/issues/vol7iss6/lnxstuff.html

July 3, 2007

To use Bell Sympatico I need a PPPoE package from http://www.roaringpenguin.com/en/penguin/o...roducts/rpPppoe

All the same, when I test the connection (thru Monitor Connections

in the Control Center), there is no LED activity on the NIC.

I'd try another slot except there's only one that's big enough

(it's an IBM P3 Netvista)

Thanks for reading this far,

Peter

July 3, 2007

Thanks for the reply daniewicz.

I was working from http://www.itee.adfa.edu.au/~gfreeman/optus-linux.html

His ifconfig showed an inet addr but neither yours nor mine does,

any idea why?

Peter

July 3, 2007

I was here 6 weeks ago, but can't find the thread;

the problem is the same.

This is a fresh install of Mandriva 2006 from Cheapbytes on DVD.

I configured the NIC thru the h/w section of the KDE Control

Center, supposedly successfully.

When I tried to connect to the internet in Monitor Connections,

it couldn't.

[root@sympatico ~]#ifconfig

eth0

Link encap: Ethernet

HWaddr: 0:2:55:8a:69:1d

<Q: shouldn't there be an inet @ here?>

inet6 addr: fe80::202:55ff:fe8a:691d/64

UP broadcast multicast mtu:1500 metric: 1

interrupt: 20

Under Manage Conn's in the control center:

TCP/IP

======

Protocol: DHCP

No IP

No netmask

No gateway

DNS: 199.43.182.6 & .5

Search domain: ca

DHCP

====

dhclient

Assign host name from dhcp @

dhcp host name: 199.43.182.6 & .5

(also tried sympatico.ca & blank)

Timeout: 5 secs

Get DNS servers from DHCP

INFO

====

Desc: EtherExpress PRO/100

Media class: N/W_ENET

Mod name: eepro100

MAC @: 0:02:55:8a:69:1d

Bus: PCI Loc: 1

lsmod:

=====

mii eepro100

Modprobe.conf

=============

alias eth0 eepro100

ifcfg-eth0

==========

DEVICE=eth0

BOOTPROTO=dhcp

IPADDR="no IP"

MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no

TYPE=adsl

USERCTRL=yes

IPV6INIT=no

IPV6TO4INIT=no

PEERDNS=yes

DHCP_CLIENT=dhclient

I'm connecting the Linux, as with the XP, directly

to a SpeedStream 5200 ADSL modem.

I switched the modem off and on.

Here's some output from XP:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>ipconfig

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 6:

==========================================

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

==========================================

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 0.2.0.5

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

PPP adapter Sympatico HSE:

==========================

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 65.92.71.217

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 65.92.71.217

[moved from Installing Mandriva by spinynorman]

May 13, 2007

Are there any NIC related error messages posted in /var/log/messages during bootup?

daniewicz

I did an install from scratch yesterday. At one point the modem did seem to be working, normally the leds don't show much action.

These show up quite often in /var/log/messages:

eth0: Realtek @ 0xd0962f00, 00 ... 00, IRQ 21
  no MII transceiver! Assuming SYM
  link up, 10Mbps, half duplex, lpa 0x0

BTW the DHCP timeout used to be 0, which I've now set to 5 secs.

I can't setup a new conn. in Control Center.

It won't accept any Host name, even 127.0.0.1, for what is supposedly an optional field.

In Manage hosts it shows only one (local host).

May 11, 2007

The ifconfig looks the same as before, with no ifv6.

I guess it's okay to leave /etc/modprobe.conf as it now is?

Thanks again,

Peter

May 11, 2007

Thanks for the suggestion Ian, but assuming I typed it in correctly

(no spaces in 'net-pf-10'), it didn't make any difference.

Peter

May 10, 2007

Hi pmpatrick , thanks for replying.

lsmod:
mii	 8139too

Modprobe.conf 
alias eth0 8139too
alias [some audio stuff]
install [some usb stuff]

ifcfg-eth0  
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
IPADDR="no IP"
MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no
TYPE=adsl
USERCTRL=yes
IPV6INIT=no
IPV6TO4INIT=no
PEERDNS=yes
DHCP_CLIENT=dhclient
NEEDHOSTNAME=yes	[this might be a problem as i didn't give it one]
PEERDNS=yes
(I've skipped a few lines that didn't look useful)	

ifconfig:
Link encap: Ethernet
HWaddr 00 ... 00	[is this the show stopper?]
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU 1500
RX packets: 0  Errors: 452  Dropped: 0  Overruns: 452  frame: 0
TX packets: 0  Errors: 0  Dropped: 0  Overruns: 0  carrier: 0	
collisions: 0 txqueuelen: 1000
RX = TX bytes = 0
Base addr 0xef00
Int: 21

I'm connecting the Linux, as with the XP, directly to a SpeedStream 5200 ADSL modem.

Here's some output from XP:

	C:\WINDOWS\system32>ipconfig
Windows IP Configuration
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 6:
		Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
		IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
		Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
		Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
PPP adapter Sympatico HSE:
		Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
		IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 69.159.51.133
		Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
		Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 69.159.51.133

ping sympatico.ca works on Linux but not on XP.

I tried setting the Host Name on Linux to sympatico.ca, but it didn't help.

Hope this helps, and thanks again,

Peter

May 9, 2007

I can't install a Realtek RTL-8129 NIC card on a Cheapbytes Mandriva 2006.

I configured it with Command Center and it appears in lspci,

but ifup fails and ifconfig shows a HWadddr of zeroes.

My system is an IBM Pentium 3 NetVista Type 6578-G9U.

Hope you can help (I'm new to Linux),

Peter

August 26, 2006

I'm using the same cable for XP and Linux, is this okay?

I got 198.235.216.130/131/134 from http://www.dslreports.com/faq/7525 and appended them to /etc/resolv.conf and put a # before nameserver 192.168.2.1. Connect ethernet under network monitoring did the same as before:

-- it showed some trailing dots, then

-- "connection complete" and then

-- "not connected"

Maybe I should confirm some of my settings:

MCC > Manage Connections > eth0 > TCP/IP > DHCP has 192.168.2.13 but greyed out.

MCC > Manage Connections > eth0 > DNS servers has 192.168.2.1

*it seems not to have noticed my changes to resolv.conf; how do I change this?

*I've tried rebooting but the changes get dropped! (I did apply them as root)

MCC > Manage Connections > eth0 > search domain has no-domain-set.bellcanada

MCC > Manage Connections > eth0 > DHCP > DHCP client has dhclient

MCC > Manage Connections > eth0 > DHCP > Assign host name from DHCP address is checked but DHCP host name is blank and DHCP timeout is blank.

MCC > Manage Connections > eth0 > DHCP > Get DNS servers from DHCP is checked

MCC > Manage Connections > eth0 > options has Start at boot and hot-plugging checked.

August 25, 2006

host 192.168.2.1 also gives "No servers could be reached".

I couldn't think of a DHCP host name to give it.

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