arthur

well you set up gentoo to have a dynamic hostname - which means that your hostname is the one assigned to you by your ISP. it's not a problem at all, I also don't know what will happen if you try to get rid of it. However, check if you have a setting in your /etc/rc.conf or /etc/conf.d/net like: dhcpd_eth0="-HD" removing it should disable it. you should set your hostname to something else like "mobiletux", however your setup might accept only FQDN (fully qualified domain names)

it does seem you're connected. this is probably a browser settings problem. oh, and edit out your IP address from your post, sorry I forgot to tell you that. You wouldn't want spammers or something to see them...

you must add "user" or "users" to the options so that a user can mount or unmount it: /dev/hdd1 /mnt/Movies vfat users,umask=000,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850 0 0 adding "noauto" is also recommended, since if it gets mounted at boot by root, only root can write to it, so mounting it as a user is better. you can also type as root in console "chmod 777 /mnt/Movies" so that everyone can write to the folder.

could you post the output of 'ifconfig' here? but yes...this might be now an issue for the "networking" forum...but anyway try pinging a website from the console

excellent. you will just need to load the module - I'm not sure what the module is specifically named, but try [root@localhost]#modprobe sound_ich to load it. Mandrake has a config file /etc/modules.preload and if you put it there the module will load every time you boot. You will also need to check whether the Intel MX4something/AMD something modem support is compiled in, it should also be in the config file. I'd try "cat config-2.6.8.1-12mdksmp | grep INTEL", you'll get a lot of lines. you have to find the entry for the modem among them. It's probably compiled as a module, so the modprobe command should be used.

if it's not, you will need to recompile your kernel. However, to find out if it's configured, find the config file for the kernel (it's probably /boot/config-2.6.8.1-12mdksmp) then cd to that directory, and type: cat config-2.6.8.1-12mdksmp | grep ICH by the way, why are you using the SMP kernel? If the ALSA/ICH modem support is not configured, you'll have to recompile the kernel, you'll find plenty of tutorials here in the board. HTH

yeay! good luck with your modem :D

try dmesg BEFORE plugging in the modem, and dmesg AFTER plugging in the modem. dmesg should add a few lines at the end when you plug in the usb modem. to see what's added, and to avoid having to post the whole thing again, try "dmesg |tail" to just print the last 10 lines. please post it here...this would just check if a usb device is actually being detected. it should say something like, "new low speed usb device detected..."

um, could you post your kernel version (type uname -a in the console) and the output of dmesg?

well, making umask=000 will give you write access for users, however as you say the fstab disappears if you remove it...does mandrake have a config file for magicdev or supermount? i sure hope so. in any case, there should be a file called /dev/sda1, try as root, "chmod +w /dev/sda1". or "chmod 777 /dev/sda1"

look at the last few lines in your post, you have a missing package called "libgift". it's probably best to install "libgift" from rpm. for example, if you try to install a graphics program, it will need "libjpeg" (JPEG library) or "libpng" (PNG library), otherwise it will probably give a make error. That problem is solved by using urpmi, which automatically installs any dependencies. installing libgift.rpm is easier than installing a library from source. :)

:D Totovich, you deserve a

erk, gentoo bashing in progress... /me breathes deeply i'm not gonna bite ;)

what file is it you have to check? could you post it here? maybe it should be /etc/ppp/pap-secrets or /etc/ppp/chap-secrets where you put in your username and password. to connect, type 'pppd call adsl' or 'pppd call whatever' if you have a different name. if you then try 'ping -c 3 www.yahoo.com' and get a response, you're connected. please see my LONG post in the first page of this thread for more information. hope this helps

those numbers in WINDOWS are important. they're not really the phone number, but the vci and vpi numbers. so write them down, and put them in when the configuration needs them. nano is much easier to use than vi, just CTRL-X will let you save and exit. nano /etc/ppp/peers/adsl then put in your vpi and vci numbers (look at my post with the code snippets). and post what you get in ifconfig here.

ftp. http is optimized for delivering...uh, hypertext...therefore it has more overhead than ftp. in english, it just means ftp is usually faster.

in the last command snippet, replace alcaudsl.sys with mgmt.o, as in modem_run -m -f /usr/share/speedtouch/mgmt.o the lights should now flash in orange->flashing green->green. then type the rest of the commands, and you got internet! I'm sorry that it's not so easy, but different ISPs have different settings, and unfortunately us linux users are neglected when they make the "idiot-proof" installers for Windows. Broadband through cable is easier for Linux. Since nobody has done so, I think I'm going to create a GUI tool for setting this up, once i finish learning C and GTK. :) Unfortunately I don't use speedtouch anymore...but I'll do my best.

I'll repost my HOWTO from http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtop...ndpost&p=109456 I have used the speedtouch USB on Mandrake 10 CE with no problem. I am sorry to have missed this thread as I was busy recently, but if anyone PMs me the details of his/her problem I'll do my best to help. I used the USB speedtouch. Mandrake servers (if you set them up with EasyURPMI) have a speedtouch rpm. Install the rpm, then edit the files as I show them below, using a text editor. My setup: kernel 2.6.3-7mdk VIA USB controller (this is probably irrelevant) and the "green frog"/stingray Alcatel speedtouch USB :) other versions still use the same firmware, i believe. there's no nice GUI frontend for this thing unfortunately, but editing text files should be easy enough :) modprobe.conf (RELEVANT LINES ONLY, you will have additional lines) alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate alias tty-ldisc-13 n_hdlc alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp alias speedtch off alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate alias tty-ldisc-14 ppp_synctty alias char-major-108-* ppp_generic /etc/ppp/options: lock noipdefault persist noauth usepeerdns defaultroute /etc/ppp/pap-secrets # Secrets for authentication using PAP # client server secret IP addresses 'username' * 'password' * replace 'username' with your username, ditto with the password /etc/ppp/peers/adsl noauth noipdefault #these are MY vpi and vci numbers, use your own ISP's numbers =) pty "/usr/sbin/pppoa3 -e 1 -c -vpi 0 -vci 100" sync noaccomp kdebug 1 nopcomp noccp novj holdoff 4 maxfail 25 persist usepeerdns defaultroute user "username" Mandrake Firewall: DISABLED (the firewall only works with eth0, not ppp0 which is what speedtouch is using) Merely installing the speedtouch rpm and running the internet wizard gives me all of these configuration files, I did not write them from scratch. I just edited them for the VPI and VCI numbers. Just select "skip" when asked for the firmware, and "do not start connection at boot", and don't bother attempting to connect right away. Now, to connect, I run this script(as root), which is the same as typing these commands one by one(except fot the first line): #!/bin/bash modem_run -m -f /path/to/alcaudsl.sys pppd call adsl sleep 4 ifconfig iptables -A INPUT -i ppp0 -p tcp --syn -j DROP now be sure to change /path/to/alcaudsl.sys appropriately. the 5th line should print out the ifconfig, if there's a ppp0, then you're connected. The last line is my firewall. Rather rudimentary, but it suits me fine for now. I'll try to improve the script when I have the time, for SSH and stuff. Suggestions for other improvements are welcome. ps. you can start the connection at boot by running this script at boot, using .xinitrc or that nice gnome starter or something. there are many choices so I guess I'll just write a HOWTO for only one method. HTH, arthur

Since our good friend is now going to windows, I volunteer (as a Bugtraq subscriber) to forward Windows and IE exploits/security advisories. One of my friends got hit by an IE exploit described in Bugtraq the day before, so it really helps to know. Btw, linux users, there's a new local root exploit affecting kernels up till 2.4.28, this is not so important for desktop users, but for server admins, please take note.

Squid is a proxy server, not a client. You might want to take a look at proxychains but it doesn't hook Firefox (I doubt if the windows one hooks IE...) but you can go to Firefox's Edit->Preferences and set a Socks5 server for all connections.

an impropoerly secured linux can be just as insecure (or even less secure) than windows. it all depends on your knowledge of your system. Linux can be as secure or insecure as you want it to be. However in Windows you have no choice in the matter. Shields UP!! (www.grc.com) fails you in the test if: a) you have an open port (really bad) b ) you have a closed port (not really bad...but it's better to filter it) You only pass the test if you got ALL ports filtered. IMO, that's a bit strict and useless. If you have port 113 unfiltered (which happens often and is completely safe) you still fail the test. er, that's just from the GET requests crafted by the browser, NOT from any covert scanning done by the server - it means you (your browser) sent that info. Sure, they give a lot of information, like screen res and all, but servers NEED such info to display webpages properly...but the OS and the like isn't needed...you can probably disable these in Firefox, i'll look into it.

it might mean you don't have hardware acceleration support. you should fix your nvidia drivers and have "load "glx"" in your XF86config or xorg.conf file in the drivers section. if you want to run without hardware acceleration, try running like so: [arthur@localhost] $./ut2004-demo --software in the directory which contains ut2004. but it's going to be very, very slow in software mode, unless your computer is much faster than my not-so-ancient 2.0 GHz box.

oops. i edited my post as you apparently ran 777 permissions already. but that's not advisable. put it to 755 to be safe. don't put write access if it's not needed.

i didn't see anyone post this yet, so...some good news. microsoft appeal rejected

go to Mandrake Control Center -> DiskDrake then pick the windows partition and click "format" even if you format windows from a boot floppy, you can't touch the linux install. It's near impossible to delete linux accidentally.