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debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2007 : Issue 2832

Today's Topics: 

  Re: DriveReady SeekComplete Error Dr  [ SPKills  ]
  [OT]: free ddns service and port red  [ "H.S."  ]
  Re: CTRL-ALT-F8 doesn't work          [ Florian Kulzer  ]
  Re: Which AM2 motherboard and chipse  [ "Douglas A. Tutty"  ]
  Re: Internet Problem                  [ Nigel Henry  ]
  DHCP Client Won't Connect             [ Hal Vaughan 

Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:05:21 +0100


From: SPKills <speedballkills@gmail.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org


Subject: Re: DriveReady SeekComplete Error  DriveStatusError BadCRC

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> On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 03:02:29AM +0100, SPKills wrote:
>   
>> I just (re)installed debian etch on my machine, at the first reboot i 
>> got some errors on my harddisk and i don't really know what it's 
>> about... But i'm pretty sure it's good at all and i probably have to 
>> worry about...
>> I tried to do a fschk -c /dev/hda1 but i got a warning message telling 
>> me that my disk is mounted and it's pretty bad to use it on a mounted 
>> disk so i aborted.
>> I'm pretty new with those things and really need help.
>>     
>
> What promted a (re) install?
>
> Its either:
> 1.	true hardware error
>
> 	1.1	the drive is dying
> 	1.2	the cable is loose
> 	1.3	the power cable is loose or power is flaky
>
> 2.	software error
>
> 	2.1	bum kernel driver for the drive
> 	2.2	some other kernel problem.
>
>
> Doug.


Thx for your help, after many search on the net and verifying all my 
cable, testing the drive on another machine it seems that's my harddisk 
is dying...



B.


Do you need help?X

Date:  Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:05:50 -0500


From: "H.S." <hs.samix@gmail.com>


To: debian-user@lists.debian.org


Subject:  [OT]: free ddns service and port rediction 80<-->xyz

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Hello,



Does anybody know of a few dynamic DNS service which redirects traffic
on port 80 to a different port on my machine (which has a dynamic IP)?



I need this because a friend of mine's univ allows outgoing access to
only port 80. I am thinking that if a dynamic dns service redirects
traffic on port 80 to port xyz on my machine, I can make ssh listen on
port xyz and my friend can then have ssh access to that machine. BTW, I
want this redirection via a different hostname because I am already
running a web server on my machine (which is Debian Testing btw).



Thanks,


->HS



Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:51:26 +0100


From: Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org


Subject: Re: CTRL-ALT-F8 doesn't work

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On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 17:55:09 -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote:

> On Mon November 19 2007, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > > users by doing the CTRL-ALT-F8/F7 or go to the text login by doing the
> > > CTRL-ALT-F1. when I am in a konsole window and I do the CTRL-ALT-F7, here
> > > is what it shows:
> > > $ ;7~
> >
> > It seems your keyboard setup got screwed up. To make sure, try this: In
> > konsole, become root and run
> >
> > chvt 1
> that worked..
Do you need more help?X

OK, so at least the video driver seems to be fine.



[...]


> c# setxkbmap -print
> xkb_keymap {
>         xkb_keycodes  { include "xfree86+aliases(qwerty)"       };
>         xkb_types     { include "complete"      };
>         xkb_compat    { include "complete"      };
>         xkb_symbols   { include "pc+us(us)"     };
>         xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc104)"     };
> };

That seems OK to me. Which events are reported if you run "xev" and
press (separately) CTRL, ALT, and the Fn keys?


-- 
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http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer
          Florian   |


Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:28:50 -0500
From: Paul Cartwright <ale@pcartwright.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: CTRL-ALT-F8 doesn't work
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On Tue November 20 2007, Florian Kulzer wrote:

> That seems OK to me. Which events are reported if you run "xev" and
> press (separately) CTRL, ALT, and the Fn keys?

# xev
Outer window is 0x2600001, inner window is 0x2600002

PropertyNotify event, serial 8, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    atom 0x27 (WM_NAME), time 1593119108, state PropertyNewValue

PropertyNotify event, serial 9, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    atom 0x22 (WM_COMMAND), time 1593119108, state PropertyNewValue

PropertyNotify event, serial 10, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    atom 0x28 (WM_NORMAL_HINTS), time 1593119108, state PropertyNewValue

CreateNotify event, serial 11, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    parent 0x2600001, window 0x2600002, (10,10), width 50, height 50
border_width 4, override NO

MapNotify event, serial 12, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    event 0x2600001, window 0x2600002, override NO

PropertyNotify event, serial 15, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    atom 0x181 (_KDE_NET_WM_USER_CREATION_TIME), time 1593119108, state 
PropertyNewValue

ConfigureNotify event, serial 15, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    event 0x2600001, window 0x2600001, (0,0), width 178, height 178,
    border_width 0, above 0x2c02609, override NO

ReparentNotify event, serial 15, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    event 0x2600001, window 0x2600001, parent 0x121eb14,
    (0,0), override NO

PropertyNotify event, serial 15, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    atom 0x150 (_NET_WM_DESKTOP), time 1593119111, state PropertyNewValue

PropertyNotify event, serial 15, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    atom 0x158 (_NET_FRAME_EXTENTS), time 1593119112, state PropertyNewValue

PropertyNotify event, serial 15, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    atom 0xff (_KDE_NET_WM_FRAME_STRUT), time 1593119112, state 
PropertyNewValue

PropertyNotify event, serial 15, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    atom 0x156 (_NET_WM_ALLOWED_ACTIONS), time 1593119112, state 
PropertyNewValue

PropertyNotify event, serial 15, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    atom 0xf5 (_NET_WM_STATE), time 1593119113, state PropertyNewValue

PropertyNotify event, serial 15, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    atom 0x6d (WM_STATE), time 1593119113, state PropertyNewValue

ConfigureNotify event, serial 15, synthetic YES, window 0x2600001,
    event 0x2600001, window 0x2600001, (4,27), width 178, height 178,
    border_width 0, above 0x0, override NO

MapNotify event, serial 15, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    event 0x2600001, window 0x2600001, override NO

VisibilityNotify event, serial 15, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    state VisibilityFullyObscured

FocusIn event, serial 15, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    mode NotifyNormal, detail NotifyNonlinear

KeymapNotify event, serial 15, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
    keys:  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   
           0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   

VisibilityNotify event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    state VisibilityUnobscured

Expose event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    (0,0), width 178, height 10, count 3

Expose event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    (0,10), width 10, height 58, count 2

Expose event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    (68,10), width 110, height 58, count 1

Expose event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    (0,68), width 178, height 110, count 0

PropertyNotify event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    atom 0x153 (_NET_WM_ICON_GEOMETRY), time 1593119325, state 
PropertyNewValue

KeyPress event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    root 0x155, subw 0x0, time 1593122898, (1204,615), root:(1208,642),
    state 0x10, keycode 37 (keysym 0xffe3, Control_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    root 0x155, subw 0x0, time 1593123090, (1204,615), root:(1208,642),
    state 0x14, keycode 37 (keysym 0xffe3, Control_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    root 0x155, subw 0x0, time 1593125346, (1204,615), root:(1208,642),
    state 0x10, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    root 0x155, subw 0x0, time 1593125506, (1204,615), root:(1208,642),
    state 0x18, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    root 0x155, subw 0x0, time 1593127010, (1204,615), root:(1208,642),
    state 0x10, keycode 73 (keysym 0xffc4, F7), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    root 0x155, subw 0x0, time 1593127122, (1204,615), root:(1208,642),
    state 0x10, keycode 73 (keysym 0xffc4, F7), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

FocusOut event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    mode NotifyNormal, detail NotifyNonlinear

VisibilityNotify event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    state VisibilityPartiallyObscured

VisibilityNotify event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    state VisibilityFullyObscured

PropertyNotify event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    atom 0x153 (_NET_WM_ICON_GEOMETRY), time 1593137585, state 
PropertyNewValue

-- 
Paul Cartwright
Registered Linux user # 367800
Registered Ubuntu User #12459



Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:45:45 -0500
From: Peter Smerdon <psmerdon@magma.ca>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: xorg wont work and wont generate a log
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Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es> writes:


> On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 11:28:45 -0500, Peter Smerdon wrote:
>> J=C3=B6rg-Volker Peetz writes:
>>=20=20
>> > You need one of the xserver-xorg-video packages. There seems to be  no=

 X

>> > server on your machine.
>
> [...]
>
>> I installed xserver-xorg-video-all but still have the same problem and
>> no log file.=20
>
> Is your local loopback interface up and working? Check the output of
> "/sbin/ifconfig".


eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1B:24:94:78:1A=20=20
          inet addr:192.168.0.4  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21b:24ff:fe94:781a/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1492  Metric:1
          RX packets:170 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:179 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000=20
          RX bytes:20910 (20.4 KiB)  TX bytes:20372 (19.8 KiB)
          Interrupt:17 Base address:0xa000=20

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback=20=20
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0=20
          RX bytes:560 (560.0 b)  TX bytes:560 (560.0 b)

this looks normal dosen't it? loopback is `lo'?
=2D-=20

Peter Smerdon
psmerdon@magma.ca

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Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:35:18 -0500
From: "Douglas A. Tutty" <dtutty@porchlight.ca>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Which AM2 motherboard and chipset do you use?
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On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 12:39:58AM +0800, Augustin wrote:
Hello Augustin, I'll try to put comments in-line where they'll make
sense.
 

> I am set to buying a socket AM2 mainboard, with a slow CPU, a minimum 
> amount of RAM and use the onboard graphic unit, but I would like to 
> buy a fairly good/excellent mainboard + very good power supply unit, 
> so that I can over time, as prices drop, upgrade CPU, RAM and buy a 
> good, dedicated video card. 
> 
> For the power supply, I am thinking to buy a 500~550 Watt, 80plus 
> certified unit. 


If you're thinking long-term, start with a good case.  One with lots of
room (more room means more airflow with less noise, easier to swap stuff
around).  I have lots of room in my room so have a CoolerMaster Stacker.
Takes any MB you like, has two PSU bays (I put the PSU in the lower bay
and two 80 mm fans in the upper bay), and 11 5.25" bays all at the
front, and comes with one 4-in-3 fanned 3.5 drive adapter.

For power, I went with a CoolerMaster 600W iGreen.  Lots of power
available for the drives.

For main board, I went with Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe: lots of SATA and USB
ports, great sound (for me), etc.  It doesn't have integrated video but
an Asus EN7300GT Silent cost $40.  Everything works with standard Debian
Etch and stock kernel.  I choose to use the pre-packaged nVidia X driver
for a bit better DVD playback but its only slightly noticeable on my 21"
drafting CRT during movement; I don't know if it would show up on an LCD.
The issue is the mpeg conversion: the nVidia driver does this in
hardware whereas the nv driver does it in software and the result isn't
as clear, especially if its deinterlacing/blending while showing
full-screen.


> In terms of Linux support, what other things should be looked at when 
> purchasing a mainboard (again, I couldn't find a page with such 
> information: can we really assume that linux can be painlessly 
> installed on 100% of the mainboards on the market???)
> 


Mostly its philosophical.  Look for a manufacturer that provides
hardware info freely available.  Good luck.  For example, the nVidia
chipset on my Asus board runs with the forcedeth driver in the kernel
which is a reverse-engineered solution since the data isn't available.


> 
> Which (socket AM2) motherboard do you use? 

Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe

> Do you use the onboard video chip (i.e. you have no video card)?

no: Asus EN7300GT silent with nVidia 7300GT chipset.

> Sound?

on-board 

> What is the chipset on your AM2 board?

nVidia

> Have you experienced any problem.

I have the bios set up to control the fan speed based on its theremo
sensors.  I run amd64 and find that sensord can't see the sensors
properly.  It doesn't matter to me to troubleshoot.

None. 
 
Last and not least (should be first), is what is the box for?  Is it a
home (entertainment?) box or a server?  Does running a binary-blob
driver like the nVidia X driver cause you any concerns (security or
otherwise)?  You say you'll start with a cheap CPU and move up later.
When I bought my box close to a year ago, the only CPU I could get in
AM2 was an Athlon64 3800+.  Its still pretty fast; there may be one
faster out in single-core.  Will dual-core be something you're
interested in or is your task a single-threaded thing?  Are you at risk
of finding that you really wished you had gone for an Opteron instead?
Different MB, different CPU, different memory.

On the other end, do you need a new box or would a good used box be more
economical?

You see, the only specification you gave us was the CPU socket and a
preference for integrated video, to run Debian.  These seem rather
artifical.

Doug.



Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:47:52 -0500
From: "Douglas A. Tutty" <dtutty@porchlight.ca>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: no x version
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On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 08:40:12PM -0800, joseph lockhart wrote:

> i am wondering if anyone has found or created a
> terminal only version of debian (similar to the slax
> frodo) or if such a thing could be installed from the
> net install. let's just say that it is for special
> purposes though i would like to have things like lynx,
> finch, ircii, mpc, and so forth


I do it whenever I install.  You can either use the netinst.iso or CD1.
CD1 only saves you bandwidth if you're using someone else's bandwidth to
download it to burn it.  Since you're not using X, you'll find that most
packages you'll want aren't that big anyway (the exception I suppose
would be texlive if you want it).

So use the netinst and when you get to the task selector (a tool that
allows you to install broad strokes of packages), don't select any, not
even "standard system" or whatever its called.  With no tasks selected
you get a very minimal base system.

After you reboot and get a prompt, use aptitude and install what you
want:  exim4 and mutt for mail, lynx and perhaps links2 (does
javascript), and of course mc (midnight commander).  Finish off with
your editor-of-choice (I use vim).

If you specifically don't want any X, I suggest strongly that you use
aptitude interactively so that you can go back and forth if you choose
something that wants to drag in X.  

Doug.


Can we help you?X

Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:04:18 +0100
From: Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: xorg wont work and wont generate a log
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On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 16:45:45 -0500, Peter Smerdon wrote:

> Florian Kulzer writes:


[...]


> > Is your local loopback interface up and working? Check the output of
> > "/sbin/ifconfig".


[...]


> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>           inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>           RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
>           RX bytes:560 (560.0 b)  TX bytes:560 (560.0 b)
> 
> this looks normal dosen't it? loopback is `lo'?


That seems OK to me.

Do you see anything interesting in /var/log/syslog?

Is there any difference if you run startx as root? (Normally you should
not do that, of course, but trying it might help to rule out permission
problems.)

-- 
Regards,            | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer
          Florian   |



Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:14:19 +0100
From: Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: CTRL-ALT-F8 doesn't work
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On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 16:28:50 -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote:

> On Tue November 20 2007, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > That seems OK to me. Which events are reported if you run "xev" and
> > press (separately) CTRL, ALT, and the Fn keys?
> # xev


[...]


> KeyPress event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
>     root 0x155, subw 0x0, time 1593122898, (1204,615), root:(1208,642),
>     state 0x10, keycode 37 (keysym 0xffe3, Control_L), same_screen YES,
>     XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
>     XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
>     XFilterEvent returns: False


[...]


> KeyPress event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
>     root 0x155, subw 0x0, time 1593125346, (1204,615), root:(1208,642),
>     state 0x10, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
>     XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
>     XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
>     XFilterEvent returns: False


[...]


> KeyPress event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
>     root 0x155, subw 0x0, time 1593127010, (1204,615), root:(1208,642),
>     state 0x10, keycode 73 (keysym 0xffc4, F7), same_screen YES,
>     XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
>     XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
>     XFilterEvent returns: False


That looks OK to me.

Which output do you get for these three commands:

awk '/Section "(InputDevice|ServerFlags)"/,/EndSection/' /etc/X11/xorg.conf

xmodmap

xmodmap -pk | grep '(F[0-9]\+)'

-- 
Regards,            | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer
          Florian   |



Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:43:33 -0900
From: Ken Irving <fnkci@uaf.edu>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: no x version
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On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 03:47:52PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:

> If you specifically don't want any X, I suggest strongly that you use
> aptitude interactively so that you can go back and forth if you choose
> something that wants to drag in X.  


Nothing against doing it that way (interactively), but when running
aptitude or apt-get on the command line you also get a very complete list
of what actions will be taken, and can cancel the install and try again.
To make sure that it (apt-get or aptitude) isn't going to go ahead and do
the install/remove/whatever anyway, I usually use the -s (or -simulate)
option before running the "live" command.

I never have understood the reasons (haven't checked very hard), but it
seems like apt-get normally gives an "are you sure?" prompt before doing
the action, but sometimes it just goes ahead and does it.  Perhaps the
no-prompt behavior is automatic if there aren't many/any dependencies
to be hauled in or removed.  I don't have enough time on aptitude to
know whether it does the same.

Ken

-- 
Ken Irving, fnkci+debianuser@uaf.edu



Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:44:56 +0100
From: Nigel Henry <cave.dnb@tiscali.fr>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Internet Problem
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On Tuesday 20 November 2007 21:57, Bill Smith wrote:

> Henrique Renn=F3 wrote:
> > I have a Windows XP machine connected to the Internet and an
> > additional network card with a fixed IP configured (192.168.0.5). I
> > connected a crossover network cable to my laptop in which I installed
> > Debian Sarge 3.1. I configured the network in /etc/network/interfaces
> > passing the correct configuration for each option like static IP
> > 192.186.0.10 gateway 192.168.0.5 and the DNS servers of my Internet
> > Service Provider. I can ping normally the IP 192.168.0.5 but my
> > browser can't navigate the web. I passed inside Mozilla's preferences
> > that it's a direct connection to the Internet. I even disabled Windows
> > XP Firewall but it seems to have no effect either. My Windows XP
> > machine has TrendMicro OfficeScan installed but I don't know if it
> > could prevent any connection through the network. I also contacted my
> > ISP asking if both DNS numbers were changed and they said both numbers
> > are still the same. What could be a possible problem and what I could
> > try to do to solve it?
>
> I may be wrong but I do not think that xp can be set up as a router,
> except possibly by using the share my internet connection facility.
> However, I have never felt disposed to even try that.
> IMO your best bet is to make a direct connection to your router from
> the laptop if you possibly can.
> Alternatively reverse the situation and route the xp machine through
> the laptop, you will need to get a plugin nic of course.
> Good luck
>
> --
> Bill


I used the "share my internet connection" facility on XP when I first start=
ed=20
using linux, and before I had a serial modem for my linux machine. it worke=
d=20
ok, but I wasn't too happy having to go through a Windows machine to connec=
t=20
to the Internet.

Problem resolved now. I now have Smoothwall Express2 installed on an old=20
machine, and with a serial modem, and my 2 machines on the LAN access the=20
Internet through that.

Nigel.



Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:53:40 -0500
From: Hal Vaughan <hal@thresholddigital.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: DHCP Client Won't Connect
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I have a default Sarge installation that I had to move to a new network.  
It had been getting the address through DHCP with no problem.  Now, on 
the new network, it tries to connect to a DHCP server, but there's no 
connection.  I was not able to copy down the messages because the 
business was closing.  I know it's hard to debug a problem without the 
error messages, but I was hoping there might be a list "obvious" things 
to check.  Basically when I typed "/etc/init.d/networking restart" I 
saw a number of attempts to connect on port 67 and each one listed 
either a length of time for timeout or something similar.  The numbers 
for the time varied.

The people at this company say the CAT5 cable is good, but I'm most 
included to question the hardware over software.  Unfortunately, I 
don't have control over the hardware.  I may be able to try a cable 
swap tomorrow, but I won't have much time (they're closing early and 
won't reopen until Monday, after Thanksgiving and the weekend).

I saw a Windows system on the same switch (and therefore on the same 
router connection) connected without a problem.  I checked the network 
settings on the Windows system and it was just "obtain IP address 
automatically."

What could keep a Linux system from connecting to or receiving any 
communications from a DHCP server?  Could they be doing something with 
their server (likely on Windows) that would keep it from acknowledging 
my Linux computer?

I know without error messages there's not much to go on, but any list of 
things to check would be a huge help.

Thanks for any suggestions on what to check!

Hal



Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:10:14 -0800
From: Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Internet Problem
Message-ID: <20071120231013.GM9887@localhost.localdomain>
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On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 11:44:56PM +0100, Nigel Henry wrote:

> On Tuesday 20 November 2007 21:57, Bill Smith wrote:
> > Henrique Renn=F3 wrote:
> > > I have a Windows XP machine connected to the Internet and an
> > > additional network card with a fixed IP configured (192.168.0.5). I
> > > connected a crossover network cable to my laptop in which I installed
> > > Debian Sarge 3.1.=20


=2E..


> > I may be wrong but I do not think that xp can be set up as a router,
> > except possibly by using the share my internet connection facility.


=2E..

>=20
> I used the "share my internet connection" facility on XP when I first sta=

rted=20

> using linux,


me too. and it works fine. The nice thing is that putting debian
behind the XP machine is that all the trojans and bots and worms get
distracted by the XP machine on the way through... ;-P

Seriously though, to the OP, the others are right. Turn on "Share My
Internet Connection" in the properties of the appropriate network
connection. That would be the one that actually connects to the
internet, not the one connected to the laptop.=20

A

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