Re: newbie: more startup problems

[Paul Schwartz]

Lucas Bergman wrote:

Paul Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

 

Lucas Bergman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

   

Paul Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

     

Earlier I have written about not being able to find the agpgart
module [I can't start X]
       

Okay.  Is this still a problem?
     

Yes, it is.  Browsing through the Contents on CD #2, I find that
agpgart.o is supposed to be part of the base kernel.  I can't find
it in my installation.
   

I've been in the habit of making my own kernel these days, so I admit
I have no idea what comes with the standard one.
 

I have been trying to enable web access to update apt, etc.  I
have tried two ways: wvdial and pon...  Both seem to connect to
my ISP and establish ppp, but none of the programs I run are
able to communicate with the outside.
       

What do 'ifconfig' and 'cat /etc/resolv.conf' and 'netstat -rn'
say after you've connected?
     

ifconfig gives...
[ ... ]
ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol  
         inet addr:67.31.182.205  P-t-P:63.215.28.44  Mask:255.255.255.255
   

That line says that your IP address is 67.31.182.205 and the IP
address of the server end of the PPP connection is 63.215.28.44.  Keep
that in mind.
 

/etc/resolv.conf is
nameserver 207.217.126.81
nameserver 207.217.120.83
   

Seems okay, I guess.

 

and netstat -rn gives
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window
irtt Iface
63.215.28.44    0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH        0 0 0 ppp0
192.168.0.2     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH        0 0 0 sl0
192.168.2.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U         0 0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0         192.168.2.1     0.0.0.0         UG        0 0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0         0.0.0.0         0.0.0.0         U         0 0 0 sl0
   

Ding!  This (the second-to-last line) says that your default traffic
is going through eth0, not ppp0.
 # route del default
 # route add default gw 63.215.28.44
This worked!  DNS is working and  I can ping lots of places [not all; 
don't know what that means]

pppconfig put a default parameter in the ISP file, but it doesn't seem 
to be taking charge.

I am doing apt-get update as I write, so this is progress.

Thanks.
Paul Schwartz


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