Re: [LUG] Do other LUG Members find X a pain to configure ?

[Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Neil, much appreciated :)

Yes you're right I am using HardDrake... being a newbie I'm wary of
delving too fast into the command line guts at the moment :)  Probably
how I broke it last night.

BTW potted bio.. I've been using and abusing computers for about 18
years since O Level (yes I was the last year of O Levels.. showing my
age :))

I tried the commands you suggested ( "su -" having been the first Linux
command I ever learned <g>) with the results below.

Couple more questions from an ever eager mind :)

1. What is "promiscuous mode"?
2. I noticed the MTU is 1500.. is this OK for a 1Mb cablemodem or should
I look at altering it? (always remembering the tech's Golden Rule..
"Don't fix what's NOT broken!"  If I should alter it, err.. how please?
:)
3. When I boot up the nvnet (ethernet) module is "tainted".  Now I've
found out that this means NVidia didn't bother "signing" it properly,
although as I said it works OK.  Is this something I should be bugging
them about?

[root@xxxxxxx root]# dmesg | grep eth
device eth0 entered promiscuous mode


[root@xxxxxxx root]# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:DC:DE:53:0D
          inet addr:192.168.123.116  Bcast:192.168.123.255 
Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:2373 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2327 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
          RX bytes:1800311 (1.7 Mb)  TX bytes:353063 (344.7 Kb)
          Interrupt:11

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:253 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:253 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:20406 (19.9 Kb)  TX bytes:20406 (19.9 Kb)


[root@xxxxxxx root]# netstat -i
Kernel Interface table
Iface     MTU Met   RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR   TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP
TX-OVR Flg
eth0       1500   0    2373      0      0      0    2328      0     
0      0 BMNRU
lo        16436   0     253      0      0      0     253      0     
0      0 LRU


[root@xxxxxxx root]# cat /etc/modules.conf

probeall scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
probeall usb-interface usb-ohci ehci-hcd
above snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-slot-0 snd-emu10k1
alias eth0 nvnet
alias sound-slot-1 nvaudio
[root@xxxxxxx root]#

On Wed, 2003-04-09 at 20:10, Neil Williams wrote:
> On Wednesday 09 April 2003 7:39 pm, Julian Hall wrote:
> >
> > 1.  As above, Mandrake 9.0.  The Mobo is an MSI K7N2-L with onboard
> > network card.  Obviously the card works (or how would I be here? ;o))
> > However it detects as "Ethernet card" and UNKNOWN_MODULE.  Am I OK to
> 
> Thing with Linux is that there's always more than one way to find out or 
> change anything. I presume you're using the graphical Mandrake tool 
> (HardDrake?) to see this? Be assured that HardDrake isn't the 
> be-all-and-end-all of configuration. (It isn't always even that good, TBH). 
> For a complete answer, try these: (command line):
> dmesg | grep eth
> as root user:
> ifconfig 
> (or possibly /sbin/ifconfig)
> netstat -i
> cat /etc/modules.conf
> 
> > leave it as that or should I try to make it behave properly?  Perversely
> 
> It probably is working fine, it's just HardDrake that is confused.
> 
> You've lost me on the TV adaptor - never used one. Sorry.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Neil Williams
> =============
> http://www.codehelp.co.uk
> http://www.dclug.org.uk
> 
> http://www.wewantbroadband.co.uk/
> 




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