Subject: Re: printer and modem nearly working (was: close to giving up on YDL 2)
From: Merrill Aldrich (maldrich@netwalk.com)
Date: Fri Aug 10 2001 - 18:31:42 MDT
Yes! Printing AND internet access AND Open Office! My machine now feels
like a little Linux nirvana. I might even write a HOWTO about all this so
people like me will stop bugging everyone on the list =-).
One last question and I promise to go away ... which configuration file
loads the kernel modules at boot?
Thanks so much for the help... again please excuse my completely lame
problems and total ignorance.
- Merrill Aldrich
ABrady wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Aug 2001 22:34:52 -0400 Merrill Aldrich
> <maldrich@netwalk.com> imparted to us:
>
> > Dan -
> >
> > Your suggestion got me most of the way there! I downloaded and
> > installed
> > the kernel rpm at
> >
> > ftp://ftp.terraplex.com/pub/users/dburcaw/kernel-2.4.4-3b/
> > I had to read up on modules (that'll give you some idea how new I am
> > at
> > this ;-) and found that if I use
> >
> > insmod printer
> >
> > the printer will work,
> >
> > likewise
> >
> > insmod macserial
> >
> > brings the modem to life. There was much rejoicing. I'm not sure where
> > you are, but perhaps you heard me jumping up and down when it worked!
> >
> > Now there are just two small items remaining, if anyone has a minute
> > to
> > help me:
> >
> > 1. ppp is not cooperating with the new kernel. I noticed another
> > thread
> > about that issue, where Phil was able to use MAKEDEV ppp to get it
> > going.
> >
> > I tried
> >
> > cd /dev
> > ./MAKEDEV ppp
> >
> > but the behavior I get is that the modem dials, the machine logs into
> > my
> > ISP, but no working network connection is made. (i.e. browser(s)
> > cannot
> > find any web sites, etc)
> >
> > What's the best solution here? Is there a fix posted somewhere?
> >
> > and
> >
> > 2. Where is the configuration file that controls which modules load at
> > boot? I'd like to add the printer and macserial modules, and remove
> > the
> > sound module since it does not appear to work on my cube. (Again
> > please
> > excuse my ignorance)
> >
> > Dan Burcaw wrote:
> >
> > > The -3b revision available at:
> > > ftp://ftp.terraplex.com/pub/users/dburcaw/kernel-2.4.4-3b/
> > > is a much more well-rounded kernel build. I suggest you
> > > give it a try.
> > >
> > > On Wednesday 08 August 2001 10:54, you wrote:
> > >
> > >> The other replies to this post seem to focus on ppp and eth0, which
> > would
> > >> be useless to you if ttyS0 does not exist. I know because I am
> > having an
> > >> identical problem with the stock 2.4.4-1asmp kernel. Perhaps
> > TerraSoft did
> > >> not compile support for /dev/ttyS0 and /dev/usb/lp0 into the 2.4
> > kernels???
>
> Put your ISP's DNS servers in /etc/resolv.conf and that oughta do 'er.
> Should look about like this:
>
> domain kc.rr.com
> nameserver 24.94.163.114
> nameserver 24.94.163.113
> nameserver 24.94.163.33
> search kc.rr.com
>
> YMMV.
>
> --
> Excuse my english. I went to US public school.
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