[lug] KRUD install problems

[Jeffery Collins]

On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Kevin Fenzi wrote:

> humm...are you running the 2.4.0 kernel on this laptop? 
> I ran into a issue with the 2.4.0 kernel and the powertweak package
> that could cause this very error. It seems that powertweak was setting
> the shared memory to 0 and the X server was thus unable to get any
> shared memory to function. ;( 
	
	2.2.16

> 
> If this is a 2.2.x kernel, this shouldn't be an issue, but you might
> check and make sure you have shared memory: 
> 
> cat /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax or /proc/sys/kernel/shmall

The both contain: 33554432
> 
> Jeffery> 2.  Network card
> 
> Jeffery> time.
> 
> What messages does it give you? 

See the attachment.

> You should be looking at the /etc/pcmcia/network.opts file. That
> should be setup to use dhcp, etc...

I don't have that specific file, but have a shell script containing calls
to scripts and config files in /etc/sysconf/network-scripts.  The
ifcfg-eth0 config file has a config variable set to dhcp.  I'll double
check to ensure this one is being called.


 > 
> Jeffery> As a side note, the machine came preinstalled with Win2K.  It
> Jeffery> detected the card, but whether I configured the
> Jeffery> IP/Gateway/Netmask manually or set it up for dhcp, no network
> Jeffery> connection was ever achieved.
> 
> Jeffery> BTW, what is the difference between netcfg, netconf and
> Jeffery> netconfig (and that found in linuxconf)?  Do they all affect
> Jeffery> the same set of config files?
> 
> yes, but they are diffrent interfaces to them. It's best to stick with
> one of them since they might modify the files in an incompatible
> manner for the rest. :)

Ok.
> 
> kevin
> -- 
> Kevin Fenzi
> MTS, tummy.com, ltd.
> http://www.tummy.com/  KRUD - Kevin's Red Hat Uber Distribution
> 
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This is a snippet of the log file.  This first section of text
shows what happens when the dhcp fails.



Jan 24 11:52:21 localhost cardmgr[446]: initializing socket 0
Jan 24 11:52:21 localhost cardmgr[446]: socket 0: Megahertz CC/XJEM3336 Ethernet/Modem
Jan 24 11:52:21 localhost cardmgr[446]: executing: 'modprobe smc91c92_cs'
Jan 24 11:52:21 localhost cardmgr[446]: executing: 'modprobe serial_cs'
Jan 24 11:52:21 localhost kernel: eth0: smc91c94 rev 1: io 0x300, irq 3, hw_addr 00:00:86:15:FC:4B
Jan 24 11:52:21 localhost kernel:   4608 byte buffer, auto xcvr
Jan 24 11:52:21 localhost kernel: tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
Jan 24 11:52:21 localhost cardmgr[446]: executing: './network start eth0'
Jan 24 11:52:23 localhost kernel: eth0: flipped to 10baseT
Jan 24 12:03:50 localhost cardmgr[446]: executing: './network start eth0'
Jan 24 12:03:51 localhost kernel: eth0: flipped to 10baseT
Jan 24 12:04:21 localhost kernel: eth0: flipped to 10baseT
Jan 24 12:04:50 localhost cardmgr[446]: + Determining IP information for eth0...Operation failed.
Jan 24 12:04:51 localhost kernel: eth0: flipped to 10baseT
Jan 24 12:05:32 localhost kernel: tty01 unloaded
Jan 24 12:05:50 localhost dhcpcd[968]: timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response 
Jan 24 12:05:50 localhost cardmgr[446]: +  failed.



The following log snippet is from the second successful attempt
to connect to the network.



Jan 24 12:05:50 localhost cardmgr[446]: start cmd exited with status 1
Jan 24 12:05:50 localhost cardmgr[446]: executing: './serial start ttyS1'
Jan 24 12:05:50 localhost cardmgr[446]: shutting down socket 0
Jan 24 12:05:50 localhost cardmgr[446]: executing: './network stop eth0'
Jan 24 12:05:51 localhost cardmgr[446]: executing: './serial stop ttyS1'
Jan 24 12:05:51 localhost cardmgr[446]: executing: 'modprobe -r smc91c92_cs'
Jan 24 12:05:51 localhost cardmgr[446]: executing: 'modprobe -r serial_cs'
Jan 24 12:10:00 localhost CROND[1018]: (root) CMD (   /sbin/rmmod -as) 
Jan 24 12:20:00 localhost CROND[1033]: (root) CMD (   /sbin/rmmod -as) 
Jan 24 12:30:00 localhost CROND[1035]: (root) CMD (   /sbin/rmmod -as) 
Jan 24 12:31:21 localhost cardmgr[446]: initializing socket 0
Jan 24 12:31:21 localhost cardmgr[446]: socket 0: Megahertz CC/XJEM3336 Ethernet/Modem
Jan 24 12:31:21 localhost cardmgr[446]: executing: 'modprobe smc91c92_cs'
Jan 24 12:31:21 localhost cardmgr[446]: executing: 'modprobe serial_cs'
Jan 24 12:31:21 localhost kernel: eth0: smc91c94 rev 1: io 0x300, irq 3, hw_addr 00:00:86:15:FC:4B
Jan 24 12:31:21 localhost kernel:   4608 byte buffer, auto xcvr
Jan 24 12:31:21 localhost kernel: tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
Jan 24 12:31:21 localhost cardmgr[446]: executing: './network start eth0'
Jan 24 12:31:22 localhost kernel: eth0: flipped to 10baseT
Jan 24 12:31:39 localhost kernel: eth0: flipped to 10baseT
Jan 24 12:31:45 localhost pumpd[502]: configured interface eth0
Jan 24 12:31:45 localhost cardmgr[446]: + Determining IP information for eth0... done.
Jan 24 12:31:45 localhost cardmgr[446]: executing: './serial start ttyS1'