HELP!!! Can't compile speakup in Slackware kernel
John covici
covici at ccs.covici.com
Sat Apr 12 22:01:49 EDT 2003
Where did you get that address for eth0? Also, you have prohibited
connections to eth0, if you are running a mail server that will not work.
on Saturday 04/12/2003 Lorenzo Prince(lorenzo at princenet.sytes.net) wrote
> I am running slack9.0 on both systems. I am using a crossover cable to
> connect eth0 on the laptop, (192.168.0.2) to eth1 on the desktop,
> (192.168.0.1) and using t192.168.0.1 as the gateway. I can mount the NFS
> filesystem on the PC with no trouble. The problem comes in when I try to
> setup IP masquerading to connect to the internet. It works just as
> promised in the documentation, except it then won't allow me to receive
> email on princenet.sytes.net, which is the domain of my desktop. If I
> reboot the system without using the masquerading script that I wrote as
> per documentation, I start getting all the backed-up email I didn't
> receive while masquerading was turned on. Note that I am using the
> security and masquerading options as given in the howto in
> /usr/doc/Linux-Howtos/Masquerading-Simple-Howto. Maybe someone can help
> me with this issue. I will include the script I am using.
>
> CODE:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> #setup IP masquerading
> /sbin/modprobe ipt_MASQUERADE
> iptables -F; iptables -t nat -F; iptables -t mangle -F
> iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j SNAT --to 24.74.132.37
> echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
> #security options
> iptables -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j
> ACCEPT
> iptables -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -i ! eth0 -j ACCEPT
> iptables -P INPUT DROP
> iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o eth0 -j REJECT
>
> Any help with this script that would both get me connected and also not
> stop my email would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Lorenzo
>
> E Pluribus Unix
>
> Doug Sutherland staggered into view and mumbled:
>
> > Lorenzo,
> >
> > That might work, but Owen said that he's really depending
> > on the CVS version of speakup, and he didn't seem to think
> > that the 1.0 version would work. What's the problem with
> > your laptop net connection?
> >
> > One thing I do all the time is move laptop hard drives and
> > mount them as slave on another system, to copy files over.
> > There are adapters that convert 40-pin IDE (desktop standard)
> > to 44-pin IDE (laptop standard). Or maybe you can use some
> > other method like direct cable connection or something. What
> > OS is on the laptop, just linux? I have seen ways to connect
> > machines with parallel cables or usb cables.
> >
> > -- Doug
> >
> >
> >
> > Lorenzo wrote:
> > >Hmm. It then seems that I could mv /usr/src/speakup-1.0 /usr/src/speakup
> > >and then cp /usr/src/speakup/install . and then ./install and the patch
> > >should work. I might try that too if I can't get my laptop on the net. I
> > >have the 2 computers networked, but the masquerading documentation didn't
> > >get the client on the net.
> >
> >
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