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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         John Covici
         covici at ccs.covici.com




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