HELP!!! Can't compile speakup in Slackware kernel

[Lorenzo Prince]

I got the address from ifconfig.  It is the IP address currently assigned
by my ISP.  Unfortunately, I couldn't find a way to specify an alternate
method that would get the currently assigned address so it would change if
my IP address changes.

Lorenzo

E Pluribus Unix

John covici staggered into view and mumbled:

> 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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