I have been told what the problem was. Basically frisbee did not figure out correctly where the parallel port was. Inserting the plip module explicitly via insmod plip io=0x278 irq=7 solves the problem. Apparently, putting arp into the ifconfig helps, too. Now it all works. My next thing is to get IP-Masquerading to work...
Thanks, Janos. > Hello, > > I am having trouble getting PLIP to work. I have two debian linux > machines, called frisbee and piglet. I tried to follow the instructions > of the PLIP mini-HOWTO, they seem to work on piglet but not on frisbee. > (I also have the laplink cable all plugged in but frisbee does not seem > to be ready for the fun.) > > /etc/hosts on frisbee does contain the lines > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 10.0.0.1 frisbee > 10.0.0.2 piglet > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > but when I try to add the routes, I get errors like this: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > frisbee# /sbin/route add -net 10.0.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 > SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > if I go on to do the ifconfig bit anyway, the plip module does get added > but I get errors again > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > frisbee# ifconfig plip1 frisbee pointopoint piglet up > SIOCSIFADDR: No such device > SIOCSIFDSTADDR: No such device > frisbee# lsmod > Module Pages Used by > ppp 5 0 > slip 2 1 > slhc 2 [ppp slip] 1 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I am running a 2.0.33 kernel that I have compiled myself to the > specifications in the HOWTO. I shall include the .config file in an > appendix to this letter. > > Please lend me your advice on how to fix this. I tried to read the RTFM > but the mini-HOWTO suggests that these errors were caused by not > compiling enough stuff into the kernel, which I think is not the case. > (Piglet runs on a very similar kernel.) I have also tried 2.0.27, but > that did not work either. > > Thanks, > > Janos Csirik. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > # > # Automatically generated make config: don't edit > # > > # > # Code maturity level options > # > # CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is not set > > # > # Loadable module support > # > CONFIG_MODULES=y > # CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set > CONFIG_KERNELD=y > > # > # General setup > # > # CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set > CONFIG_NET=y > CONFIG_MAX_16M=y > # CONFIG_PCI is not set > CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y > CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=m > CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y > CONFIG_KERNEL_ELF=y > # CONFIG_M386 is not set > CONFIG_M486=y > # CONFIG_M586 is not set > # CONFIG_M686 is not set > > # > # Floppy, IDE, and other block devices > # > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y > > # > # Please see Documentation/ide.txt for help/info on IDE drives > # > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_PCMCIA is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640 is not set > # CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set > > # > # Additional Block Devices > # > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD=y > CONFIG_MD_LINEAR=y > # CONFIG_MD_STRIPED is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set > > # > # Networking options > # > CONFIG_FIREWALL=y > CONFIG_NET_ALIAS=y > CONFIG_INET=y > CONFIG_IP_FORWARD=y > CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y > # CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES is not set > CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL=y > CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL_VERBOSE=y > CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE=y > > # > # Protocol-specific masquerading support will be built as modules. > # > CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_ICMP=y > CONFIG_IP_ALWAYS_DEFRAG=y > CONFIG_IP_ACCT=y > # CONFIG_IP_ROUTER is not set > CONFIG_NET_IPIP=y > CONFIG_IP_ALIAS=y > > # > # (it is safe to leave these untouched) > # > # CONFIG_INET_PCTCP is not set > # CONFIG_INET_RARP is not set > # CONFIG_NO_PATH_MTU_DISCOVERY is not set > CONFIG_IP_NOSR=y > # CONFIG_SKB_LARGE is not set > > # > # > # > # CONFIG_IPX is not set > # CONFIG_ATALK is not set > # CONFIG_AX25 is not set > # CONFIG_NETLINK is not set > > # > # SCSI support > # > # CONFIG_SCSI is not set > > # > # Network device support > # > CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y > CONFIG_DUMMY=m > # CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set > CONFIG_PLIP=m > CONFIG_PPP=m > > # > # CCP compressors for PPP are only built as modules. > # > CONFIG_SLIP=m > CONFIG_SLIP_COMPRESSED=y > CONFIG_SLIP_SMART=y > CONFIG_SLIP_MODE_SLIP6=y > # CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set > # CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET is not set > # CONFIG_TR is not set > # CONFIG_FDDI is not set > # CONFIG_ARCNET is not set > > # > # ISDN subsystem > # > # CONFIG_ISDN is not set > > # > # CD-ROM drivers (not for SCSI or IDE/ATAPI drives) > # > # CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set > > # > # Filesystems > # > # CONFIG_QUOTA is not set > CONFIG_MINIX_FS=y > # CONFIG_EXT_FS is not set > CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y > # CONFIG_XIA_FS is not set > CONFIG_FAT_FS=y > CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y > # CONFIG_VFAT_FS is not set > # CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS is not set > CONFIG_PROC_FS=y > CONFIG_NFS_FS=y > # CONFIG_ROOT_NFS is not set > # CONFIG_SMB_FS is not set > CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y > # CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set > # CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set > # CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set > > # > # Character devices > # > CONFIG_SERIAL=y > # CONFIG_DIGI is not set > # CONFIG_CYCLADES is not set > # CONFIG_STALDRV is not set > # CONFIG_RISCOM8 is not set > CONFIG_PRINTER=m > # CONFIG_SPECIALIX is not set > # CONFIG_MOUSE is not set > # CONFIG_UMISC is not set > # CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set > # CONFIG_FTAPE is not set > # CONFIG_APM is not set > # CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set > # CONFIG_RTC is not set > > # > # Sound > # > # CONFIG_SOUND is not set > > # > # Kernel hacking > # > # CONFIG_PROFILE is not set > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. 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