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From: jaitken@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Jeff Aitken)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: FreeBSD-1.1.5: SLIP, elm problems
Date: 20 Jul 1994 22:56:51 -0400
Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA
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I have recently installed FreeBSD-1.1.5, and have the following
questions/problems.
1. I cannot get SLIP working. I added the following line to /etc/remote:
test:br#57600:pa=none:dv=/dev/tty01:
I then type 'tip test', at which point the TR light on the modem comes on,
but I get no "Connected ..." message. After about 5 seconds, tip exits
and I get a "link down" error.
So next, I installed kermit. When i type 'set line /dev/tty01', it
appears to hang, but if I ^C out of it, I am returned to the kermit prompt
and the line has been set. I then do a 'set speed 57600', followed by a
connect. At this point, I am successfully able to dial my internet provider.
However, after escaping back to kermit and typing 'suspend', I try to
invoke slattach, with the following line:
slattach -s 57600 /dev/tty01
Things appear to work, as it gives me a message about sl0 being attached
to /dev/tty01. However, when I try to do a
route add default 168.143.0.1 1
It complains about an obsolete or old option (something like that) which I
believe is referring to the 1 following my router's IP address. It then
gives me a "network unreachable" message.
What have I done? pseudo-device sl0 is configured into the kernel. The
serial port works (I am posting this message using this computer). What
(probably small, obvious) part have I missed? Unfortunately, there is no
decent documentation on how to set up slip. I found the man pages for
sliplogin and slattach informative, but not enough to get it working
(obviously ;)
2. Yesterday I downloaded the elm port from freebsd.cdrom.com. I built
it by typing "Configure", "make", and "make install". Simple, right?
Well, when I try to read my mail, I get the "trying to read mail while
mail is being received, attempt #x", despite the fact that I'm not
receiving mail at that time. Likewise, I cannot send mail with elm. When
I try, it spits out some error like "/tmp/snd.xxxx: permission denied".
yet the permissions of /tmp are 1777. /bin/mail appears to work fine.
And root can send mail, but gets the same problem when trying to read
mail. I suspect this is because I answered one or more of the Configure
questions incorrectly, but which one? ANy ideas?
Thanks for any help!
Jeff
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Jeff Aitken jaitken@vt.edu
A witty saying proves nothing, but saying something stupid gets
peoples' attention