ctrl + alt + f and shutdown screen problem + dhcp server problem

Wes Newell wrote:

> Don't have a clue what you're talking about. Are you saying that when you
> press Ctrl+Alt+F1 you don't get a login screen? Perhaps no consoled
> defined. Maybe he Security level you're running. Really don't know.

I have uploaded a new image. When I press ctrl + alt + f1, characters
in login screen are seen like figure [ 1 ]. I hardly recognize my login
name blinking. There is a login screen but it's very strange. Same
funny screen appears during shutdown as well.

> Sorry, I don't quite follow this either. If the XP box is set to share the
> internet connection then it must be booted to share it with the Linux box
> if you have the Linux box setup to use that share. If you want an internet
> connection on the linux box but not use the XP share, then set it up to
> get it from the router if you have one. Really need to know the type of
> internet service and equipment you have for more on this. But if you have
> a router, you don't need to use sharing between boxes. Either set all ofr
> dhcp from the router ip, or assign ll boxes a static ip behind the router.
> If your connection is direct to the xp box, then you don't have much
> choice changing your setup.

Mandriva Linux has an internet connection. The client, which is a
Windows XP machine, uses the Linux machine as a gateway.

scenario 1
************
1) Start Linux server
2) Start Windows client
3) Windows client can not get an IP address. A dummy IP remains (
169... )
:(

scenario 2
************
1) Scenario 1. Linux server and Windows client are running. Restart
Linux server.
2) Windows client gets an IP address.
:)

By this way, I can block some internet sites. I agree, using a router
works fine ( block IPs, forward packages ) But, this is the way that I
like.

Any suggestions/comments?

Thanks in advance

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http://i3.tinypic.com/15z05s9.jpg

Mehmet Zahit Ates

On Wednesday 28 June 2006 01:19, Mehmet Zahit Ates stood up and spoke
the following words to the masses in /alt.os.linux.mandriva...:/

> Wes Newell wrote:
>

>> Don't have a clue what you're talking about. Are you saying that when
>> you press Ctrl+Alt+F1 you don't get a login screen? Perhaps no
>> consoled defined. Maybe he Security level you're running. Really
>> don't know.

>
> I have uploaded a new image. When I press ctrl + alt + f1, characters
> in login screen are seen like figure [ 1 ]. I hardly recognize my
> login name blinking. There is a login screen but it's very strange.
> Same funny screen appears during shutdown as well.

Do you get the same type of characters at boot-up? If so, alter the
/vga/ or /video/ settings in your bootloader. What causes that is a
really bad framebuffer device implementation.

My advice would be to set the /vga/ option to "normal" and to use
something like...

video=vesafb:mtrr:800x600-32@85

.... as an /append/ statement to your kernel image in your bootloader
configuration. Substitute the resolution, color depth and refresh rate
according to your preferences and monitor.

>> Sorry, I don't quite follow this either. If the XP box is set to
>> share the internet connection then it must be booted to share it with
>> the Linux box if you have the Linux box setup to use that share. If
>> you want an internet connection on the linux box but not use the XP
>> share, then set it up to get it from the router if you have one.
>> Really need to know the type of internet service and equipment you
>> have for more on this. But if you have a router, you don't need to
>> use sharing between boxes. Either set all ofr dhcp from the router
>> ip, or assign ll boxes a static ip behind the router. If your
>> connection is direct to the xp box, then you don't have much choice
>> changing your setup.

> Mandriva Linux has an internet connection. The client, which is a
> Windows XP machine, uses the Linux machine as a gateway.
>
> scenario 1
> ************
> 1) Start Linux server
> 2) Start Windows client
> 3) Windows client can not get an IP address. A dummy IP remains (
> 169... )
> :(

If that is true, then the GNU/Linux machine doesn't have /dhcpd/
running. You'll need this daemon to supply dynamic IP addresses to a
client machine, whichever OS that machine runs.

> scenario 2
> ************
> 1) Scenario 1. Linux server and Windows client are running. Restart
> Linux server.
> 2) Windows client gets an IP address.
> :)

Not sure what you mean here... :-/

> By this way, I can block some internet sites. I agree, using a router
> works fine ( block IPs, forward packages ) But, this is the way that I
> like.
>
> Any suggestions/comments?

Set up your GNU/Linux machine as the server, with NAT and either /dhcpd/
or with a static IP configured at the Windows machine.

> [ 1 ]
> http://i3.tinypic.com/15z05s9.jpg

That looks like a screenshot from a computer terminal in one of those
1960's science fiction movies, where computers spoke and understood
plain English, were as big as a house and had cabinets full of tape
reels... ;-)

After that, they switched to computers with fancy-looking GUI's that
were all exclusively operated by typing on a keyboard without any
visible feedback on the accuracy of the typed-in sequence of characters
and without the need for pressing a spacebar... ;-)

--
With kind regards,

*Aragorn*
(Registered GNU/Linux user #223157)

On Wednesday 28 June 2006 01:43, I stood up and spoke the following
words to the masses in /alt.os.linux.mandriva...:/

> On Wednesday 28 June 2006 01:19, Mehmet Zahit Ates stood up and spoke
> the following words to the masses in /alt.os.linux.mandriva...:/
>

>> I have uploaded a new image. When I press ctrl + alt + f1, characters
>> in login screen are seen like figure [ 1 ]. I hardly recognize my
>> login name blinking. There is a login screen but it's very strange.
>> Same funny screen appears during shutdown as well.

>
> Do you get the same type of characters at boot-up? If so, alter the
> /vga/ or /video/ settings in your bootloader. What causes that is a
> really bad framebuffer device implementation.
>
> My advice would be to set the /vga/ option to "normal" and to use
> something like...
>
> video=vesafb:mtrr:800x600-32@85
>
> ... as an /append/ statement to your kernel image in your bootloader
> configuration. Substitute the resolution, color depth and refresh
> rate according to your preferences and monitor.

Sometimes we overlook the obvious... Even if your kernel does or
doesn't have a framebuffer built-in, simply omitting the above and
setting...

vga=normal

.... in the general section of your bootloader configuration should get
you to a normal character mode - i.e. 80x25 characters.

Try this first and see whether the result pleases you. You can always
experiment with framebuffers afterwards.

>> http://i3.tinypic.com/15z05s9.jpg

>
> That looks like a screenshot from a computer terminal in one of those
> 1960's science fiction movies, where computers spoke and understood
> plain English, were as big as a house and had cabinets full of tape
> reels... ;-)
>
> After that, they switched to computers with fancy-looking GUI's that
> were all exclusively operated by typing on a keyboard without any
> visible feedback on the accuracy of the typed-in sequence of
> characters and without the need for pressing a spacebar... ;-)

.... and without the need to press /Enter./ Hmm... Could be /Emacs/ on
steroids... ;-)

--
With kind regards,

*Aragorn*
(Registered GNU/Linux user #223157)

On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:19:46 -0700, Mehmet Zahit Ates wrote:

>
> Wes Newell wrote:

>> Don't have a clue what you're talking about. Are you saying that when you
>> press Ctrl+Alt+F1 you don't get a login screen? Perhaps no consoled
>> defined. Maybe he Security level you're running. Really don't know.

> I have uploaded a new image. When I press ctrl + alt + f1, characters
> in login screen are seen like figure [ 1 ]. I hardly recognize my login
> name blinking. There is a login screen but it's very strange. Same
> funny screen appears during shutdown as well.
>

OK, that helps. you are getting the login screeen, but the default
character set is screwed up. I've actually seen something very similar
to this before. Now if I could only remember what it was I did to fix
it.:-) May have been the default value in lilo, but I'm not sure. too long
ago. but I'd start there. may have been the driver too, but I don't recall
it being that. Sorry.

>> Sorry, I don't quite follow this either. If the XP box is set to share
>> the internet connection then it must be booted to share it with the
>> Linux box if you have the Linux box setup to use that share. If you
>> want an internet connection on the linux box but not use the XP share,
>> then set it up to get it from the router if you have one. Really need
>> to know the type of internet service and equipment you have for more on
>> this. But if you have a router, you don't need to use sharing between
>> boxes. Either set all ofr dhcp from the router ip, or assign ll boxes a
>> static ip behind the router. If your connection is direct to the xp
>> box, then you don't have much choice changing your setup.

> Mandriva Linux has an internet connection. The client, which is a
> Windows XP machine, uses the Linux machine as a gateway.
>
> scenario 1
> ************
> 1) Start Linux server
> 2) Start Windows client
> 3) Windows client can not get an IP address. A dummy IP remains ( 169...
> )
> :(
>
> scenario 2
> ************
> 1) Scenario 1. Linux server and Windows client are running. Restart
> Linux server.
> 2) Windows client gets an IP address.
> :)
>
> By this way, I can block some internet sites. I agree, using a router
> works fine ( block IPs, forward packages ) But, this is the way that I
> like.
>
> Any suggestions/comments?
>

Just that I use a router to avoid all this.:-) Probably something to do
with the linux firewall.

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Wes Newell wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:19:46 -0700, Mehmet Zahit Ates wrote:
> OK, that helps. you are getting the login screeen, but the default
> character set is screwed up. I've actually seen something very similar
> to this before. Now if I could only remember what it was I did to fix
> it.:-) May have been the default value in lilo, but I'm not sure. too long
> ago. but I'd start there. may have been the driver too, but I don't recall
> it being that. Sorry.

I hope, someone remembers how to fix it soon :)

> Just that I use a router to avoid all this.:-) Probably something to do
> with the linux firewall.

Wow! Thanks for ur superb comment. Firewall may drop requests. It might
be the reason.

Mehmet Zahit Ates

On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 23:12:55 -0700, Mehmet Zahit Ates wrote:

> Wes Newell wrote:

>> On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:19:46 -0700, Mehmet Zahit Ates wrote:
>> OK, that helps. you are getting the login screeen, but the default
>> character set is screwed up. I've actually seen something very similar
>> to this before. Now if I could only remember what it was I did to fix
>> it.:-) May have been the default value in lilo, but I'm not sure. too long
>> ago. but I'd start there. may have been the driver too, but I don't recall
>> it being that. Sorry.

> I hope, someone remembers how to fix it soon :)
>

I'm pretty sure it was the vga setting in lilo. Set vga=normal under
whatever label you boot to, run lilo, and reboot. Seems like it was set to
some number before I changed it.

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