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#1 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Devuan Chimaera gateway setup » 2021-09-28 20:21:14

Thanks for the update on the WAP (wireless access point) part.
Waiting on a new wireless nic card for the server. will update when I get back on this.

Again thanks for your help.

#2 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Devuan Chimaera gateway setup » 2021-09-24 22:03:43

Thanks for the  help. So far, so good. Gonna mark as solved and move on to the next test which is adding a wireless nic and turn it into a WAP (wireless access point)

#3 Installation » [SOLVED] Devuan Chimaera gateway setup » 2021-09-21 15:41:14

etech3
Replies: 4

Devuan Chimaera gateway  setup

My oldest test machine is a 32 bit Aopen P4 20 Gig hard drive with 2 Gig of memory. This machine is over 20 years old and still runs fine. As a headless machine, I want to set up arouter/gateway on this machine.

I need  a howto showing the steps needed. This machine has 2 nics built in. After this is setup, I want to add a wireless usb card later as a wireless access point.

I need to use this as a stand alone router. Eth0 is for Wan with Eth1 for Lan connections. I want DHCP, NAT and other components.

Need lots of help on this test as it has been over 15 years since I have done this and a lot has changed.

TIA

#4 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Testing testing Chimaera on laptop » 2021-08-01 00:07:53

OK testing on this laptop has finished up for now. I am going to mark this solved and on to next tests,

Thanks for everyone's help.

#5 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Testing testing Chimaera on laptop » 2021-07-17 14:57:14

summary:

Testing load Devuan 4 64 bit on a laptop with desktop dvd iso from usb with nonfree sources.

loaded the XFCE (default) and mate DE.

After first boot to DE:

check

dmesg | grep failed

for missing drivers (loaded b43 driver).

Whether you install with static IP for wired connection or not, network manager is in control (nothing in /etc/network/interface).
Look in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections and use ls command to list available connections.

TIP:

If you plug and unplug wired connection(s) and/or switch rf (wifi) connections, network manager will get confused. Sometimes network manager is a little slow (couple of seconds at the most), and if you are logging into via ssh, the ssh connection may lock up. The solution for me was to logout/login on the laptop or reboot/shutdown which will break the ssh connection pipe. Shades of $doze reboot/restart appears to help.

Conclusion:

Overall the Chimaera OS appears to be smooth and almost ready for daily driver. This laptop will stay config this way for mpw. Iit is for more  testing and playing with.

Hope this helps.

Any questions, post a reply. I will mark this solved in a few days.

Just my 2cents. Now who said that?
Golinux you may check my spelling

#6 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Testing testing Chimaera on laptop » 2021-07-14 01:05:15

OK

from a fresh install iso to working desktop (mate and XFCE)

connections are stored in:

/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections# ls
'Wired connection 1'
WIRELESS#ONE.nmconnection                 
Verizon-MiFi8800LXXXX.nmconnection

Will finish testing tomorrow and report back

#7 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Testing testing Chimaera on laptop » 2021-07-09 02:15:16

OK I can confirm that you can change the IP4 address settings in:

/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/'Wired connection 1'

This test was a install with static IP. Then changed the setting of the IP4 address, then reboot and it worked fine.

#8 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Testing testing Chimaera on laptop » 2021-07-09 01:23:42

OK golinux. My eyes are worse now than ever. Some of the colors hurt and it makes it hard for me to read. Better with w/b. Good to hear from ya.

#9 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Testing testing Chimaera on laptop » 2021-07-09 01:15:19

OK got it it's in:

/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/'Wired connection 1'

since when has spaces been allowed in file names? The way I l;earned a long time ago was the kiss rule and no spaces.

OK more research

#10 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Testing testing Chimaera on laptop » 2021-07-09 00:40:22

OK next question:
went back to a static IP4 for test. In:

/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf

shows:

[main]
plugins=ifupdown,keyfile

[ifupdown]
managed=false

So where is the IP4 address stored?
should managed=false be changed to true?

TIA

#11 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Testing testing Chimaera on laptop » 2021-07-08 00:46:34

correction I meant all three:

echo "net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1" >> /etc/sysctl.conf ; sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf
echo "net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1" >> /etc/sysctl.conf ; sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf
echo "net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1" >> /etc/sysctl.conf ; sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf

#12 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Testing testing Chimaera on laptop » 2021-07-08 00:02:10

Question:
What's the best way to shut down IP6 for testing without it?

I have used in the past

echo "net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1"

Still good?

#13 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Testing testing Chimaera on laptop » 2021-07-07 23:26:07

OK update
changed cable modem/router password to lowercase and the winoze machine updated the key and it's back online.

going to try a wireless install which I have never done cause of problems in the past.

I have seen DHCPDISCOVER hang on boot. Hangs on DHCP ip6 looks like. Will have to check cable modem/router for IP6 settings. They may be off I think.

#14 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Testing testing Chimaera on laptop » 2021-07-06 16:52:47

fsmithred wrote:

Network setup in xfce is now handled by network-manager. If you want to use /etc/network/interfaces, you should disable or remove network-manager, or they will fight with each other.

I haven't tried the latest installers with a wireless connection yet, but with earlier ones, I had trouble if the wireless password had special characters in it. If I changed it to all lower case, the password worked in the installer. Special characters work correctly in the installed system.

I can confirm that they are fighting each other. Just for kicks I blew the os away and reinstalled and setup ip with DHCP. I put the the ip address for static  in and rebooted it. SSH came came up with the static ip on eth0.

Blew the interfaces away in the /etc/network/interfaces (reset showing lo only). Rebooted and the machine came back up with the DHCP IP address.

Will blow away the machine and use DHCP and change wlan0 password to lowercase. Had a couple of uppercase and a ! in it for kicks which has been working on other systems (doze and Devuan 1,2 and 3.

Will report back. Thanks fsmithred

#15 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Testing testing Chimaera on laptop » 2021-07-06 01:40:18

I will take a look. First thing is that this was setup with a static for eth0 but nothing is in /etc/network/interfaces showing eth0. I put a a 192.XXX.XXX.XXX during install. But nothing is there except Lo:

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

I will take a read on the link

#16 Installation » [SOLVED] Testing testing Chimaera on laptop » 2021-07-05 23:04:49

etech3
Replies: 16

Got a Dell laptop to play with for some testing. Used the desktop 4.0 iso to install a fresh copy to start from scratch. Install with patch cable to the net. Appears to work pretty good. Using expert install and loaded xfce to start with.

First problem seems to be with wifi. on gui clicked on network to set up and put in the SSID and pass for wpa2 but seems to go in a loop with the popup asking for password which is in there and is correct.

OK what to test first? Been a while since I've used wireless, but since I had it, want to use it to test.

wire ip is good and if I plug/unplug it will change.

Cable modem has been working. Other half using doze with vpn so network is good.

cable modem gives out DHCP.

TIA

#17 Re: DIY » largely for siva (+ anybody interested): distro remixing methods » 2018-12-05 22:56:32

I was looking at your statement in #4:
"start with a netinstall iso and un-check everything except standard system utilities in the tasksel window. Add the cli refracta tools and make some config changes, and then make the no-X iso.  "

I was going to start this lab test with Devuan Jessie 32 bit and wanted to do a ISO to build from (no GUI), then build from there. Then do a ASCII net install after this on on the next test.
Just trying to do a minimal install to start with to get the ISO. I will try the latest version. Thanks.

#18 Re: DIY » largely for siva (+ anybody interested): distro remixing methods » 2018-12-05 19:41:49

fsmithred wrote:

The correction you requested:
While I have made a few experimental isos that started with a debootstrap install, I usually start with a netinstall iso and un-check everything except standard system utilities in the tasksel window. Add the cli refracta tools and make some config changes, and then make the no-X iso. 

For the desktop iso, I start with an install from the no-X. That way, I still have both systems and can update both no-X and desktop isos.

...and the one you didn't:

Older versions of refractasnapshot used the isohybrid command from isolinux. More recent versions make the isohybrid as part of the xorriso command.

I like the idea of changing an existing iso. David Hare (dzz of Exegnulinux and Refracta) wrote a script to do that, and that script was included in refracta8 (jessie). I should make sure it still works and include it in refracta9.

remaster-snapshot does the following:
# Four stages (script will execute one selected action only then exit):
# 1. Extract and unsquash a live-cd
# 2. Chroot the unpacked system with appropriate bind mounts
# 3. Prepare for "live" use and squash the unpacked system
# 4. Build a new ISO

Another place to customize a system is during the installation. Refracta installer has a point where it pauses to allow you to chroot into the installed system and make changes. You can edit configs and add or remove software at this point. (Note: you could also do those things in the live session, before running the installer, but adding software would use up a lot of RAM.)

fsmithred

I was going to set up a Devuan Jessie 386 test machine with the devuan net install. This will be a terminal base install only, no gui. What are the steps for installing the Refracta parts from a command line including installing Yad?

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