From: adam@address.invalid
Moe Trin wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Nov 2012, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandriva, in
article
> , Adam wrote:
[modem-on-hold]
> From what I understand, this is part of the v.92 specification, and
> the question is more if the ISP has enabled the function.
According to AT+PCW and AT+PMH, the Linuxant driver on eris doesn't
support it, but the USB modem does. A NetZero web page says they
support it, but the page is old, pre-2006. I'm also not sure whether
their Linux software supports it. Again, doesn't sound worth it for me.
>>> But if you've got v.90 working, that probably good enough.
Another complication discovered: the winmodem only switches from
(probably) v.34a to v.90 when it /connects/ as v.90. Although it now
gets initialized to v.90, the NZ/J software first does an ATZ which
resets that to v.92, so no connection is made using v.90 (unless I make
one myself) and NZ/J has the v.92 setting but connects at 33.4k. I
suppose somewhere in the Linuxant software there's code that makes it
default to v.92. Maybe someday I'll look at it and try to change it to
v.90, or else disable the NZ/J software from sending ATZ (maybe just "AT
" instead).
[boot with wireless]
> I don't have a CentOS to look at,. but "the Red Hat way" was that
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/network eventually calls the script[s] in
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ and works it's magic there.
Fedora and CentOS are slightly different. The problem was that CentOS
had some of the files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ named
*-wireless and others were *-Wireless_connection_1 . Now that there are
both versions of all three relevant files, it boots with wireless
connected. Not as early in the boot process as I'd like (the boot
messages still report failure), but by the time it gets to the login
screen wireless is working.
[Linuxant driver]
> I was looking at new systems at Frys recently
Considering getting one?
> none had an internal modem,
Seems to be standard these days.
> and the choices of externals is essentially limited now to
> the USB interface.
Well, USB hardware modems should work with any system with a USB port,
regardless of OS. The local Best Buy now stocks only one modem, a USB
hardware modem, and if it were my decision I'd say that's just about the
right number of modems to carry nowadays given the limited shelf space
of the store. I'd be surprised if they even sell one a week.
[which modems]
>>> as far as I know, udev is here to stay, and it's just
>>> how the individual distribution implements static device links.
>
>> Another "see your distro's documentation" item, then?
>
> [ -L /dev/modem ]
But [ -L /dev/modem ] would return true even if it was an incorrect or
dangling link. Basically I'm going to describe the one-time setup in
the text, instead of complicating my script. Besides, it's
distro-dependent.
['route' vs 'ip route']
>> /etc/avahi/avahi-autoipd.action (in several distros)
>
>> if [ -x /bin/ip -o -x /sbin/ip ] ; then
>
> While the FHS says that (and doesn't mention the "ip" command), it's
> not that much extra. One of the people at work says Debian/clones
> puts "ip" in /bin, and retains /sbin/ifconfig and /sbin/route
In the (current?) version of Debian on eris, /sbin/ip is a symlink to
/bin/ip ; the others are in /sbin. I might as well check for both, and
then just use 'ip route' to invoke whichever's first in the user's PATH.
>> Another unexpected problem is that the current (test) version of the
>> script doesn't run correctly if invoked by 'sudo' but runs correctly
>> if invoked by "su -c".
The problem is in some versions of Java.
[adam@stolid ~]$ cat /opt/juclient/runclient.sh
#!/bin/sh
cd /opt/juclient
cp=./lib/zcast1_6.jar:./lib/bwt300.jar
java -cp $cp -Dnz.browser=mozilla -Dnz.clientName=$0 -Dnz.RAS=./nzppp
-Dnz.rasdelay=60000 -Dnz.TextFontName=SansSerif -Dnz.TextFontSize=7
-Dnz.FontName=Arial -Dnz.FontSize=9 nzcom.ZCast
[adam@stolid ~]$
The "java..." is one long line. This is the NZ/J-supplied script that
actually makes the connection, or rather runs the Java software to make
the connection. On stolid, the java command in that works (brings up
the splash screen) whether invoked as "adam" or root using "su -c" or
"su - -c". However, when run with sudo, java reports "No protocol
specified" and aborts. On eris under CentOS, it's successful in all of
those cases. I suspect an obscure bug in:
[adam@stolid ~]$ java -version
java version "1.7.0_09"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_09-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.5-b02, mixed mode)
[adam@stolid ~]$
but not:
[adam@eris ~]$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_24"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.11.5)
(rhel-1.50.1.11.5.el6_3-x86_64)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.0-b12, mixed mode)
[adam@eris ~]$
I can either look into it, or just put a warning in my file. Probably
the latter, given the limited interest in it.
>> The PA said I'm doing extremely well (going by lab work), and the
>> surgeon wants me back in _six_ months. Last time it was four months,
>> and before that three months.
>
> that really is good to hear, and I know how good it must feel.
Thanks! Actually my biggest worry about the kidney transplant is that
for unknown reasons, many successful ones eventually stop working. I
remember my nephrologist saying happily that I should be good for
another 15-20 years, but even that would run out before I'm 70. Some
transplants have lasted considerably longer, and of course those were
done years ago using older procedures and medications.
>> Unfortunately that's no excuse for not working harder on losing weight.
>
> Ah, you would have to bring that up. I'm catching it from the Primary
> Care that I really should loose a minimum of 10 pounds.
I've gained at least 30 pounds just since the transplant, about one a
month. Some of my XL t-shirts don't even fit decently any more.
Meanwhile, I'm working on another story for class. It's a parody of the
"hard-boiled" detective in 1940s L.A., and I'm trying to find some way
to work the phrase "out in the tules" into it.
Adam
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