Gertjan Vinkesteijn wrote:
Gertjan Vinkesteijn wrote:
thedogfarted wrote:
The main problems I faced, was some depencies problems, but I am using the development version. That is why I left out the -debuginfo part, I was in a hurry, my system had crashed and I wanted to be back again in a jiffy.yum was very slow for me today too although i use only mirrors
Alexander Dalloz wrote:
Am So, den 07.03.2004 schrieb Swamper um 20:12:
It took almost 24hrs to do the initial update on my laptop (Vaio) after installing Fedora in just the basic mode without any server packages or anything and it only took around 2hrs to download all four CDs.
And you really make use of mirror server(s) as source?
Alexander
It took me less then 2 hours for the (now) about 2900 updates.
The coming week I will be in the hospital, so my computer willbe offline then.
don't worry, be happy (I am, at least)
At least, my son, I wish you luck #!/bin/bash # # check-if-ppp-up # # Peter de Freitas aka ghovs <ghovs@xxxxxxx> # not-so-fast hack to keep ADSL alive. Include in crontab # # example: # /usr/local/sbin/check-if-ppp-up # and in /etc/crontab the following line: # one-min check if ppp0 is up */1 * * * * root /usr/local/sbin/check-if-ppp-up 1> /dev/null
# variables
export PPP_INTERFACE=ppp0 # ppp device export GATEWAY=195.190.242.109 # ip of ppp device export ADSL_ROUTER=10.0.0.138 # ip of ADSL router
export INTERNAL_INTERFACE=eth0 # interface to LAN (if any)
export INTERNAL_NETWORK=10.0.0.0 # class c used for LAN (if any)
export EXTERNAL_INTERFACE=eth1 # interface to ADSL router
export EXTERNAL_NETWORK=10.0.0.0 # class c used for ADSL router
# ext and int class c's -can- be equalexport LOG=/var/log/ppp.log # logfile
# functions
add_gateway ()
{
# add default gateway
echo "check-if-ppp-up: trying to add default gateway..." &&
route add default gw $GATEWAY 2> /dev/null &&
echo "check-if-ppp-up: default gateway added." >> $LOG ||
echo "check-if-ppp-up: failed to add default gateway." >> $LOG
}start_pppd ()
{
# start up pppd
echo "check-if-ppp-up: trying to restart pppd..." >> $LOG &&
pptp 10.0.0.138 file /etc/ppp/options 1>> $LOG &&
echo "check-if-ppp-up: $PPP_INTERFACE brought back up." >> $LOG ||
echo "check-if-ppp-up: failed to bring $PPP_INTERFACE back up." >> $LOG &sleep 35 # matches pptp failure timeout
# add default gateway add_gateway }
raise_ppp ()
{
# bring up ppp device
echo "check-if-ppp-up: trying to bring up $PPP_INTERFACE..." >> $LOG &&
ifconfig $PPP_INTERFACE up 2> /dev/null &&
echo "check-if-ppp-up: $PPP_INTERFACE brought back up." >> $LOG ||
echo "check-if-ppp-up: attempt to bring $PPP_INTERFACE back up failed, DIY time." >> $LOG
# add default gateway add_gateway }
timestamp ()
{
# timestamp for the log
date >> $LOG
}endstamp ()
{
# indicate end of check-if-ppp-up instance (comment out to keep quiet)
echo "-<->-" >> $LOG
}
# script
# first attempt, in case ppp0 interface is unavailable # (most likely) if ! ifconfig | grep $PPP_INTERFACE && # if ppp device is not up ! ifconfig $PPP_INTERFACE 2> /dev/null | grep $PPP_INTERFACE > /dev/null; # if ppp device does not exist then
timestamp
# explain problem echo "check-if-ppp-up: $PPP_INTERFACE does not exist." >> $LOG;
# fix problem start_pppd
endstamp
# second attempt, in case only the default gw is missing
# (not too likely)
elif route -n | grep "$GATEWAY 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 $INTERFACE" &&
# if route to default gateway exists
! route -n | grep "0.0.0.0 $GATEWAY 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 $INTERFACE";
# if default gateway is not set as such
then
timestamp
# explain problem echo "check-if-ppp-up: the default gateway is unset." >> $LOG
# fix problem add_gateway
endstamp
# third attempt, in case someone did something like 'ifconfig ppp0 down'
# (not likely)
elif ifconfig $PPP_INTERFACE 2> /dev/null | grep $PPP_INTERFACE > /dev/null &&
# if ppp device exists
! ifconfig | grep $PPP_INTERFACE;
# if ppp device is not up
then
timestamp
# explain problem echo "check-if-ppp-up: $PPP_INTERFACE exists, but is down." >> $LOG
# fix problem raise_ppp
endstamp
# fourth attempt, in case someone messed up the routing table
# (hardly likely)
# this -only- tries to get ADSL back up, it does -not- try to fix beyond that
elif ! route -n | grep "0.0.0.0 $GATEWAY 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 $PPP_INTERFACE" &&
# if default gateway is not set as such
! route -n | grep "$GATEWAY 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 $PPP_INTERFACE" &&
# if route to default gateway does not exist
! route -n | grep "$EXTERNAL_NETWORK 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE" ||
! route -n | grep "$ADSL_ROUTER 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE";
# if route to ADSL router does not exist
then
timestamp
# explain problem echo "check-if-ppp-up: the routing table is not set up correctly." >> $LOG
# fix problem
# set route to ADSL router
if [ "$INTERNAL_NETWORK" != "$EXTERNAL_NETWORK" ];
then
route add -net $EXTERNAL_NETWORK netmask 255.255.255.0 dev $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE 2> /dev/null &&
echo "check-if-ppp-up: added route to ADSL router." >> $LOG ||
echo "check-if-ppp-up: failed to add route to ADSL router, DIY time." >> $LOG
elif [ "$INTERNAL_NETWORK" = "$EXTERNAL_NETWORK" ];
# if internal and external network are on the same class c
then
route del -net $EXTERNAL_NETWORK netmask 255.255.255.0 dev $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE 2> /dev/null &&
route add -host $ADSL_ROUTER dev $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE 2> /dev/null &&
echo "check-if-ppp-up: added route to ADSL router." >> $LOG ||
echo "check-if-ppp-up: failed to add route to ADSL router, DIY time." >> $LOG
fi
# now that the routes are all set, the ppp device can be brought back up start_pppd
endstamp fi
# changelog
# 05-nov-2001 <ghovs@xxxxxxx> # - major overhaul, should function properly at last # - added three less likely cases of ADSL breakdown, as well as # - config variables, comments, log messages, functions # 08-nov-2001 <ghovs@xxxxxxx> # - fixed one message not going to
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