[ale] Installfest Success / Internet Connection

[Keith Hopkins]

ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> I ran this:
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/network stop && /etc/rc.d/init.d/ipchains stop \
> && modprobe -r ipchains && /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables start && iptables -L -n
> 
> rpm -e ipchains
> 
> and now I get this:
>

  [snip]

> but my Internet connection still doesn't work. Lan card still pings itself 
> okay, and the router but not anything else. Please help. Thanks in advance. 
> By the way, I also noticed that I have three new directories mounted under 
> disk managment.
> 
> /dev/shm	/proc	/dev/pts
> 
> /proc would not "unmount" either. Does anyone have a clue as to why there are 
> new folders and such? Do these have to do with DVD playing of midi sequencers?
> 

I think you'll have to actually reboot (gasp!) to make the kernel quit using ipchains.  make sure your startup scripts don't try to initialize ipchains again on boot.

does the rpm -e actually remove anything?


shm is a shared memory device
proc is ... proc ... reports live info from the kernel about different parts of your computer
pts is for ttys

huh? What does DVD have to do with MIDI?
proc probably gets involved in both.  shm might get involved in DVD.  I don't think pts would involve either.

-- 
Lost in Tokyo,
   Keith
     Jack of All Trades, Anarchist



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