Mac-on-Linux networking problems [Hoary]

[Nathan Sprangers]

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 07:30:09 -0500
Eric Dunbar <eric.dunbar at gmail.com> wrote:

> Don't know if this is a Hoary-specific problem...
> 
> I managed to get MOL 0.9.70 working after following the Ubuntu wiki
> instructions (which I ought to update with a comment or two re:
> Hoary).
> 
> OS X boots (miraculously... first time I've had OS X boot under MOL on
> any machine without having to install OS X *through* MOL) with sudo
> startmol -X but unfortunately the DHCP internet access doesn't work.
> I've installed the MOL driver into OS X 10.3.8 and tried fiddling with
> the Networking preferences pane.
> 
> There are some other quirks that need fixing but internet is the most
> important (this way I can use Ubuntu & my partner can use OS X,
> without having to reboot out of Ubuntu). (other quirks: font smoothing
> goes funny and an error dialogue is presented at login saying login
> can't proceed, but, login does proceed nonetheless).
> 
> So... is internet a fixable problem?

Same version of MOL in Warty.  I built it last night with a 2.6.8.1-3
kernel.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that dhcp (the dhcp
daemon) needs to be installed - if I recall correctly, MOL provides
networking with the dhcp daemon, so that might be something that needs
to be added to the wiki.  I installed dhcp but it won't start for me:

(from /var/log/syslog)
Feb 28 08:52:35 arucard dhcpd: No subnet declaration for eth0
(69.201.12.137).
Feb 28 08:52:35 arucard dhcpd: Please write a subnet declaration in your
dhcpd.conf file for the
Feb 28 08:52:35 arucard dhcpd: network segment to which interface eth0
is attached.
Feb 28 08:52:35 arucard dhcpd: exiting.

And later, but I'm not sure if it's relevant:

Feb 28 08:53:03 arucard dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 10.103.176.1
port 67
Feb 28 08:53:04 arucard dhclient: DHCPACK from 10.103.176.1
Feb 28 08:53:04 arucard dhclient: bound to 69.201.12.137 -- renewal in
36829 seconds.

I also tried 'sudo /etc/mol/tunconfig iface up' but got:
expr: syntax error
192.168..1: Unknown host
ifconfig: `--help' gives usage information.
192.168..1: Unknown host
ifconfig: `--help' gives usage information.
iptables v1.2.9: host/network `192.168..0' not found
Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information.
DHCP nameserver exported: 24.92.226.176
iptables v1.2.9: host/network `192.168..1' not found
Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information.
iptables v1.2.9: host/network `192.168..1' not found
Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information.

So looks like something's up with iptables.  I remember I had this
working before with OS X 10.2, so I'm going to install Firestarter
because I remember there was something to do with NAT there.  Also, take
a look at /etc/mol/molrc.net, there might be some stuff needing
configuration there.

-Nathan