Very Computer

I finally got desperate/annoyed, so I tracked down the netatalk developers
mailing list and asked my questions over there. They were able to figure out
what atalkd was crashing -- YellowDogLinux Championship Server 1.2 does not
have DDP support (module appletalk.o) compiled into the kernel. *sigh*

So now I manually insmod /lib/modules/2.2.15-2.9.0/misc/appletalk.o, and then
atalkd works -- almost. No matter how much or how little I put in
/etc/atalk/atalkd.conf, it claims it can't find the interfaces I specified --
and deletes them from the conf file. (How rude.) It then finds a default
configuration on my ethernet card, presumably from some ddp router on the same
cable modem segment, and configures atalkd for that interface.

That doesn't solve my real problem, which is how to bring it up so that my
printer port (good ol' .ain and .aout, in MacOS) is a LocalTalk interface --
which I need, in order to get to my HP LaserJet 4ML printer via papd. *sigh*

Has anybody else had this problem and solved it? If so, what are the uncommented
lines in your atalkd.conf file?

(Also, it would help if somebody could point me towards a HOWTO or a man page
explaining how to link appletalk.o =permanently= into my kernel, or at least,
where to put that insmod statement so that it comes up each time. I'm that new
to UN*X administration; this is the first machine I've been allowed to touch
the kernel on.)

--
J. Brad Hicks
U.S. Shamanics & Mechanical Zen

http://us-shamanics.com/brad/

I am using LinuxPPC 2000, and I compiled kernel 2.2.16 to get support for a PCI
Ethernet board I installed. While browsing the various options for the kernel with
"make menuconfig", I stumbled upon "AppleTak support". I thought that was
interesting for later, so I changed it from 'M' (module) to '*' (built-in), and
compiled the kernel (very easily, too).
A few days later I had completely forgotten about this, and I was almost scared
when I saw a new file server appear in the Chooser. The only configuration work I
have done since is specifying the name I want the AFP server to show in the
Chooser.

I have not used a printer with my LinuxPPC box yet, but if you are serious about
using your Linux box as a file and print server for Macintoshes, I'd strongly
suggest to compile your own kernel. However limited, I found a modest
LinuxPPC-Kernel-HOWTO at http://gdr.free.fr/linux.html

good luck,

Nik

There's no support for LocalTalk in the Linux kernel. Adding the
necessary bits would be quite a fun project for someone experienced in
SCC programming.
Use a Ethernet/Localtalk converter box or a parallel port ethernet print
server box (that would have the additional benefit of running TCP/IP and
Appletalk print services side by side).

        Michael