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Hi I managed to get a half hour with the family off of the Internet to download Fossadog for a try-out. I've got it installed using the installer on USB thumbdrive. I've got a change file in Casper. Apt updated. Computer is the laptop in signature.

Right now it's only got one new app added: Xrdp. Troubleshooting why I can't connect to it.

The basic problem I'm getting is I can't ping to it from a Puppy Bionic64 on the same LAN. The FossaDog is at 192.168.1.7 and the Bionicpup is at 192.168.1.11. DNS is 192.168.1.1. Neither box is running a firewall at the moment

I CAN ping 192.168.1.11 from 192.168.1.7 (Bionicpup from FossaDog) but I can't go the other way.

Any help appreciated!

FossaDog:

root@live:~# ip r
default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0 metric 303 
192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.7 metric 303

BionicPup64:

root# ip r
default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0
127.0.0.0/8 dev lo scope link
192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 scope link   src 192.168.1.11

@vtpup wrote:

I've got a change file in Casper.

Apart from your ping Problems
Further Problems with changes file possibly becoming to small in the Future.... can be avoided by using a Save Folder right from the Start instead of a Save File. ....and the changes=EXIT:/ Option in the Grub4dos menu.lst .
Regards !

Thanks backi, savefile is 3 gigs and this is just a temporary try out of FossaDog on USB.
Also, save folder wouldn't work on this FAT32 formatted stick.

Can anybody else ping their Fossadog installation from another box on their LAN?

Just booted the latest, from November 2020, FossaDog64 ISO file via SG2D to a pristine desktop.

Booted without issues and I can ping if from other PCs on the LAN. Further, is sees others on the LAN. I have not had any issues with FossaDOG operations with or without its changes (session saves). Operates EXACTLY as an expected Frugal, since booting from the ISO file, directly, is a frugal.

Hope this is helpful.

vtpup wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 5:53 pm

The FossaDog is at 192.168.1.7 and the Bionicpup is at 192.168.1.11. DNS is 192.168.1.1. Neither box is running a firewall at the moment

I CAN ping 192.168.1.11 from 192.168.1.7 (Bionicpup from FossaDog) but I can't go the other way.

For a ping to return to the sender (FossaDog) means the router can access FossaDog fine. That suggests to me an issue with Bionicpup though you say it has no firewall blocking ping requests (though that is what I would have thought was the issue). Do either or both of these distros succeed in browsing outside of your LAN? I don't mean via ping (since ping might be blocked) but just straight http or https, which is much less likely to be a blocked protocol since we browse all the time. I.e. I suggest using a web browser for your tests, even if it means setting up a local web server just to see if the other machine can reach it.

Thanks, guys. I'm writing you from the FossaDog install now. Nope, no problem accessing the internet from Fossadog (or bionicpup64)

Installation of FossaDog is a frugal on USB thumbdrive, Grub4Dos boot, on my laptop which is in legacy boot mode and my daily driver.

I just tested two different boots of the FossaDog using GRUB selections:

The "Always" fresh option DOES respond to a ping from the Bionic64 computer.
The "in RAM with savefile" DOES NOT respond to ping from the Bionic64 computer. so it's got to be something to do with the savefile.

I did install Xrdp from std Fossa repository to the savefile I wonder if that is causing the problem?

Clarity, of course you know what I'm after ......

I got rid of the first change.dat file and made a new one. It does not show the same problem. I don't know why there was a problem with the earlier one other than the installation of Xrdp from the Fossa Ubuntu repo. Repos had been updated properly. Bit of a mystery, but for now, no longer an issue.

Thanks for all the suggestions and help, sorry we couldn't get to the bottom of it.