Hi Batt, Open a command-line and try "ip addr show" to show all configured network cards. Do you use a firewall? Is the DHCP-server reachable? What does "grep -i dhcp /var/log/messages" and "dmesg" say? Did you load the module for the network-card? "lsmod" shows the list of the loaded modules. Is the network-adapter working? Maybe it's an issue with the hardware (is it working under windows xp?). cheers, Stefan
From: Batt Family [mailto:battfam@knology.net] Hi,
I'm new to Linux and this is my first post. I use 8.2 Pro, and I'm unable to connect to the internet. I get an "error occurred while loading blah" and "unknown host blah" when I use the browser.
Under Network Card configuration it reads 'Available are other (not detected)' but below that it reads 'Already configured devices: Ethernet controller configured as eth0 with DHCP.'
I ran mii-diag and received "using default interface 'eth0' SIOCGMIIPHY on eth0 failed: no such device. I ran mii-tool and received "no mii interfaces found." I connect to the internet using a cable modem and my mobo has an onboard network interface controller. I have a dual boot system with SuSE Linux 8.2 Pro and Windows XP Pro. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I opened a command line and "ip addr show" displayed the following:
1. lo:
From: Batt Family [mailto:battfam@knology.net] Hi,
I'm new to Linux and this is my first post. I use 8.2 Pro, and I'm unable to connect to the internet. I get an "error occurred while loading blah" and "unknown host blah" when I use the browser.
Under Network Card configuration it reads 'Available are other (not detected)' but below that it reads 'Already configured devices: Ethernet controller configured as eth0 with DHCP.'
I ran mii-diag and received "using default interface 'eth0' SIOCGMIIPHY on eth0 failed: no such device. I ran mii-tool and received "no mii interfaces found." I connect to the internet using a cable modem and my mobo has an onboard network interface controller. I have a dual boot system with SuSE Linux 8.2 Pro and Windows XP Pro. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Ran "ifstatus etho", received "Could not get a valid interface name: -> skipped"
try again with 'eth0'. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org
On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 11:21:32AM -0600, Batt Family wrote:
I opened a command line and "ip addr show" displayed the following: 1. lo:
mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue ..... 2. sit0@NONE:<NOARP> mtu 1480 qdisc noop link/sit 0.0.0.0 brd 0.0.0.0
No eth0 device -- to bad.
Ran "ifstatus etho", received "Could not get a valid interface name: -> skipped"
Understandable.
Ran "grep -I eth0 /var/log/boot.msg" and received "eth0" and on /var/log/messages and got nothing back. Got the same response when I ran "grep -I dhc /var/log/messages". What do I look for when I run "lsmod" or dmesg? Where is "ethtool" located?
lsmod would show a loaded driver. Try hwinfo --netcard first, to see what is found and what driver is suggested. ethtool is located in a package named ethtool.
The network adapter works fine since I can connect on the Windows side of my system to the internet. I'm not running a firewall yet on the Linux side since I don't have connectivity.
Obviously the card does not (yet) work find under Linux. We are not yet perating on the firewall or even dhcp level, first we must get the kernel to recognize the card at all ;) By the way (I'm remembering it only now):
Under Network Card configuration it reads 'Available are other (not detected)' but below that it reads 'Already configured devices: Ethernet controller configured as eth0 with DHCP.'
as you wrote it is "not detected", which driver did you configure? Peter
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