No network connection && No Package Source defined
Since I started using the profile switcher to change between the wifi & wired networks at home, and the wired one at work I have an odd problem (that is to say: my laptop exhibits an odd issue...) Whenever I boot up, there'll be no network connection. Only when I do the following: - start yast - go into network devices > network cards It'll come up with a Initializing Network Configuration screen. At the first check mark (Detect Network Devices), it'll stop with an error message: No Package Source Defined. - I click OK It'll show both the network devices (Intel Pro 2915ABG & Dell Latitude D400 (actually, mine is a D800, but as long as it works...)) - I hit next without changing anything ... and I have a working network connection again. This is kinda bothersome. Is there any way to fix this? -- Met vriendelijke groet / Kind regards, Bert Plat / www.bertplat.nl Murphy's Law is recursive. Washing your car to make it rain doesn't work.
On Tue, 2005-12-27 at 15:45 +0100, Bert Plat wrote:
Since I started using the profile switcher to change between the wifi & wired networks at home, and the wired one at work I have an odd problem (that is to say: my laptop exhibits an odd issue...)
Whenever I boot up, there'll be no network connection. Only when I do the following: - start yast - go into network devices > network cards It'll come up with a Initializing Network Configuration screen. At the first check mark (Detect Network Devices), it'll stop with an error message: No Package Source Defined.
- I click OK It'll show both the network devices (Intel Pro 2915ABG & Dell Latitude D400 (actually, mine is a D800, but as long as it works...))
- I hit next without changing anything
... and I have a working network connection again.
This is kinda bothersome. Is there any way to fix this?
Take a look at the plugd package for the wired connection. Also what type of wifi controller to you have, pcmcia, onboard or usb? -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
On Tuesday 27 December 2005 16:07, Ken Schneider wrote:
Take a look at the plugd package for the wired connection. Also what type of wifi controller to you have, pcmcia, onboard or usb?
There's an ifplugd in YaST > Software: is that what you mean? The Intel2915 is a minipci affair that I inserted into my Dell Latitude D800 when the built-in Broadcom couldn't be convinced that it should work in Suse 10 (or 9.3, for that matter). -- Met vriendelijke groet / Kind regards, Bert Plat / www.bertplat.nl The District of Columbia has a law forbidding you to exert pressure on a balloon and thereby cause a whistling sound on the streets.
On Tue, 2005-12-27 at 20:42 +0100, Bert Plat wrote:
On Tuesday 27 December 2005 16:07, Ken Schneider wrote:
Take a look at the plugd package for the wired connection. Also what type of wifi controller to you have, pcmcia, onboard or usb?
There's an ifplugd in YaST > Software: is that what you mean?
Yes. Install the software and change the setting for your wired connection in YaST, I don't remember the exact place but it is easy to find, and the card will automatically be setup when plugged in and unplugged.
The Intel2915 is a minipci affair that I inserted into my Dell Latitude D800 when the built-in Broadcom couldn't be convinced that it should work in Suse 10 (or 9.3, for that matter).
Also take a look at: http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/rpm-navigation.php?cat=/Network/netgo as it also works quite well for configuring the network for roaming laptops. I have a Linksys PCMCIA card that gets setup upon being hot plugged. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
On Tuesday 27 December 2005 21:56, Ken Schneider wrote:
There's an ifplugd in YaST > Software: is that what you mean?
Yes. Install the software and change the setting for your wired connection in YaST, I don't remember the exact place but it is easy to find, and the card will automatically be setup when plugged in and unplugged.
Ah, so. It's installed already, but I'll give uninstall & reinstall a go, in case it makes the No Source Package Defined error go 'way.
Also take a look at: http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/rpm-navigation.php?cat=/Network/netgo as it also works quite well for configuring the network for roaming laptops. I have a Linksys PCMCIA card that gets setup upon being hot plugged.
I will, thx. However, the Intel works perfectly well. It's just that after doing a profile switch I need to kick the wired lan into action using yast. -- Met vriendelijke groet / Kind regards, Bert Plat / www.bertplat.nl Political T.V. commercials prove one thing: some candidates can tell all their good points and qualifications in just 30 seconds.
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