[SOLVED] Slackintosh - Networking error

Hi,

I recently rescued an old iMac G3 with a Slackintosh installation. I tried Xubuntu also (since I use Ubuntu on my laptop) but found Slackware to be much nicer.

The only issue I'm having is with connecting to the Internet via ethernet.

When I open the network settings, I see that eth0 is recognised, but not enabled.

When I try to enable the device, I get a message saying that it can't enable the device and I need to enable it manually.

Can anyone tell me what might be going be on here and how I might remedy it? I'm a novice with Slackware and KDE, so I apologise if this is something totally obvious.

Thanks!!

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Originally Posted by gavlees

When I try to enable the device, I get a message saying that it can't enable the device and I need to enable it manually.

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Its strange that KDE is not configuring network automatically. Have you not opted for DHCP for network configuration during installation? Can you try:

Code:

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su
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 up ; /sbin/dhcpcd eth0

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after you enter 'su', you need to give the password for the root account. Then execute the second line.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by gavlees

Can anyone tell me what might be going be on here and how I might remedy it? I'm a novice with Slackware and KDE, so I apologise if this is something totally obvious.

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Please don't be apologetic. We all are learning...

Thanks for the advice! I'll try it out on Monday when I'm back at the office.

I was reading through some Slackware FAQs last night as well, which mentioned the "netconfig" command - would this be a semi-automated fix a la "xorgconfig" (which I needed to run to get KDE to start)?

Cheers!

Oh yes, 'netconfig'. Sorry forgot that. If I remember correctly, its the recommended method. Please try that first. :)

Also the network settings are stored in. So check to make sure it has the right values set.

Code:

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/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf

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You can always manually change them and see if that will help :)

Those seem to have done the trick - thanks!!!!!!!!!