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I have been trying to install 8.10, on and off for quite some time, without any success. My latest try seems to be better than previous attempts, but I still ...
  1. 01-23-2009 #1
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    Can't get online with 8.10

    I have been trying to install 8.10, on and off for quite some time, without any success. My latest try seems to be better than previous attempts, but I still can't get it to connect to the internet. I am dual booting 8.04 and 8.10. 8.04 works perfectly well.

    It goes without saying that both versions are using exactly the same computer and peripherals, so the problem must be with the 8.10 installation. Using 8.10, I get the message – Connection Established – You are now connected to the wired network. The problem is that I don't have any connection to the internet.

    Ifconfig gives the following result.

    brian@brian-desktop:~$ ifconfig
    eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:66:0b:d9:0b
    UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:64 Metric:1
    RX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
    RX bytes:1240 (1.2 KB) TX bytes:1920 (1.9 KB)
    Interrupt:220 Base address:0xa000

    lo Link encap:Local Loopback
    inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
    inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
    UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
    RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
    RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

    The same command in 8.04 adds an extra line before the UP BROADCAST line –
    inet6 addr: fe80::219:66ff:fe0b:d90b/64 Scope:Link and an MTU of 1500

    I really do want to get it on-line this time. Can anybody help?
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    Sorry I posted this twice. I though I had made a mistake with the post when I couldn't find the original. Anyway, Here is the result from dhclient

    brian@brian-desktop:~$ sudo dhclient eth0
    [sudo] password for brian:
    Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
    Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
    All rights reserved.
    For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

    SIOCSIFADDR: No buffer space available
    Listening on LPF/eth0/00:19:66:0b:d9:0b
    Sending on LPF/eth0/00:19:66:0b:d9:0b
    Sending on Socket/fallback
    DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
    send_packet: Message too long
    DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
    send_packet: Message too long
    DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 18
    send_packet: Message too long
    DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
    send_packet: Message too long
    DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
    send_packet: Message too long
    No DHCPOFFERS received.
    No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
    brian@brian-desktop:~$
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