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openSuSE won't connect to the internet

I just installed openSuSE, and a little while ago I restarted it for the first time... And lost internet.

It seems to recognize my modem just fine... But it won't connect. I have a cable modem, a Vonage router, and an Ethernet card (I forget the brand and model). Knoppix (which is what I'm using right now) sees and uses the set up just fine.

I've tried.... a great many things. Unhooking the setup, resetting the modem and the router configuration, restarting the computer, turning it off and then on... As per another thread's suggestion, I tried dhclient eth0, to see if it had gotten stuck with a static IP (because it recognizes the modem, starts the firewall, and disables IP forwarding at startup), and I checked the config, but no go. dhclient isn't recognized as a valid command, and it's not set to a static IP.

I had another post that made a lot more sense than this one. And then I tried to fix it again, so I scrapped it, and, well. Trying to fix this is wearing on my cognitive abilities. If there's any information you need, let me know, and I'll get it. You'll have to tell me how to get it, though, as I'm still kind of new to Linux.

Edit: Problem solved! You can see post #17 for details... sorta. Thank you all so much for your help.

What is the output of

ifconfig

and

route

That will be a good starting point. Also, if you have a file at
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0, the contents of that will help. Essentially I'm looking for your IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway.

... I get a feeling this didn't go like it ought to have:

Code:

rhiannon@linux-7e7j:~> ifconfig

bash: ifconfig: command not found

rhiannon@linux-7e7j:~> route

bash: route: command not found

And there's no ifcfg-eth0.

Had a thought and tried the commands as root:

Code:

linux-7e7j:~ # ifconfig

linux-7e7j:~ # route

Kernel IP routing table

Destination    Gateway        Genmask        Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface

But that's all it gave me. I'm thinking about trying the ethernet card built into my modem- it works on Windows, but FC6 didn't like it. I'm curious if it might work with SuSE.

Yes, I'm sorry, I should have mentioned that would have to be run as root. It looks like you have no Ethernet card installed.

But it configures the ethernet card in YaST. I can provide a screenshot of this. And it did, when I first installed the OS, allow me to use this card and connect to the internet... It was only after rebooting the computer that the problems arose.

YaST may have configured the ethernet card, but looks to me it did not start the network services. Even without a NIC if network starts, you should at least see a 'lo' interface with IP 127.0.0.1. I have not used SuSE in 10 years so not sure of the exact command, but as root try /etc/init.d/network start or /etc/rc.d/init.d/network start.

Perhaps some of our SuSE buddies can provide the specific command.

/etc/init.d/network start should work for 10.2

You can do a chkconfig --list | grep network for the startup parameters. 2,3,5 should be on.

Rather long bit here, be warned:

Code:

linux-7e7j:~ # /etc/init.d/network start

-bash: /etc/init.d/network: No such file or directory

linux-7e7j:~ # chkconfig --list | grep network

linux-7e7j:~ # chkconfig --list

SuSEfirewall2_init        0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  B:on

SuSEfirewall2_setup      0:off  1:off  2:off  3:on  4:on  5:on  6:off

aaeventd                  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

acpid                    0:off  1:off  2:on  3:on  4:off  5:on  6:off

alsasound                0:off  1:off  2:on  3:on  4:off  5:on  6:off

apache2                  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

atd                      0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

auditd                    0:off  1:off  2:off  3:on  4:off  5:on  6:off

autofs                    0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

autoyast                  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

bluetooth                0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

boot.apparmor            0:off  1:off  2:on  3:on  4:off  5:on  6:off  B:on

cron                      0:off  1:off  2:on  3:on  4:off  5:on  6:off

cups                      0:off  1:off  2:on  3:on  4:off  5:on  6:off

cupsrenice                0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:on  6:off

dbus                      0:off  1:off  2:on  3:on  4:off  5:on  6:off

earlygdm                  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

earlykbd                  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:on  6:off

earlykdm                  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:on  6:off

earlysyslog              0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:on  6:off

esound                    0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

evms                      0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

fam                      0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

fbset                    0:off  1:on  2:on  3:on  4:off  5:on  6:off

festival                  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

gpm                      0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

haldaemon                0:off  1:off  2:on  3:on  4:off  5:on  6:off

icecream                  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

ipxmount                  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

irq_balancer              0:off  1:on  2:on  3:on  4:off  5:on  6:off

joystick                  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

kbd                      0:off  1:on  2:on  3:on  4:off  5:on  6:off  S:on

ksysguardd                0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

lirc                      0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

mdadmd                    0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

mdnsd                    0:off  1:off  2:off  3:on  4:off  5:on  6:off

microcode                0:off  1:on  2:on  3:on  4:off  5:on  6:off  S:on

mysql                    0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

nfs                      0:off  1:off  2:off  3:on  4:off  5:on  6:off

nfsboot                  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:on  4:off  5:on  6:off

nmb                      0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

novell-zmd                0:off  1:off  2:off  3:on  4:on  5:on  6:off

nscd                      0:off  1:off  2:off  3:on  4:off  5:on  6:off

ntp                      0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

openct                    0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

pcscd                    0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

policykitd                0:off  1:off  2:on  3:on  4:off  5:on  6:off

portmap                  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:on  4:off  5:on  6:off

postfix                  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:on  4:off  5:on  6:off

powerd                    0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

powersaved                0:off  1:off  2:on  3:on  4:off  5:on  6:off

random                    0:off  1:off  2:on  3:on  4:off  5:on  6:off

raw                      0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

resmgr                    0:off  1:off  2:on  3:on  4:off  5:on  6:off

rpasswdd                  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

rpmconfigcheck            0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

rsyncd                    0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

saslauthd                0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

skeleton.compat          0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

smartd                    0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

smb                      0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

smbfs                    0:off  1:off  2:off  3:on  4:off  5:on  6:off

smpppd                    0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

snmpd                    0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

spamd                    0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

splash                    0:off  1:on  2:on  3:on  4:off  5:on  6:off  S:on

splash_early              0:off  1:off  2:on  3:on  4:off  5:on  6:off

sshd                      0:off  1:off  2:off  3:on  4:off  5:on  6:off

svnserve                  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

syslog                    0:off  1:off  2:on  3:on  4:off  5:on  6:off

xdm                      0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:on  6:off

xfs                      0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

xinetd                    0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

ypbind                    0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

xinetd based services:

        chargen:            off

        chargen-udp:        off

        cups-lpd:          off

        cvs:                off

        daytime:            off

        daytime-udp:        off

        echo:              off

        echo-udp:          off

        fam:                off

        netstat:            off

        rsync:              off

        sane-port:          off

        servers:            off

        services:          off

        swat:              off

        systat:            off

        time:              off

        time-udp:          off

        vnc:                off

linux-7e7j:~ # grep network

And when I looked in /etc/init.d/ , there was no "network" file.

Not sure why but your network service appears not to be installed. After some searching on rpmfind.net, OpenSuSE provides /etc/init.d/network with the sysconfig package. Do command 'rpm -qa|grep sysconfig' and check.

Really need someone with more SuSE experience to chime in and help get this sorted.

Here you are- sorry it took so long! This is a shared computer, and I had to wait for my opportunity to get back to work.

Code:

rhiannon@linux-7e7j:~> rpm -qa|grep sysconfig

yast2-sysconfig-2.14.0-8

Quote:

Originally Posted by lady_chance

Here you are- sorry it took so long! This is a shared computer, and I had to wait for my opportunity to get back to work.

Code:

rhiannon@linux-7e7j:~> rpm -qa|grep sysconfig

yast2-sysconfig-2.14.0-8

"These are not the droids we're looking for..." hehe

Again, not sure why the sysconfig did not get installed, but yast2-sysconfig is not what you need. Try installing sysconfig-{whatever version number) from the install CD or download it from http://download.opensuse.org/distrib.../repo/oss/suse. Probably best to use YaST or whatever package manager SuSE provides. That way it'll catch any missing dependencies.

But if you want to try to install via command line:

Code:

# rpm -ivh sysconfig-<fill in the rest>

Wish I could be more precise with what to do but my SuSE kungfu is not good.

Hopefully, once you get the sysconfig and whatever dependencies it may need installed, you'll get your network services up and running.

Quote:

Originally Posted by wildar

Code:

# rpm -ivh sysconfig-<fill in the rest>

Er. Well, now, see, anything I install, I have to be able to install from Knoppix, so I think I'll be having to grab it from the repo and save it to the HD. Every time I try to install something from the CD, YaST whines at me because it can't connect to the internet.

But, yes, thank you so much! I'll give this a shot, and get back to you.

If all else fails, I haven't put anything vital on the hard drive since the install that I don't also have on CD, so. And if I do have to reinstall, I'll be going through all the installed packages to make sure sysconfig is among them!

I wouldn't think you need do anymore than go into "YaST", "network" and see if your modem isn't listed there. It may be disguised under "DSL". If so it's a lot easier to configure.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Larry Webb

I wouldn't think you need do anymore than go into "YaST", "network" and see if your modem isn't listed there. It may be disguised under "DSL". If so it's a lot easier to configure.

That's the thing. Yast sees my ethernet card... no modem, but it wasn't listed while it was working, either.

Also, I don't have a DSL connection- it's cable.