Why I cant connect to the internet with slackware 12.1?

ashkael · 09-23-2008, 03:04 PM

Hello m8s,

i'm newbie on this...

I have problem with ethernet, when I go on KDE to control center and network connection or something similar, it gives me popup "Platform not supported" and I need to choose one of other linux distr., with all others I cant enable ethernet only with debian 6. So I chosen debian 6. Configured network with netconfig, dhcp, etc...

Everything is OK, IP is ok, gtw, etc... are ok too. But i can't ping anything and even surf the internet :/

Maybe network card isn;t supported? I tried to reinstall drivers.

Realtek RTL8169/8110

Sorry for my english language.

ChrisAbela · 09-24-2008, 07:50 AM

Enter the following as root:
#netconfig
and enter the parameters.
I always assumed that with Slack you do not need KDE tools.
Download the Slackbasics book for much more help but do come back if you do not manage alone.

Chris
P.S. If you can read in Italian there is also Slackware 4 dummies at www.slacky.eu

tredegar · 09-24-2008, 11:39 AM

There are known problems with some realtek cards used in computers that dual-boot with windows. Windows can shut them down in a state that is unusable with linux.
See here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...roblem-591466/
for discussion and the solution.

rob.rice · 09-25-2008, 10:13 AM

your question would be better asked in the distros/slackware subforum
slack is kind of nonstandard in it's boot and configuration files and there layout
so if you have a problem with slack ask a slacker

you can check your NIC with "ifconfig -a if your NIC shows up it's working
if it is working

most likely you need to edit your /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf file

Code:

# Config information for eth0:
IPADDR[0]=""
NETMASK[0]=""
USE_DHCP[0]=""
DHCP_HOSTNAME[0]=""

to this

Code:

# Config information for eth0:
IPADDR[0]=""
NETMASK[0]=""
USE_DHCP[0]="yes"
DHCP_HOSTNAME[0]=""

unless your setting up a permanent network with static ipaddresses and named computers (like you would find in an office )
DO NOT use netconfig on slackware

bgeddy · 09-25-2008, 10:26 AM

Quote:

DO NOT use netconfig on slackware

Well the Slackware setup program itself calls netconfig. It's OK so long as you're setting up eth0 as /sbin/netconfig creates empty values for eth1,2,3 in rc.inet1.conf but adds values to eth0 when supplied.

In fact if you look at the script /sbin/netconfig you'll see it was mostly written by Pat Volkerding himself.