Help connecting to internet & disk space in Linux Mint 13
 

Hi, I'm new to Linux and very excited to get started- I installed Linux Mint 13 a couple of days ago but I haven't been able to get connect to the internet at all, which saddens me.
I am using a wired connection- I have a Linksys WUSB11 2.8 router and when I go to the Network Settings tab in the system tray it simply doesn't detect my router and there are no options available for me to configure a wired connection.

Secondly, I recently used gparted from my live disc to take some space away from Windows Vista, as I am dual booting with that OS as well. I successfully removed quite a bit of space from it, but now I'm left with over 100 gigs of unallocated space that I'd love to give Mint. This unallocated space appears to be inaccessible, however.

I'd very much appreciate help with this subject. Thanks in advance.

Hi,

The first problem seems to be the driver issue. Post the output of the below command

lspci | grep Ethernet
ifconfig -a

For the second problem, post the fdisk command output for better clarification

fdisk -l

Thanks for your reply, rmugunthan. The results of the first command are:

However the fdisk command confuses me a little. Simply typing "fdisk -l" doesn't do anything (Do I have to boot from livedisc to use this command or something?) and when I simply type in fdisk without the variable it gives me a set of options, and I'm guessing this is the command I'm after:
I don't know what I'm supposed to put in [options] and <disk>.

Thanks.

Hi,

In ifconfig output "eth0" device is listed, that means network driver is already installed. But it is not taking the ipaddress. Are using dhcp or static ipaddress?. Post the network configuration file also.

To list the partition table try the below command.

sudo fdisk -l

sudo fdisk -l did the trick.

I am using dhcp. I feel like this is a silly question, but: where/how do I see my network configuration file?

Thanks again for your reply.

The below file is the network configuration file in most of the debian based disto.

cat /etc/network/interfaces

Also from the partition table, your second partition (/dev/sda2) is taken as a extended partition. Your linux operating system (/dev/sda6 - root filesystem and /dev/sda5 - swap) is reside under the extended partition. Also only three primary partition is available in your disk. So you can create the new primary partition as /dev/sda4 from the available disk space.

While creating partition make sure that there is no over loop in the existing partition. As of now in your disk 188870656 to 483334141 free sectors are available.

Here's the network config.

I'll take your advice and create a new primary partition.
EDIT: I successfully divided up the amount of space I wanted between the two partitions. Thank you.

Hi,

In this configuration file nothing written related with your "eth0" device. Are you created this device manually or it is listed from the installation itself?.

If it is existing from the installation means you need to append the below contents in the interface file.

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

Then restart the networking service using the below command

/etc/init.d/networking restart

It should be existing from the installation since I did nothing manually with the device after installing Mint.

Okay, how do I append the interface file?

open the file interface file using the vi editor and append the below entries.

vi /etc/network/interfaces

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

If you are not familiar with the vi editor use the below command for the same

echo -e "auto eth0\niface eth0 inet dhcp echo" >> /etc/network/interfaces

After append the above entries restart the network service using the below command

/etc/init.d/networking restart

I entered this command into the console and was told that my permissions were denied.

For this level of stuff you need to be root; in your case prefix cmds with 'sudo' as previously.

I prefixed the command with sudo, but I still get the same message:

i hope u already tried with the below command,

sudo echo -e "auto eth0\niface eth0 inet dhcp echo" >> /etc/network/interfaces

If the above command doesn't help means, post the file permission of the interface file.

ls -l /etc/network/interfaces

Yes, I had already tried it.

Here's the file permissions.