slackware11 no internet conection, desperately

Nylex · 07-21-2007, 01:27 AM

If you're using USB, you'll need a driver for your modem instead of for your network card. That'll be the same with any distro, but perhaps Fedora and Mandriva include those drivers in their kernels (I don't know).

General Failure · 07-21-2007, 01:53 AM

He already has that driver, it's CDCEther. Slemany, try to disable your onboard network adapter through BIOS. That would be the easiest way to solve the problem. Then run netconfig.

For runlevel 4, edit /etc/inittab to have it say

Code:

id:4:initdefault:

instead of

Code:

id:3:initdefault:

For the harddisks, edit /etc/fstab setting the user option for that drive.

Install firefox from either mozilla.com or your favorite slackware mirror.

Hope that helps...

slemany · 07-21-2007, 04:26 AM

hi, i am glad to see that there are more people to help me now, i thank everyone.

my problems is i am not well familiar with linux, so when you say

Quote:

Slemany, try to disable your onboard network adapter through BIOS

i would kindly ask you for a brief guidance as how to do this.

and honestly i also don't know what runlevel4 is and where to type

Quote:

edit /etc/inittab

, is it going to be in a terminal or at the computer startup?, sorry but i need a bit of more explanations.

thank you

Nylex · 07-21-2007, 05:06 AM

You don't type "edit /etc/inittab", you do it (i.e. it's an instruction to edit the file /etc/inittab). You can use any text editor to do this (vi, Emacs, pico, Kate, KWrite for example). You'll need to become root before editing the file. In a terminal you can run "su" (without the quotes) and then enter your password when prompted. Then run "editor /etc/inittab", replacing editor with the whatever you want to use. Note that executable names are usually lowercase, so if you want to use KWrite, you'd run "kwrite /etc/inittab". Also note that if you don't have a graphical user interface running at the moment, you'll not be able to use KWrite or Kate (and you'll also not be able to use Emacs if you don't have the emacs-nox package installed).

slemany · 07-21-2007, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nylex

You don't type "edit /etc/inittab", you do it (i.e. it's an instruction to edit the file /etc/inittab). You can use any text editor to do this (vi, Emacs, pico, Kate, KWrite for example)

thank you for the information but i am really confused because i triead the kwrite and was not sure what to type even in the terminal i typed su but nothing happened.

i would appreciate if someone could explain to me to do it correctly.

Nylex · 07-21-2007, 09:54 AM

After running su, did you enter your root password? What happens when you type "kwrite /etc/inittab" (without quotes and obviously, you need to press Enter!).

Nylex · 07-21-2007, 09:55 AM

Post any error messages if they occur.

lord-fu · 07-21-2007, 01:43 PM

Hey guys thanks for stepping in.

slemany · 07-21-2007, 06:58 PM

Quote:

root@slemany:~# su
root@slemany:~# kwrite/etc/inittab
bash: kwrite/etc/inittab: No such file or directory
root@slemany:~# Kwrite/etc/inittab
bash: Kwrite/etc/inittab: No such file or directory

ABOVE IS THE OUTPUT AS YOU SEE, I HAVE TRIED BOTH SMALL AND CAPITAL LETTER WHILST TYPING KWRITE JUST BECAUSE I WAS NOT SURE.

I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THERE IS KWRITE INSTALLED ON MY SLACXKWARE11 SYSTEM INCASE YOU THINK IT IS NOT INSTALLED.

slemany · 07-21-2007, 07:01 PM

I AS USUAL FORGOT TO TELL YOU THAT WHEN I TYPED SU NOTHING CAME UP AND DID NOT ASK FOR ANY PASSWORDS.

Nylex · 07-22-2007, 12:47 AM

You were already root, so you didn't need to type su (I suggest you add a user account for yourself for normal use and only use root when necessary). Secondly, I did say executables were lowercase You need a space between the executable and the filename, obviously otherwise the shell is going to think it's looking for "kwrite/etc/inittab". How does it know otherwise?

Please don't type in all capitals, as it looks like you're shouting.

slemany · 07-22-2007, 01:03 PM

hi, i apologise for not paying good attentions to your post below

Quote:

did say executables were lowercase You need a space between the executable and the filename

this was because i did not notice the space between the file and the slash.

i have now come back with this output: see below please:

Quote:

#
# inittab This file describes how the INIT process should set up
# the system in a certain run-level.
#
# Version: @(#)inittab 2.04 17/05/93 MvS
# 2.10 02/10/95 PV
# 3.00 02/06/1999 PV
# 4.00 04/10/2002 PV
#
# Author: Miquel van Smoorenburg, <miquels@drinkel.nl.mugnet.org>
# Modified by: Patrick J. Volkerding, <volkerdi@slackware.com>
#

# These are the default runlevels in Slackware:
# 0 = halt
# 1 = single user mode
# 2 = unused (but configured the same as runlevel 3)
# 3 = multiuser mode (default Slackware runlevel)
# 4 = X11 with KDM/GDM/XDM (session managers)
# 5 = unused (but configured the same as runlevel 3)
# 6 = reboot

# Default runlevel. (Do not set to 0 or 6)
id:4:initdefault:

# System initialization (runs when system boots).
si:S:sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.S

# Script to run when going single user (runlevel 1).
su:1S:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc.K

# Script to run when going multi user.
rc:2345:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc.M

# What to do at the "Three Finger Salute".
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t5 -r now

# Runlevel 0 halts the system.
l0:0:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc.0

# Runlevel 6 reboots the system.
l6:6:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc.6

# What to do when power fails.
pf:

owerfail:/sbin/genpowerfail start

# If power is back, cancel the running shutdown.
pg:

owerokwait:/sbin/genpowerfail stop

# These are the standard console login getties in multiuser mode:
c1:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux
c2:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
c3:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux
c4:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux
c5:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux
c6:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux

# Local serial lines:
#s1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100
#s2:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100

# Dialup lines:
#d1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -mt60 38400,19200,9600,2400,1200 ttyS0 vt100
#d2:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -mt60 38400,19200,9600,2400,1200 ttyS1 vt100

# Runlevel 4 used to be for an X window only system, until we discovered
# that it throws init into a loop that keeps your load avg at least 1 all
# the time. Thus, there is now one getty opened on tty6. Hopefully no one
# will notice. ;^)
# It might not be bad to have one text console anyway, in case something
# happens to X.
x1:4:respawn:/etc/rc.d/rc.4

# End of /etc/inittab

i am in need of your help and i badly need internet connections on my slackware to have a proper taste of it.

many thanks

slemany · 07-22-2007, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by General Failure

He already has that driver, it's CDCEther. Slemany, try to disable your onboard network adapter through BIOS. That would be the easiest way to solve the problem. Then run netconfig.

For runlevel 4, edit /etc/inittab to have it say

Code:

id:4:initdefault:

instead of

Code:

id:3:initdefault:

For the harddisks, edit /etc/fstab setting the user option for that drive.

Install firefox from either mozilla.com or your favorite slackware mirror.

Hope that helps...

hi, i appreciate some more explanations about your post above because my lack of knowledge of using linux i could not properly understand what you have suggested.

thanks alot.

slemany · 07-22-2007, 05:14 PM

hi, where are you friends? i am sure you can help me.

i am still waiting for your useful information.
thank you.

slemany.

Nylex · 07-22-2007, 05:25 PM

What don't you understand?