newbie question on distro problems

Smokeyone · 01-30-2006, 03:37 AM

I like mepis but am having endless problems connecting to the internet (broadband). Other distro's work okay with the internet (Kanotix/Ubuntu)
but they have their own issues. Is it possible to take a distro and insert working parts from other distro to make linux work okay on my setup...

Thanks

pixellany · 01-30-2006, 07:49 AM

You can--in principle--take any bit of software from one machine (distro, etc.) and install it on another. This is not , however, going to be an efficient way to solve your problems.

What is the issue with Mepis? What happens when you connect? Error messages?

Details-----we need DETAILS!!!

Smokeyone · 01-30-2006, 07:55 AM

Thanks for the response. No error messages from mepis, it just will not connect to interner. It did once upon a time and took longer and longer to connect each time. Now either it will not connect or it takes many attempts at rebooting.

pixellany · 01-30-2006, 08:28 AM

Do you have a router?
What happens when you try to connect?---can you ping a domain name? A raw IP address?
Is your connection static IP or DHCP?
What configuration have you done?

Please post the output of ifconfig...

sundialsvcs · 01-30-2006, 08:49 AM

Somewhere in the /var/log directory, on most systems, you may find log-files that will help you to understand just what it's doing.

Smokeyone · 01-30-2006, 11:47 AM

Thank you both for the advice.
Cannot ping-
DHCP-
Netgear router DG834

Do you mean /sbin/ifconfig files.........

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:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:468 (468.0 b) TX bytes:468 (468.0 b)

pixellany · 01-30-2006, 06:38 PM

Can you get to your router configuration page? (Typically using a browser)

if you typed ifconfig and got that printout without anything about eth0 or similar, then it seems that computer is not talking to the router--or that it is not seeing the ethernet adapter

Can you watch when system is booting up to see if it is detecting your ethernet card? (or check the logs)

Smokeyone · 01-30-2006, 11:30 PM

Will check next time it happens. Got so fed up with the problem that I did a re-install and mepis connected. Assume the problem will arise again.........

Smokeyone · 02-01-2006, 12:03 AM

Mepis has gone back to it's old self - not connecting to internet