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Old 03-05-2005, 12:21 PM   #16
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Okay, sounds like a bit of a strange install and may be linked to your problems, especially if a script is trying to call dhclient. Check with YAST to see if its installable - it should be. If not then here you go!

http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat....i586.rpm.html

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Edit: Hmmm, my bad. It looks like it might be called dhcp-client on Suse. You'll need to check this out though.

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Old 03-16-2005, 07:37 PM   #17
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Alright i downloaded the rpm and tried to install it but it told me that it couldnt cause of a dependancy. Said needed dhcp. I looked all over the web and couldnt find what the hell that meant.

Cant i just get this up and running with dhcpcd? I still dont understand why this isnt up and running. Can ANYONE help me at all?
 
Old 03-17-2005, 03:35 AM   #18
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Alright i downloaded the rpm and tried to install it but it told me that it couldnt cause of a dependancy. Said needed dhcp. I looked all over the web and couldnt find what the hell that meant.
Really? When something is dependent on something else it generally means it cannot exist without it. QED, you need DHCP. If you go to the same search site I used to get the dhcp-client link for you you can also download the dhcp rpm. It should then install without any more problems.
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Old 03-17-2005, 08:50 AM   #19
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I'll try that later... but what about configuring dhcpcd to make this work? Whats wrong with dhcpcd?
 
Old 03-17-2005, 01:33 PM   #20
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linux:~ # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

These errors seem like they are the problem to me... how can i fix them?
 
Old 03-17-2005, 02:55 PM   #21
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Those errors are not the problem.
lo is your local loopback interface (127.0.0.1) and sit0 is a secure tunneling interface as far as I understand it. Whatever, they are not the source of your problems. There is something definitely screwy going on with your system - it would appear some configurations have been altered already which is why I suggested using dhclient (or whatever suse calls it as an alternative). This is what I suggest but it is only, after all a suggestion.
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Old 03-17-2005, 03:25 PM   #22
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Thanks, i definitely appreciate your help cause i've never configured wireless adapters in linux before. And no one else appears to want to help me, then i'll try what you suggested.
 
Old 03-17-2005, 04:31 PM   #23
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Okay man... this is what happened after i installed both and tried the command "dhclient wlan0"....

linux:~ # dhclient wlan0
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.1
Copyright 2004 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP

sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:0d:3a:2a:bd:00
Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:0d:3a:2a:bd:00
Can't bind to dhcp address: Address already in use
Please make sure there is no other dhcp server
running and that there's no entry for dhcp or
bootp in /etc/inetd.conf. Also make sure you
are not running HP JetAdmin software, which
includes a bootp server.

If you did not get this software from ftp.isc.org, please
get the latest from ftp.isc.org and install that before
requesting help.

If you did get this software from ftp.isc.org and have not
yet read the README, please read it before requesting help.
If you intend to request help from the dhcp-server@isc.org
mailing list, please read the section on the README about
submitting bug reports and requests for help.

Please do not under any circumstances send requests for
help directly to the authors of this software - please
send them to the appropriate mailing list as described in
the README file.

exiting.
 
Old 03-18-2005, 09:26 AM   #24
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bump.... any help here?
 
Old 03-20-2005, 10:12 AM   #25
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anyone, please anyone can you help me?
 
Old 03-20-2005, 02:55 PM   #26
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What about firewalls? Could the problem have to do with suse setting up a firewall? I have no need for one on the OS since the router has one built in for me.
 
Old 03-20-2005, 04:56 PM   #27
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Its got nothing to do with firewalls. The problem is this and its quite simple. Your computer cannot get an IP address from the router. Period. Previously it was trying to get an IP address for your local loopback interface (lo), indicating that at some point this interface was incorrectly configured instead of your wlan0 interface.

Can't bind to dhcp address: Address already in use

This is the error. If you plug that into google you get several mailing list responses that indictae possible trouble-shooting methods but instead you have chosen to waste your time, mine and others by simply bumping this thread. When using linux it is important to try and troubleshoot a problem yourself before hitting the new thread or reply button.

http://pyro.buildtolearn.net/misc/posting.swf

So you need to make sure that dhcpd is disabled and is not trying to get the IP address at the same time that dhclient is. If ifconfig then reports an IP address for the wlan0 interface, you need to check your applications and not your networking.
If this still is no help then I suggest perhaps either re-installing Suse or using an alternative distro. Mandrake was very good with me when I was learning and I also hear good things about Xandros.
Regards
Chris
 
Old 03-20-2005, 05:16 PM   #28
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Perhaps i wouldnt have to bump the thread if others would actually TRY to help me... what a concept, this website is all about asking questions isnt it?

How do i go about disabling dhcpcd?
 
Old 03-20-2005, 05:30 PM   #29
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I'm afraid I cant help you any more dude. You are not reading any of my replies and this is most likely the reason that although this post has had over 300 viewings and almost 30 replies now, your problem is still not fixed. You seem to be unable to comprehend the simple yet effective brilliance of the search button, both on this site and of google. People will only attempt to help you if you have tried to help yourself which clearly you are unable to do. If you maintain this attitude, then you simply wont get anywhere, either in linux or in life. However, I'll give you one last piece of advice.

www.google.com

Regards
Chris
 
Old 03-21-2005, 08:29 AM   #30
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You think i didnt search the hell out of this site and google before coming here? Why wait for someone to answer a question when you can have it answered immediately?

Thankfully i dont need your help anymore (not that it was any good anyway), but tell me this... where exactly did you find a solution to my problem on google or on this site? Cause if it existed, then you could have just linked it, instead of making me go through the retarded task of installing other bs modules, then stopping the help once i get that far.

I think maybe you should find another site to cruise, cause your helpfulness with regards to linux, and probably most things from the looks of it, is pathetic
 
  


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