How to Setup the Internet Modem
 

Ok i just installed slackware 10.0 today... evrything installed right and i can start up slacware... but i cant use the internet... how do i setup mu internet modem to run in slackware? its a cable modem.... i had run slax (slackware live cd) and it somehow automatically detected the modem and i was able to use the internet...

any help would be appriciated

You don't need to setup the modem. You need to setup your ethernet. To see if it is setup open a terminal and type ifconfig and then copy and paste the output

ok how do i open a terminal? or is it like the command thing? this is the first time i need to do thyis so i dont really know much...

You sound like a definite newbie...maybe Slackware isn't for you.

On the other hand, yes, a terminal is the command line. Your GUI will have a button/menu choice to open one. Then do "ifconfig" at it and paste the results in here.

ah well i dont really care if you do call me a newbie since i hadnt ever heard it called the terminal since a friend has kinda taught me to use linux but maybe ill use mandrake to learn...

ChriSTP - Welcome to LQ and congratulations on successfully installing Slackware. To answer one of your questions, Yes, opening up a terminal session is another term for the command line prompt. If you are using a graphical desktop environment such as KDE or Gnome, there will either be an icon in the taskbar, or an option within one of the application groups to open up a terminal session.

WMD - I think it's a little harsh to editorialize that a given distro is a poor choice for a person who clearly states that it's his/her very first day using Slackware and is looking for help. Instead, I think it would be better to just stick to the technical question at hand. Thanks.

That being said, Yes, posting the results of running the ifconfig command would be a useful first step in attempting to resolve this issue. -- J.W.

alright well thx i tried the command and it worked i dont really know how to tell if it is setup or not...i was able to take a screenshot and save it to a floppy... here is the pic

http://img49.photobucket.com/albums/...P/SNAPSHOT.jpg

well im not sure if it is setup or not if it is then how can i fix it so i can use the internet and if it isnt how would i set it up? do i need to download any drivers too?

thx for any help in advance

Try
dhcpcd -r in a terminal and then try ifconfig again to see if you received an ip address.

hey man thx alot that worked now....

Glad to hear that. A couple of programs you'll find usefull are swaret and checkinstall. Swaret makes updating your system easy. Checkinstall will make a package and install it for you. Nice when there isn't a Slack package of a program available.

lol hey man this is not a big problem but i was wondering evrytime i reboot or turn off my computer and start linux again i have to retype the command dhcpcd -r for some reason is this how it should be or is there a way for me to not have to type this is evrytime? not a big deal if there isnt then thats ok thx for all the help again

Take a look in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf and see if USE_DHCP ="yes"

fyi you can add programs that you want to start at boot to /etc/rc.d/rc.local for example I've got my firewall script set to start at boot from rc.local

You can also run netconfig from a terminal to configure your ethernet to use dhcp

hey man thx alot that worked great... now all i need is to get my sound to work lol