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I have a problem setting up my internet connection. I've installed Slackware on a HP Laptop (it's a few years old, not sure of the model though).
When I open up the Network Configuration app where you'd normally set your IP and gateway and the like, I get a message stating something like;
"could not parse the xml output from the network configuration backend"
Any ideas?
I'm assuming the card hasn't been detected properly and/or hasn't got a driver. Is there any commands I can run to get better info for you guys to work with?
I have a problem setting up my internet connection. I've installed Slackware on a HP Laptop (it's a few years old, not sure of the model though).
When I open up the Network Configuration app where you'd normally set your IP and gateway and the like, I get a message stating something like;
"could not parse the xml output from the network configuration backend"
Any ideas?
I'm assuming the card hasn't been detected properly and/or hasn't got a driver. Is there any commands I can run to get better info for you guys to work with?
Thanks in advance.
The model of the hardware would help. Also, post the output of lspci and maybe lsusb too. Run the "ifconfig -a" command, and see if any interfaces are picked up, and if so, post that as well, and we can go from there.
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 740 Host (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP)
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS962 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 25)
00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2 SMBus Controller
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE]
00:02.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem Controller (rev a0)
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4510 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 02)
00:0a.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI4510 IEEE-1394 Controller
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter
Here's the results of lsusb:-
Code:
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
And finally ifconfig -a
Code:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0d:5e:3c:52:d5
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:4 Base address:0x1800
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:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Looking at the results myself I'd say that the card is being detected by Slackware. I'm almost 100% sure it's not faulty or broken because it worked fine under Windows XP prior to this Slackware installation.
Any ideas what to do next (I'm fairly new to Linux).
I'm using KDE 3.5 so far and for any commands I'm using the Terminal Program "Konsole".
As for KDE, when I go to
Main Menu > Settings > Network Settings
It brings up a Window/Program that has a table that should contain "Available Network Interfaces" but it's empty. But before I can access this Window I have an error message appear with the "Could not parse the XML output from the network configuration backend".
As for the terminal I am fairly new to it and have limited knowledge of commands etc but I'm not scared to give it a go
I'm using KDE 3.5 so far and for any commands I'm using the Terminal Program "Konsole".
As for KDE, when I go to
Main Menu > Settings > Network Settings
It brings up a Window/Program that has a table that should contain "Available Network Interfaces" but it's empty. But before I can access this Window I have an error message appear with the "Could not parse the XML output from the network configuration backend".
As for the terminal I am fairly new to it and have limited knowledge of commands etc but I'm not scared to give it a go
Thanks.
Hmm...since the eth0 device is showing up, it looks like things are loaded. If you've got a 'regular' home network device, it's probably at 192.168.1.1, with the DHCP range starting at 100. Try these commands as root:
With all respect to Tbone for a first time setup, I would suggest running netconfig as root. This is normally run during the install process. This will automatically setup the network configuration files like /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf
I've seen other posts where the 3.5 network config screen will actually break the network configuration. So it must be setup with a command line method.
I have a wireless router which I'm plugged into with ethernet. The internal IP is 192.168.75.75 and I normally set my devices from 76 upwards. So I did this:-
ifconfig eth0 192.168.75.79 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
Now I can connect to my router through the html interface.
As for the route command, which IP do I put in? Is it the gateway IP (92.168.75.75)?
It seems that any IP I enter it spits out "SIOCADDRT: No such device"
BUT, when I try a DNS IP address from my router, it spits out "90.207.283.97: Unknown host"
It looks like the card is actually working now though, kind of .
I'm going to do a bit more tinkering. I'll give the netconfig a go now, see what happens.
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for a first time setup, I would suggest running netconfig as root. This is normally run during the install process. This will automatically setup the network configuration files like /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf
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