slackware 12: why i cant enable ethernet adapter

bathory · 12-18-2007, 08:15 AM

I think that this guide will help you.

.id · 12-18-2007, 08:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

I think that this guide will help you.

I tried as suggested in this guide and it didnt help. One thing is strange however when I run netconfig and choose DHCP I dont get screen with possibility to probe, I have to input DHCP hostname (which I dont have, so i leave it empty) and then it jumps right to the end of configuration with message "Settings accepted. Basic network configuration is complete". One more thing, when I try to enable network adapter in KDE control center following error is shown: "could not change device state" (maybe that could help you somehow).

bathory · 12-18-2007, 08:50 AM

Did you ran

Code:

/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1

after configuring your network?

.id · 12-18-2007, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

Did you ran

Code:

/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1

after configuring your network?

Yes I did but nothing happened.

bathory · 12-19-2007, 01:46 AM

Running /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1should look for a dhcp server to get an IP address, so your problem might be somewhere else. Take a look at the various log files in /var/log to see if you find any errors.

.id · 12-19-2007, 03:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

Running /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1should look for a dhcp server to get an IP address, so your problem might be somewhere else. Take a look at the various log files in /var/log to see if you find any errors.

Omg, is it so hard to provide documentation. KDE is killing me! I was trying do delete settings file or something and re-enable platform selection in network configuration (kde control center) but i cant manage to find any info about that. Searching for relevant log files didnt produce any result either. Is it reinstallation of system my only option?? Maybe if you could tell me what log file in particular to look for. Or could i somehow reinstall only kde from pkgtool (is it possible to do that?).

bathory · 12-19-2007, 04:20 AM

I don't use KDE, but I think that configuring your network using the KDE control center is going to edit the same system config files. So there is no need to uninstall/reinstall KDE or reinstall Slackware. If you manage to configure your network using Slackware tools, KDE will use the same settings.
What you mean that nothing happens when running /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1? Does it produce any output?
Take a look at /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf to see if you have:

Code:

USE_DHCP[0]="yes"

Relevant log files are /var/log/messages, /var/log/debug and /var/log/syslog

General Failure · 12-19-2007, 04:42 AM

Check again if the module is loaded. Post your rc.inet1.conf (in CODE tags) and the output of ifconfig -a please.

.id · 12-19-2007, 05:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

I don't use KDE, but I think that configuring your network using the KDE control center is going to edit the same system config files. So there is no need to uninstall/reinstall KDE or reinstall Slackware. If you manage to configure your network using Slackware tools, KDE will use the same settings.
What you mean that nothing happens when running /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1? Does it produce any output?
Take a look at /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf to see if you have:

Code:

USE_DHCP[0]="yes"

Relevant log files are /var/log/messages, /var/log/debug and /var/log/syslog

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I cant find words to express my gratitude! It works now, after checking rc.inet1.conf:

Code:

bash-3.1# cat rc.inet1.conf | grep USE_DHCP
# If USE_DHCP[interface] is set to "yes", this overrides any other settings.
USE_DHCP[0]="yes"
USE_DHCP[1]="" <- wtf??
USE_DHCP[2]=""
USE_DHCP[3]=""
#USE_DHCP[4]="yes"
bash-3.1# vi rc.inet1.conf
...
USE_DHCP[1]="yes"
... saved changes
bash-3.1# ./rc.inet1 
Polling for DHCP server on interface eth1:
dhcpcd: MAC address = 00:0c:29:b0:a1:2f
dhcpcd: your IP address = 192.168.74.129
bash-3.1# ping www.google.com
PING www.l.google.com (64.233.183.99) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from nf-in-f99.google.com (64.233.183.99): icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=56.1 ms
64 bytes from nf-in-f99.google.com (64.233.183.99): icmp_seq=2 ttl=128 time=55.8 ms

--- www.l.google.com ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1002ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 55.864/55.988/56.112/0.124 ms

bathory · 12-19-2007, 05:27 AM

So your nic was eth1 and not eth0, that's why it didn't work at a first place.
Anyway glad to see you've made it.

Regards

PDock · 12-19-2007, 05:37 AM

Don't need most of this as my timing and typing are slow and off. Glad things are running.

We need your response to General Failure requested info. I think most here are assuming you are giving answers form your normal installation and NOT your vmware install. Please give all answers from the normal installation.

Did you modify /etc/rc.d/rc.modules as suggested and the pcnet32 module is getting loaded on reboot? If NOT the easiest way to have your pcnet32 module loaded on reboot is as root

Code:

cat pcnet32 > /etc/rc.d/rc.netdevice

Under windows what is shown after opening a command prompt window and

Code:

ipconfig /all

?

Now you have a choice you can modify /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf such that

Code:

USE_DHCP[1]="yes"

(note: [1])
or manually enter your windows numbers in the appropriate [1] fields.

.id · 12-19-2007, 06:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PDock

Don't need most of this as my timing and typing are slow and off. Glad things are running.

We need your response to General Failure requested info. I think most here are assuming you are giving answers form your normal installation and NOT your vmware install. Please give all answers from the normal installation.

Did you modify /etc/rc.d/rc.modules as suggested and the pcnet32 module is getting loaded on reboot? If NOT the easiest way to have your pcnet32 module loaded on reboot is as root

Code:

cat pcnet32 > /etc/rc.d/rc.netdevice

Under windows what is shown after opening a command prompt window and

Code:

ipconfig /all

?

Now you have a choice you can modify /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf such that

Code:

USE_DHCP[1]="yes"

(note: [1])
or manually enter your windows numbers in the appropriate [1] fields.

I cant give you info about my "normal" installation of slack because right now i dont have it at my disposal.

PDock · 12-19-2007, 06:24 AM

No need just replicate what you did there.

good luck

bluecell · 08-04-2008, 09:06 PM

Thank you all for your good job, I solved my similar problem based on your solution. Here is my laptop configuration:

dell latitude d400
vmware 6
slackware 10
kernel 2.4

solution is:
#modprobe pcnet32
#netconfig eth0 up
#ifconfig eth0 192.168.72.80 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
#route add default gw 192.168.72.1
#lsmod
#route -e