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Im a serious Linux newb. Iv tried Redhat 7 and 9 a while ago and now I installed FC2 64 bit version. The problem I am having is after the installation I open up mozilla to see if I have iNet. I type in google address and cant find the server. So I try to configure the networking. I deleted the old network device in the netwrok configurations window because it wouldnt activate or do anything and re-detected it. I try to activate it and get this error.
Cannot activate Network device eth0
does not seem to be present
delaying initialization.
I go to the hardware tab and it says
Device eth0
IRQ unknown
During the installation I said yes to the firewall if that means anything. I tried looking for a program to configure the firewall but couldnt find anything. I have an OnBoard Lan. also sound doesnt work. Iv searched the forum and cant find anything.
I was also looking up some stuff on Fedora and ethernet problems and noticed that some people were having problems with the new kernel and installing the drivers for the Onboard nic. Sounds like the same problem im having not sure.
Thanks for the help. Am I supposed to type thosee comands in the terminal? I tried them in the terminal but the commands were not found. Sorry Im a newb.
Ok. That time the /sbin/modprobe forcdeth command worked but the others did not. I tried /sbin/dhcpcd and dhcpcd. I also tried doing a search fo dhcpcd and couldnt find anything.
Try the command: service network restart and if that works ok, you should see something like Bringing up interface eth0 [ok] .
If that worked ok, then try to ping something on the net like
ping -c 3 yahoo.com
U can also try going into bios at start up and see if u have ur network card enabled/disabled and amend ( u will find this in Plug and Play for your mobo) it would seem to me that this is the problem if NIC and sound are both onboard and both are not working :-)
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