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Hi,
I'm new to slackware (and the forums) and I just installed it onto my laptop. I have previously used linux mint, and I like it but I feel that slackware might give me more experience with the terminal, and more original linux ideas. I have kde up and running as far as a window manager, and everything seems to work except connecting to the internet. I have a linksys router. I usually use wifi, but I even tried connecting through an ethernet cord and that didn't work either. I have searched many different threads, but either they didn't address my specific problem, or I couldn't understand what was going on. I tried to configure using "netconfig", but I didn't understand what many of the prompts wanted. I entered a name and a domain name, and selected DHCP, but this did nothing. Any help would be appreciated, and thanks in advance.

We will need to start from the beginning here. Does the system detect your network hardware properly? What do you see when you run "ifconfig -a"?

From there, what is the contents of /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf?

Thanks for the reply. When I ran "ifconfig -a" this came out.

Code:

eth0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1b:38:36:8e:5a

        inet6 addr: fe80::21b:38ff:fe36:8e5a/64 Scope:Link

        UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500  Metric:1

        RX packets:23 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

        collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

        RX bytes:6615 (6.4 KiB)  TX bytes:492 (492.0 B)

        Interrupt:16



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:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

        TX packets:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

        collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

        RX bytes:1440 (1.4 KiB)  TX bytes:1440 (1.4 KiB)



wlan0  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1b:77:76:1a:5d

        UP 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)

When I typed "/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf" into the terminal (I think that's what you wanted me to do) it said "bash: /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf: Permission denied" and I did this as root so I don't see why permission was denied.

rc.inet1.conf is a text file, you need to open it with an editor or simply print it's contents with "cat".

Here's the output:

Code:

bash-4.1# cat /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf

# /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf

#

# This file contains the configuration settings for network interfaces.

# If USE_DHCP[interface] is set to "yes", this overrides any other settings.

# If you don't have an interface, leave the settings null ("").



# You can configure network interfaces other than eth0,eth1... by setting

# IFNAME[interface] to the interface's name. If IFNAME[interface] is unset

# or empty, it is assumed you're configuring eth<interface>.



# Several other parameters are available, the end of this file contains a

# comprehensive set of examples.



# =============================================================================



# Config information for eth0:

IPADDR[0]=""

NETMASK[0]=""

USE_DHCP[0]="yes"

DHCP_HOSTNAME[0]=""



# Config information for eth1:

IPADDR[1]=""

NETMASK[1]=""

USE_DHCP[1]=""

DHCP_HOSTNAME[1]=""



# Config information for eth2:

IPADDR[2]=""

NETMASK[2]=""

USE_DHCP[2]=""

DHCP_HOSTNAME[2]=""



# Config information for eth3:

IPADDR[3]=""

NETMASK[3]=""

USE_DHCP[3]=""

DHCP_HOSTNAME[3]=""



# Default gateway IP address:

GATEWAY=""



# Change this to "yes" for debugging output to stdout.  Unfortunately,

# /sbin/hotplug seems to disable stdout so you'll only see debugging output

# when rc.inet1 is called directly.

DEBUG_ETH_UP="no"



## Example config information for wlan0.  Uncomment the lines you need and fill

## in your info.  (You may not need all of these for your wireless network)

#IFNAME[4]="wlan0"

#IPADDR[4]=""

#NETMASK[4]=""

#USE_DHCP[4]="yes"

#DHCP_HOSTNAME[4]="icculus-wireless"

#DHCP_KEEPRESOLV[4]="yes"

#DHCP_KEEPNTP[4]="yes"

#DHCP_KEEPGW[4]="yes"

#DHCP_IPADDR[4]=""

#WLAN_ESSID[4]=BARRIER05

#WLAN_MODE[4]=Managed

##WLAN_RATE[4]="54M auto"

##WLAN_CHANNEL[4]="auto"

##WLAN_KEY[4]="D5AD1F04ACF048EC2D0B1C80C7"

##WLAN_IWPRIV[4]="set AuthMode=WPAPSK | set EncrypType=TKIP | set WPAPSK=96389dc66eaf7e6efd5b5523ae43c7925ff4df2f8b7099495192d44a774fda16"

#WLAN_WPA[4]="wpa_supplicant"

#WLAN_WPADRIVER[4]="ndiswrapper"



## Some examples of additional network parameters that you can use.

## Config information for wlan0:

#IFNAME[4]="wlan0"              # Use a different interface name nstead of

                                # the default 'eth4'

#HWADDR[4]="00:01:23:45:67:89"  # Overrule the card's hardware MAC address

#MTU[4]=""                      # The default MTU is 1500, but you might need

                                # 1360 when you use NAT'ed IPSec traffic.

#DHCP_KEEPRESOLV[4]="yes"      # If you dont want /etc/resolv.conf overwritten

#DHCP_KEEPNTP[4]="yes"          # If you don't want ntp.conf overwritten

#DHCP_KEEPGW[4]="yes"          # If you don't want the DHCP server to change

                                # your default gateway

#DHCP_IPADDR[4]=""              # Request a specific IP address from the DHCP

                                # server

#WLAN_ESSID[4]=DARKSTAR        # Here, you can override _any_ parameter

                                # defined in rc.wireless.conf, by prepending

                                # 'WLAN_' to the parameter's name. Useful for

                                # those with multiple wireless interfaces.

#WLAN_IWPRIV[4]="set AuthMode=WPAPSK | set EncrypType=TKIP | set WPAPSK=thekey"

                                # Some drivers require a private ioctl to be

                                # set through the iwpriv command. If more than

                                # one is required, you can place them in the

                                # IWPRIV parameter (separated with the pipe (|)

                                # character, see the example).

bash-4.1#

So, any ideas on what I should try? Really appreciate the help.

Hi there,

Is the machine picking a link? What does

Code:

ethtool eth0

show?

thanks, here's what came out.

Code:

bash-4.1# ethtool eth0

Settings for eth0:

        Supported ports: [ TP ]

        Supported link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 

                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 

                                1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full 

        Supports auto-negotiation: Yes

        Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 

                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 

                                1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full 

        Advertised pause frame use: No

        Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes

        Speed: 100Mb/s

        Duplex: Full

        Port: Twisted Pair

        PHYAD: 1

        Transceiver: internal

        Auto-negotiation: on

        MDI-X: Unknown

        Supports Wake-on: g

        Wake-on: g

        Current message level: 0x000000ff (255)

        Link detected: no

bash-4.1#

Quote:

Originally Posted by aquamongoose

I usually use wifi

If you want to configure wlan0, be sure to uncomment the wlan0-settings in rc.inet1.conf, here an example of my laptop:

Code:

...

## Example config information for wlan0.  Uncomment the lines you need and fill

## in your info.  (You may not need all of these for your wireless network)

IFNAME[4]="wlan0"

IPADDR[4]=""

NETMASK[4]=""

USE_DHCP[4]="yes"

#DHCP_HOSTNAME[4]="icculus-wireless"

#DHCP_KEEPRESOLV[4]="yes"

#DHCP_KEEPNTP[4]="yes"

#DHCP_KEEPGW[4]="yes"

#DHCP_IPADDR[4]=""

#WLAN_ESSID[4]=BARRIER05

WLAN_MODE[4]=Managed

WLAN_RATE[4]="54M auto"

##WLAN_CHANNEL[4]="auto"

##WLAN_KEY[4]="D5AD1F04ACF048EC2D0B1C80C7"

##WLAN_IWPRIV[4]="set AuthMode=WPAPSK | set EncrypType=TKIP | set WPAPSK=96389dc66eaf7e6efd5b5523ae43c7925ff4df2f8b7099495192d44a774fda16"

WLAN_WPA[4]="wpa_supplicant"

#WLAN_WPADRIVER[4]="ndiswrapper"

...

where I'm using wpa2 which needs wpa_supplicant. If you have wpa2-encryption, be sure to configure the /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file as well.

The wlan is started via

Code:

/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 wlan0_start

If my example doesn't meet your requirements, please tell us more about your network-settings.

Markus

Edit: http://alien.slackbook.org/dokuwiki/...ckware:network

I changed the settings to this..

Code:



bash-4.1# cat /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf

# /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf

#

# This file contains the configuration settings for network interfaces.

# If USE_DHCP[interface] is set to "yes", this overrides any other settings.

# If you don't have an interface, leave the settings null ("").



# You can configure network interfaces other than eth0,eth1... by setting

# IFNAME[interface] to the interface's name. If IFNAME[interface] is unset

# or empty, it is assumed you're configuring eth<interface>.



# Several other parameters are available, the end of this file contains a

# comprehensive set of examples.



# =============================================================================



# Config information for eth0:

IPADDR[0]=""

NETMASK[0]=""

USE_DHCP[0]="yes"

DHCP_HOSTNAME[0]=""



# Config information for eth1:

IPADDR[1]=""

NETMASK[1]=""

USE_DHCP[1]=""

DHCP_HOSTNAME[1]=""



# Config information for eth2:

IPADDR[2]=""

NETMASK[2]=""

USE_DHCP[2]=""

DHCP_HOSTNAME[2]=""



# Config information for eth3:

IPADDR[3]=""

NETMASK[3]=""

USE_DHCP[3]=""

DHCP_HOSTNAME[3]=""



# Default gateway IP address:

GATEWAY=""



# Change this to "yes" for debugging output to stdout.  Unfortunately,

# /sbin/hotplug seems to disable stdout so you'll only see debugging output

# when rc.inet1 is called directly.

DEBUG_ETH_UP="no"



## Example config information for wlan0.  Uncomment the lines you need and fill

## in your info.  (You may not need all of these for your wireless network)

IFNAME[4]="wlan0"

IPADDR[4]=""

NETMASK[4]=""

USE_DHCP[4]="yes"

#DHCP_HOSTNAME[4]="icculus-wireless"

#DHCP_KEEPRESOLV[4]="yes"

#DHCP_KEEPNTP[4]="yes"

#DHCP_KEEPGW[4]="yes"

#DHCP_IPADDR[4]=""

#WLAN_ESSID[4]=BARRIER05

WLAN_MODE[4]=Managed

WLAN_RATE[4]="54M auto"

##WLAN_CHANNEL[4]="auto"

##WLAN_KEY[4]="D5AD1F04ACF048EC2D0B1C80C7"

##WLAN_IWPRIV[4]="set AuthMode=WPAPSK | set EncrypType=TKIP | set WPAPSK=96389dc66eaf7e6efd5b5523ae43c7925ff4df2f8b7099495192d44a774fda16"

WLAN_WPA[4]="wpa_supplicant"

#WLAN_WPADRIVER[4]="ndiswrapper"



## Some examples of additional network parameters that you can use.

## Config information for wlan0:

#IFNAME[4]="wlan0"              # Use a different interface name nstead of

                                # the default 'eth4'

#HWADDR[4]="00:01:23:45:67:89"  # Overrule the card's hardware MAC address

#MTU[4]=""                      # The default MTU is 1500, but you might need

                                # 1360 when you use NAT'ed IPSec traffic.

#DHCP_KEEPRESOLV[4]="yes"      # If you dont want /etc/resolv.conf overwritten

#DHCP_KEEPNTP[4]="yes"          # If you don't want ntp.conf overwritten

#DHCP_KEEPGW[4]="yes"          # If you don't want the DHCP server to change

                                # your default gateway

#DHCP_IPADDR[4]=""              # Request a specific IP address from the DHCP

                                # server

#WLAN_ESSID[4]=DARKSTAR        # Here, you can override _any_ parameter

                                # defined in rc.wireless.conf, by prepending

                                # 'WLAN_' to the parameter's name. Useful for

                                # those with multiple wireless interfaces.

#WLAN_IWPRIV[4]="set AuthMode=WPAPSK | set EncrypType=TKIP | set WPAPSK=thekey"

                                # Some drivers require a private ioctl to be

                                # set through the iwpriv command. If more than

                                # one is required, you can place them in the

                                # IWPRIV parameter (separated with the pipe (|)

                                # character, see the example).

bash-4.1#

but unfortunately, when I tried to start wlan0, this is what happened.

Code:

bash-4.1# /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 wlan0_start

/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1:  wlan0 information: 'Any ESSID'

Error for wireless request "Set Nickname" (8B1C) :

    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.

Line 22: Invalid PSK 'your_64_char_psk_here'.

Line 22: failed to parse psk 'your_64_char_psk_here'.

Line 24: WPA-PSK accepted for key management, but no PSK configured.

Line 24: failed to parse network block.

Failed to read or parse configuration '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'.

Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or directory

Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or directory

Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or directory

Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or directory

Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or directory

Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or directory

Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or directory

Failed to connect to wpa_supplic

..and it continued to print those errors indefinitely. If you need more information about my network, I'd be happy to tell you, I just don't know what you want to know. My encryption is WEP. Please help me more, I would love to get the machine working properly.

The errormessages don't matter. I have the same messages when everything is working.

But there is a message: "Invalid PSK"

You should check your wpa_supplicant.conf, here an example from my laptop

Code:

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=0



network={

        ssid="xxxxxxxxxxxxx"

        proto=WPA RSN

        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK

        pairwise=TKIP

        psk="xxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

}



# Wildcard match for SSID (plaintext APs only). This example select any

# open AP regardless of its SSID.

#network={

#      key_mgmt=NONE

#}

Markus

How do I get to that file?

mh, it is in /etc, you'll have to be root when you edit it.

Code:

cd /etc

vim wpa_supplicant.conf

or another editor if you want.

Markus

It seems like all this is for WPA, but I have WEP..
So I made some changes to that, you were right.
Heres the new error I'm getting.

Code:

bash-4.1# /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 wlan0_start

/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1:  wlan0 information: 'Any ESSID'

Error for wireless request "Set Nickname" (8B1C) :

    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.

Polling for DHCP server on interface wlan0:

dhcpcd: version 5.2.2 starting

dhcpcd: wlan0: waiting for carrier

dhcpcd: timed out

dhcpcd: allowing 8 seconds for IPv4LL timeout

dhcpcd: timed out

bash-4.1#

With the command

Code:

iwconfig

you can check if you're authenticated to the accesspoint. There is a manpage for wpa_supplicant and for wpa_supplicant.conf. You will also find a samplefile for the wpa_supplicant.conf in /usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant..../

Markus