I have installed Slackware 10.2, but can't seem to access the Internet with the Firefox icon OR the Konqueror icon. I have tried some other Linuxes, but they automatically connected to the internet, so I don't know what to do to make it work. also, I can't figure out how to make it come up in the GUI, insted of the CLI, so I have to type in "startx" just to get the GUI. then, when I log out, it goes to the CLI and "shutdown -h now" or "halt" do not work, even though that's what I found in the man pages. Is this the norm for Slackware?? If so, I guess I'm not reqady for the higher classed distrobutions yet. Being fairly new to linux, I'm totally confused as to what to do to make this work better. Ubuntu, Knoppix and Mepis worked well for me, but I wanted to go on to a better learning experience, and not have Windows wannabe's for my OS of choice. Can someone give me a little guidance here? Thank You.

whats the output of 'lspci | grep Ethernet', 'lsmod', and 'ifconfig eth0'? do you connect to the internet via a router with DHCP? or just straight to a modem?

edit /etc/initttab change the default run level from, i believe, '3' to '4'. it should be documented in that file so just check it out. save and after rebooting should go to the GUI login manager.

was there an error displayed? if so what was it? maybe you need to 'su' to root first to run the command?

slackware is a great choice for that

hope this helps.

edit: if you ever get permission denied after running a command, then run 'su' [enter], then run the command again. youll need to use 'su' first before editing the /etc/inittab file too.

What hardware do you have?

OK, how do you connect to the Internet usually? Do you have a cable modem, adsl, a router, a 56K modem?

Then, have you configured PPP (for a 56K modem) correctly? If you are using an ADSL or Cable modem, how do you connect it to your machine (USB port, Ethernet)? If you are using a router, have you configured your network parameters -- including DHCP -- correctly?

In short, "connecting to the Internet" is too generic to be useful here. You need to give us more information about your setup.

Thanks for your post, I have to copy and past from an editor to give you that info, I will try to get back to you in a short time

HP Pavilion with AMD Semperon processor - 3100+ Onboard Sis nic, etc. I have a Linksys wireless USb, but haven't been able to get it fired up with Linux

lspci | grep Ethernet
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 90)

lsmod
Module000000000Size000Used000By000Not Tainted
snd-pcm-oss00000367360000000(unused)
snd-mixer-oss0000123760000000(snd-pcm-oss
parport_pc0000000150440001000(autoclean)
lp0000000000000064040000000(autoclean)
parport0000000000228240001000(autoclean)[parport_pc lp]
snde-intel8x000000183040002
snd-ac97-codec000585560000000[snd-intel8x0]
snd-pcm000000000543340001000[snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-ac97-codec]
snd-timer00000000137640001000[snd-pcm]
snd0000000000000327720000000[snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer]
soundcore000000033960004000[snd]
snd-page-alloc000047120000000[snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm snd-timer snd]
usb-ohci000000000193680000000(unused)
usbcore0000000000591480001000[usb-ohci]
SiS 900000000000127800001
crc320000000000002880000[SiS 900]
ohcil139400000000238880000000(unused)
ieee1394000000000416360000000[ohcil1394]
pcmcia_core0000000391720000
ide-scsi00000000000093920000

ifconfig eth0
ETH0 link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13: D4: DB:3C:99
inet addr: 192.168.1.101 Bcast: 192.168.1.255 Mask 255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:62 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:62 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:8198 (8.0 Kb) TX bytes:2462 (2.4 Kb)
Interrupt:10 Base Address:0xa800

DSL line to DSL Modem to Router to computer

Ethernet cable from router Yes

ok so you do have the proper driver loaded for your NIC, and you do have an IP address assigned from your DHCP server/router.

try posting the output of 'ping 192.168.1.1', 'ping google.com', and 'ping 64.233.187.99'

is there other computers connected to this router too? if so, can they access any internet resources?

To shutdown from CLI, you have to edit /etc/sudoers and add group shutdown
try this link:
sitehttp://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/stirl.../shutdown.html

but editing /etc/inittab to runlevel 4is a better way

# Default runlevel. (Do not set to 0 or 6)
id:4:initdefault:

As far as accessing the internet, check /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf and make sure use_dhpc="yes" on eth0
or run /sbin/netconfig again as root and reenter your hostname,domain and so on

nadroj I'll get back to you on the "pings", but there are three computers connected to this router. It is a Linksys wireless router and all three computers have windows and connect to the internet. I have a dual boot on one of them and am able to access the Internet with my computer on windows, DSL live, Ubuntu live, and BeatrIX live with no problems. I should also tell you that I have a Cat5 cable direct from one of the ports on the router to the computer, because the wireless adapter doesn't work in Linux (so far, but soon I hope) <crosses fingers>.

drwilsontx I was able to edit /etc/inittab to start up in runlevel 4, so the startup and shutdown problems are taken care of. THX: . I'm going to sign off and try those things right now, Thanks

drwilsontx I did check "/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf" and to make sure "use_dhpc="yes"" is on the section for eth0. I also tried running "/sbin/netconfig" as root, but I'm a bit confused as to what to put in there. To find my IP address I had to shutdown and go to windows and I got this:

I have tried every one of those IP addy's, along with the Default Gateway, but have had no success. The part that confuses me is that I put in a hostname (let's just say "Slackware" for the sake of argument); The next question asks me for a domain .... I don't have a domain, but I have tried "Slackware".com, .net, and .org (as given in the example); but none seem to bring any results. I have also tried with static IP (that's what we have from our ISP) and with DHCP, neither worked. When I tried static IP I put in the numbers of the "Primary DNS Server" for my ISP, but failed once again. Could this be the problem, or is there something else I'm not aware of.

I know it probably bug's you folks to hold a newbie's hand like this, but I'm here to learn, and I hope to get the answers to these problems. I appreciate the help you folks are giving me Thanks

does anyone else have any ideas

Ok...from what I could glean from this post (Please verify this is correct as of this moment with lspci, lsmod, ifconfig):

• Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 90)
• SiS 900 (module)
• 192.168.1.1 (IP Address of your Linksys router/ IP of gateway (Look in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf to make sure it is in there too)
• 192.168.1.101 IP address of this machine

Is all the above correct? (I want to be sure before we go any farther...)

Hostname is the name of your system in your network, the domain is yoour network domain, within your lan( not the internet), mine is theduke.tdn ( John Wayne fan)**Not your internet domain** , it's just a name for your network it doesn't make a difference what you name it. Just make sure dhcp is on, it will get a network addy from your router,


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

# Config information for eth0:
IPADDR[0]=""
NETMASK[0]=""
USE_DHCP[0]="yes"


# Default gateway IP address:
GATEWAY=""

that is what is listed in the relevant sections if /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf for my desktop, connected to my router. Is this a wireless connection? to find your ip address in linux

ifconfig

will give you the info