Can't setup any network

baja_yu · 10-28-2007, 04:05 PM

Hi all,

I'm new to the forum and relatively new to Linux. I have bought a laptop recently and I would like to run Slackware on it. I have been using the installation guide "The Perfect Desktop: Slackware 12" from HowToForge, but I've only got to page three, mainly because I can not setup an internet connection on it.

Laptop is MSI VR700X-036EU, with the following specs:
Screen: 17.0" WXGA 1440 x 900
CPU: Intel Pentium Dual-Core T2080 (1.73GHz, FSB 533MHz, 1MB L2)
Graphics Card: Integrated Intel 950GMA
RAM: 2GB DDR2
Hard disk: 160GB SATA, 5400rpm
Optical drive: DVD-Super Multi
Communication: 56K modem, GLAN, IEEE 802.11b/g

I have a WebStar cable modem which can use LAN or USB to connect to a PC. I've tried it with Fedora Core 6, and Ubuntu 7.04 Live CD and the USB worked on both without any additional settings.
Now on Slackware, I have used Netconfig to set it to DHCP, but with no results.

If someone would be kind enough to guide me through the process of seting up the ethernet I would be very gratefull.

Peacedog · 10-28-2007, 05:27 PM

Hi baja_yu, Welcome to lq. Are the modules for the nic loaded? Check and/or post the output from the following please.

Code:

/sbin/lspci -v
/sbin/lsmod
/sbin/ifconfig -a

Good luck. ;-)

baja_yu · 10-28-2007, 06:50 PM

Thanks for the reply. Here are the outputs that the commands generated. They are quite large. I'm posting them here becuase I didn't find an 'attach file' feature on this forum.

lspci
**********************************
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 42e1
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 42e1
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at fb480000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
I/O ports at b400 [size=8]
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at fb580000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
Capabilities: [90] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2

00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 42e1
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at fb500000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 42e1
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at fb5f8000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [70] Express Unknown type IRQ 0

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=06, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
Memory behind bridge: fc000000-febfffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f4000000-00000000faffffff
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot-) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 42e1
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: fbf00000-fbffffff
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 42e1
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 42e1
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 42e1
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
I/O ports at b480 [size=32]

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 42e1
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at b800 [size=32]

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 42e1
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at b880 [size=32]

00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 42e1
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
I/O ports at bc00 [size=32]

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 42e1
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
Memory at fb5ffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Debug port

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
Memory behind bridge: fb600000-fbefffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f2000000-00000000f3ffffff
Capabilities: [50] Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 42e1

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 42e1
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information

00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 80 [Master])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 42e1
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16]
Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 2

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 42e1
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 19
I/O ports at 0400 [size=32]

01:04.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711MP1/MS1 MemoryCardBus Controller (rev 21)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 42e1
Flags: bus master, stepping, slow devsel, latency 168, IRQ 16
Memory at fb600000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=01, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: 80000000-83fff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 84000000-87fff000
I/O window 0: 0000c000-0000c0ff
I/O window 1: 0000c400-0000c4ff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

01:04.2 Generic system peripheral [0805]: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MMC/SD Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 42e1
Flags: slow devsel, IRQ 16
Memory at fb6fe400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2

01:04.3 Bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MS/xD Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 42e1
Flags: slow devsel, IRQ 5
Memory at fb6fd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2

01:04.4 FireWire (IEEE 1394): O2 Micro, Inc. Firewire (IEEE 1394) (rev 02) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: O2 Micro, Inc. Firewire (IEEE 1394)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
Memory at fb6ff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Memory at fb6fe800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2

04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 42e1
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
Memory at fbfff000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Expansion ROM at fbfc0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [48] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable-
Capabilities: [60] Express Endpoint IRQ 0
Capabilities: [84] Vendor Specific Information
**********************************

lsmod
**********************************
Module Size Used by
i915 25088 0
drm 75156 1 i915
snd_seq_dummy 6788 0
snd_seq_oss 32896 0
snd_seq_midi_event 10112 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 50640 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 10508 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 42784 0
snd_mixer_oss 18048 1 snd_pcm_oss
ipv6 254496 23
capability 7304 0
commoncap 9344 1 capability
8139cp 23296 0
mii 8576 1 8139cp
ppp_deflate 8704 0
ppp_generic 26772 1 ppp_deflate
slhc 9856 1 ppp_generic
lp 13736 0
parport_pc 27812 0
parport 34760 2 lp,parport_pc
pcspkr 6528 0
psmouse 39048 0
pcmcia 34988 0
r8169 29832 0
yenta_socket 27148 1
rsrc_nonstatic 14848 1 yenta_socket
sg 30364 0
sdhci 18828 0
mmc_core 25988 1 sdhci
snd_hda_intel 20248 0
snd_hda_codec 209152 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm 72068 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
evdev 11904 1
pcmcia_core 36500 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
serio_raw 9220 0
ata_generic 9220 0
snd_timer 22532 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 47204 9 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm,snd _timer
shpchp 33172 0
soundcore 9824 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 11528 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_i801 11408 0
intel_agp 25116 1
iTCO_wdt 12964 0
agpgart 31432 2 drm,intel_agp
iTCO_vendor_support 7172 1 iTCO_wdt
**********************************

ifconfig
**********************************
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
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:17 Base address:0xe000

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:152 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:152 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:9816 (9.5 KiB) TX bytes:9816 (9.5 KiB)
**********************************

H_TeXMeX_H · 10-29-2007, 03:36 AM

Have you tried running 'netconfig' ?

baja_yu · 10-29-2007, 05:09 AM

Yes, but it gives me only a few steps to set up Hostname, domain name, static IP/DHCP, DHCP hostname. That's about it, and it doesn't help.

allend · 10-29-2007, 07:42 AM

Have you tried running (as root) 'pppoe-setup'?

baja_yu · 10-29-2007, 08:38 AM

The pppop-setup got a little progress. Now in X when I go to Control Center > Network settings, the eth01 device which shows when I connect the cable modem via USB is activated. Earlier I couldn't activate it.
But still no internet connection.
When I connect the modem via LAN, eth0 still cant be 'enabled' in Control Center.

allend · 10-29-2007, 09:07 AM

What is the output of 'ifconfig' now?

baja_yu · 10-29-2007, 12:20 PM

Output is the same if the cable modem is not connected. But if it is it also has this:

**************************
eth1 Link ecap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
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)
**************************

allend · 10-29-2007, 05:18 PM

Does your cable modem have an IP address?

baja_yu · 10-29-2007, 05:42 PM

Yes, it does, but it's not static.

allend · 10-29-2007, 07:15 PM

With my external ADSL modem, I connect via the NIC in my computer. The NIC card is configured with a static local address 10.1.1.2, subnet mask 255.255.255.192 and a default gateway of 10.1.1.1 (this is done in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf).
The modem has an IP address of 10.1.1.1, but gets an address via DHCP on connect. The modem takes care of mapping from the external DHCP assigned address to the local address.
The assignment of DNS server addresses is taken care of by the pppoe-start script.

I suspect that you need to do something similar.

Peacedog · 10-30-2007, 07:37 AM

Have you tried assigning ip, sub, gateway, etc. manually? If so, can you ping anything? I'm starting to suspect a driver issue?
Good luck. ;-)

php · 10-30-2007, 07:53 AM

Do you have to run this via USB cable? I never understood the concept of USB on cable modems because virtually every computer has a network port.

baja_yu · 10-30-2007, 11:53 AM

It seems now that the eth0 device listed in above logs is actually the WiFi card. So it would mean that the LAN ethernet is not enabled. How would I go about doing that, having in mind that it is an integrated card on a Laptop?