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Old 05-31-2006, 07:22 AM   #1
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missing packages (TCP /IP)?


Hello,
A couple of weeks ago I installed slackware 10.2. I didn't have internet connection then, so I might not have installed certain
packages (responsible for networking). I am not sure. Now I am connected to the internet (at least on other systems I have - fedora core and winxp. On slackware internet doesn't work. I ran
netconfig and it says "seems you do not have TCP/IP installed"
How can I install it from the net, (temporarily I do not have installation cds)
thank you
 
Old 05-31-2006, 07:32 AM   #2
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To install anything from the net, you must have the tcpip and other network related packages installed. You have a bit of a chicken & egg problem here.

If this is a multi-boot computer the best you can do is boot into the other OS, get connected, download the Slackware 10.2 CD1 ISO image, make sure it is downloaded to a partition where Slackware can find it after you reboot.
Then after rebooting back into Slackware, run "mount -o loop slackware-10.2-install-d1.iso /mnt/cdrom" and install the packages you need from the /mnt/cdrom/slackware/ directory.

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Old 05-31-2006, 07:45 AM   #3
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Thanks,
Actually, I meant something like booting into fedora, downloading a package,
saving it on slackware, booting slackware etc.
is it possible? something like RPMs

if not I will have to download cd1,
thanks
 
Old 05-31-2006, 08:30 AM   #4
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sycamorex
Thanks,
Actually, I meant something like booting into fedora, downloading a package,
saving it on slackware, booting slackware etc.
is it possible? something like RPMs

if not I will have to download cd1,
thanks
Hi,

Eric, gave you good advice! Slackware would be aware of the fedora downloaded iso as long as the partition is on the same machine. Just mount it as suggested.

The download of the iso cd1 will contain the needed packages that you could install using pkgtool to install. After the mount just cd to the desired directory to install the package. The tcp/ip package will be in the /n diskset (/slackware/n) of the mount point. You would then cli the pkgtool command as root.
 
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If you do not want to download a complete ISO image, you can also download the individual packages if you already know which ones you need. Any mirror will have them, like this one:
http://slackware.mirrors.tds.net/pub...0.2/slackware/
Notably the "network" packages will be in directory http://slackware.mirrors.tds.net/pub...2/slackware/n/ AKA the "n" package-set.

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Old 05-31-2006, 11:48 AM   #6
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Thanks Eric
I downloaded every package from the /n directory and installed them with installpkg.
The problem is I still get the same error during netconfig (seems you don't have tcp/ip
installed). So the problem probably lies somewhere else. (Btw, what architecture is 486? i386 is for 32bit x86_64 for 64 bit processors, what about 486?)
My guess is that Slackware doesn't recognises my ethernet card:

The following is part of my dmesg:
Code:
I: Sharing IRQ 3 with 00:04.0
Yenta ISA IRQ mask 0x0050, PCI irq 3
Socket status: 30000006
cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0820-0x08ff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x080f: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x03e0-0x04ff: excluding 0x480-0x48f 0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x03af: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
sis900.c: v1.08.07 11/02/2003
PCI: Found IRQ 3 for device 00:04.0
PCI: Sharing IRQ 3 with 00:06.0
eth0: Realtek RTL8201 PHY transceiver found at address 13.
eth0: Using transceiver found at address 13 as default
eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0x1800, IRQ 3, 00:c0:9f:81:db:92.
usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
usb.c: registered new driver hub
PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:03.2
ehci_hcd 00:03.2: Silicon Integrated System
~
and ifconfig

Code:
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:296 (296.0 b)  TX bytes:296 (296.0 b)

nothing about eth0

'lspci | grep eth' gives no results
Can you help me on this one?
thanks

Last edited by sycamorex; 05-31-2006 at 11:50 AM.
 
Old 05-31-2006, 03:25 PM   #7
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Try to see if it's the correct module for your card using lspci and some web search.
After that, try to init it using ifconfig.

Last edited by gbonvehi; 05-31-2006 at 03:31 PM.
 
  


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