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Old 03-10-2006, 07:05 PM   #1
BobNutfield
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Slack up and running, but.........


Hi Everybody,

Thanks to everyone who posted back to help me get my new Slackware 10.2 installed and running, It looks just like I had hoped it would, and just the platform to learn to become an advanced user. As a Slackware newbie, I am having trouble with just a few of things,
2 important, 1 not really important.

1. I cannot find a correct line to put into my grub.conf to get it to boot. I get the error
Error 15: file not found. But I can boot fine into Slack with a boot disk. I have already posted what I added to the grub.conf file, so I don't want to sound desparate and hound folks, but I will ask this: is it necessary to have the line included about init.img, such as:

initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.31.img

That line is included with the files that boot my Fedora distros, but I have been told that Slack does not use it by default, so I did not include it.

2. I have not been able to set up my network cards (I have two installed), though they are recognized in the hardware browser. How can I do that from the command line?

3. Sound doesn't work, but I know that is because it is muted in alsamixer. I will eventually figure that one out, but not really important.

It is not the end of the world if I cannot boot from grub, just more convenient, but I really need to get the network setup.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Bob
 
Old 03-10-2006, 07:15 PM   #2
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Hi Bob,

1. You have been informed correctly, Slack by default shouldn't need an initrd (unless you have some weird / filesystem)

2. Run the netconfig script (you'll recognise it from the tail end of the installation). Failing that, find out what kernel module your cards need and uncomment the apropriate line in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules.

3. As root, run alsamixer, unmute and set volume as desired then run alsactl store to set these volumes as default.

Hopefully you'll get an answer on grub in your other thread.

cheers
 
Old 03-10-2006, 07:26 PM   #3
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Thanks, odevens, that is very helpful. Going to try those things right now. I will get all of this figured out. The people on this forum are wonderful. I have learned more from this forum than I did in the entire previous year of studying on my own.

Thanks again,

Bob
 
Old 03-10-2006, 07:50 PM   #4
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As you have 2 cards, you may have to edit /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf (this is where the information you pass to netconfig goes) to get exactly the behaviour you're looking for - netconfig will probably only set up one card (eth0).

Forgot to mention that - doh!
 
Old 03-10-2006, 08:39 PM   #5
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Thanks again...got sound working, which is great. But running the network setup again (you are right, I did recognize it) had no affect. Did not see any sign of the cards I have in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules. The /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf file just shows the setup I did. I need a way to activate one of the cards to get on the net. One is an onboard Marvel and the other is a standard PCI Davicom 10/100. I guess I was spoiled by FC4's graphical "Network Device Control." They show up in hardware, but are not active.

Thanks for the help

Bob
 
Old 03-10-2006, 08:49 PM   #6
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The cards may well be listed in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules under a different name - most often they're defined by chipset as opposed to brand (for example, I have a Linksys "Network Everywhere" card that uses the "tulip" and "crc32" modules). A quick google of the full brand name & model number +linux should let you know. lspci -v may have the information too. Ofcourse, the modules may well be loaded already (have a good look at the output of lsmod), in which case
Code:
ifconfig eth0 up; dhcpcd eth0
(substituting apropriate interface) should bring up the interface and start dhcp.
 
Old 03-10-2006, 08:57 PM   #7
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Thank you again...I think that just may do the trick. As a matter of fact, FC4 uses the Tulip module.

Thank you for all your help.

By the way, very familiar with Columbus. I am American but live in Britain. I really like Ohio (but steer clear of Ashtabula, tons of speed traps as I remember!

Bob
 
Old 03-10-2006, 09:10 PM   #8
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Glad it all helped.

Well, I'm a brit now living out here in Columbus. I hear you about the far northeast - I've made several trips up I-90 to Erie PA and always ease off around the border.
 
  


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