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03-10-2006, 07:05 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2005
Location: United Kingdom
Distribution: Fedora , Ubuntu, Slackware-Current
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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
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03-10-2006, 07:15 PM
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Registered: Nov 2005
Location: Columbus, OH, USA
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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
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03-10-2006, 07:26 PM
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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
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03-10-2006, 07:50 PM
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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!
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03-10-2006, 08:39 PM
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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
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03-10-2006, 08:49 PM
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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.
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03-10-2006, 08:57 PM
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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
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03-10-2006, 09:10 PM
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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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