Slackware 13 Network Settings
 

I just installed Slackware 13 and I cannot see my network settings with KDE
I get an error "could not parse XML file()" My networks connect fine and I can see them with iwlist or ifconfig from the command line....just cant see the setting with KDE. I have the same problem on both my Laptop and Desktop computers. Any ideas??

Thanks

so do I

Hello ibwew,

welcome to LQ,
If everything works fine in your network, why do you want to see the settings in KDE? I don't know what to do to make KDE show the networksettings. But it is not the prefered method in Slackware, to configure the system via a gui-tool.

Markus

It's easier to switch networks.....especially on my Laptop. I used the GUI
with Slackware 12.2 and it was easier to change the wireless settings...just "point and click". Now I have to edit my /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless.conf file to switch wireless networks...PITA!!

Thanks

You could try using wicd. Slackware has a package for it.

Already installed and tried it......no joy!!

Hi,

What errors or information when you attempt 'wicd'?

OK........I got wicd working!! Had to add myself to the netdev group.
Thanks everyone for your help!!

I still would like to be able to see my network setting with KDE though...if anyone has a solution I would love to hear it.

Thanks

Contact the KDE people who added "Slackware network configuration support" but didn't check with the Slackware developers to make it actually work...

Eric

Forever newbie...
 

Ok, I had just installed Slackware 13.0 and got no network working.
I also got the same error in KDE (prnt screen attached). How to get out of here and have eth0 up and running?
Thanks!

Hello eraosso,

please let us know which network card you're using. Wired or wireless? what is the output of ifconfig? please post the related part of your /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf.

Markus

Hello Markus,
I was trying the wired card. Wireless will come next. :D

Attached are dmesg, ifconfig and rc.inet1.conf.

Since I did not know what is the important part of rc.inet1.conf, I attached the whole file.

On dmesg I found the following about eth0:

• eth0 (3c59x): not using net_device_ops yet

• ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready

Thanks again for the help!

Hello eraosso,

your networkinterface is set up correct with the appropriate drivers. But it did not get an IP-configuration via DHCP. If you use DHCP you shoud try: (as root) if you don't have DHCP it is necessary to edit rc.inet1.conf and create the necessary entries manually.
The IP-adress which ifconfig shows for eth0 is a so called APIPA-adress (automatic private ip adressing) which the computer generates if there is noch configuration available via DHCP.
Have you used Slackware before installing Slack13? Have you made any changes? As far as I know the network-configuration while the installation has not changed since earlier versions of Slackware.

Markus

Hi Markus,
this is a plain vanilla installation I did yesterday.
I have played with Slackware since version 8, then installed Slack 11 and even played with wireless. But I never had such problems... Usually network was up and running without issues.
I will give it another try and will revert back in case I do not succeed.

Thanks again!
Osmar.

Hi,

First, do you have the 'users' in the proper groups;

What's the 'gateway' for your system? What does 'route -n' show?

Well, I did rerun the installation DVD and this time I configured the network through the setup program...

But what I really believed solved the problem was that I set the MAC address of the network card as allowed into my router... :newbie:

This is posted using my good old Dell Inspiron with Slack 13 on it!!

Again, many thanks for helping and sorry for the clumsy "newbiness"...

netconfig - is what you wanted.

anyway happy that the problem is sloved.

I am getting this problem only, can any body tell to how to change network settings by command line or gui, anything will do??
thanks in advance....

Did you bother reading the rest of this thread? The answers to your question are there.

Sorry to bother you....but I am new linux user and know very little command line so m finding it difficult to understand that.

finally I did it with command line. Although not through gui still..
thread really helped.
I would like to thank Nylex also.:)

Sorry. In future, make sure to ask specific questions about what it is you're finding difficult!

hello.I got the same problem like you in KDE 4.3.4.Did you got some methods to solve the problem?

P.S. By using wicd,I can configure my network in graph mode,but I do want to make kdenetwork work.

i have this problem as well in slack13, but im using the GNOME based desktop, "cholesterol free desktop" and it also cannot parse the XML file.

Depending on your distro, KDE's own tools may not work for you. I always got a warning in KDE the second I opened the tool. The "wicd" is the graphical tools that works.

As for command line, that is very simple for ethernet, and should be for wireless also as long as your wireless drivers are installed.

I generally

1. run netconfig
2. add a default gateway (via command line) and test to see if I can ping the router
3. (if #2 worked) edit the configuration file for my distro to make the change permanent

Though if you're going to run wicd it's easier to remove all specific settings and let wicd auto-detect which network you're connected to. I don't think I had to change anything, though, because eth0 was already configured to use DHCP, which is all it actually needs.

Even if I reboot and don't go to the desktop, I find my ethernet gets its settings automatically. I'm not good at remembering details and can't remember the path to the config file...I'm not at home right now...the path is different on Slackware than other distros.

You really shouldn't have to do anything except bring eth0 up.
F.Y.I., I downloaded the latest wicd, I did not install from the Slack DVD because the older wicd has a bug (read that on SourceForge http://wicd.sourceforge.net/ )