LinuxQuestions.org - slackware 13 on ThinkPad X31, could't connect to internet, could't restart & shutdown

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Originally Posted by SiRoel (Post 3732365)

- how to set internet connection ? i got pop up alert such as "could not parse xml file "
- command #shutdown -r now or #shutdown -h now could not restart or shutdown my machine, i have opened /etc/lilo.conf and add command: append = "acpi=force"
but it didn't works. what should i do ?
help me please, thanks.

1. To connect to the internet:

- for pppoe, run -> pppoe-setup (follow on-screen instructions)
- for wireless, -> use wicd
- for dialup, -> use Wvdial

2. Am guessing u have created a new account and have not added the appropriate groups.

see this list and do the needful->

Code:

sam@Sam:~$ groups

sam bin daemon sys tty disk wheel audio video cdrom games slocate shadow ftp haldaemon plugdev power netdev scanner users console

then as root u can use "visudo" from the terminal and then edit accordingly.-> (assuming ur comfortable with vi editor)

Code:

# sudoers file.

#

# This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.

#

# See the sudoers man page for the details on how to write a sudoers file.

#



# Host alias specification



# User alias specification



# Cmnd alias specification



# Defaults specification



# Runas alias specification



# User privilege specification

root    ALL=(ALL) ALL



# Uncomment to allow people in group wheel to run all commands

#  %wheel      ALL=(ALL)      ALL



# Same thing without a password

  %wheel        ALL=(ALL)      NOPASSWD: ALL



# Samples

# %users  ALL=/sbin/mount /cdrom,/sbin/umount /cdrom

# %users  localhost=/sbin/shutdown -h now

then u can use the following commands to successfully shutdown or reboot:

for reboot ->

Code:

sudo /sbin/reboot

for shutdown ->

Code:

sudo /sbin/shutdown -h now

Hope this helps. :)