Slackware is amazing but I can't access the internet.
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Slackware is amazing but I can't access the internet.
Did I not configure my server correctly? How do I get onto the internet? without it I'm really bored. Thanks for the help.
...I did skip a whole chunk of the installation because my friend said it was pointless. I think it was the modem section or something, could this be the problem?
If you have a pretty much standard DSL connection, the options should be pretty easy.
Hostname: give your comp some kind of name
domain name: Not really needed, just put in blah.com if you want.
Setup IP address: picking the default DHCP should work.
DHCP hostname: you prolly wont need to enter anything, just hit enter
Finish up: hit ok.
There's a small and narrow thing that says "2WIRE" on it with three neon green lights. I know I have DSL, I just got confused.
Card and modem? Eep, I don't know internet stuff.. Whenever I boot into Slack it says:
Could not connect to the server
Or something like that. I know I'm sounding a bit newbish here but I'm kind of confused. The thing that puzzles me the most is that my internet works just fine in Win, which leads me to believe that I installed it incorrectly.
yup, su is great. as for consoles, i think xterm is the slackware default...but which one appears in your menu will depend on which window manager you're using. gnome usually has a button on the panel called gnome-terminal, and 3-4 other terminals buried somewhere in the application menu. fluxbox i think usually has xterm. don't know about KDE, but i seem to remember something about ALT+F2....
my advice...it's soon enough that you won't lose anything...reinstall slack, and this time follow the menu....at the network part, you can set a name for your box (so it won't be darkstar..it can be any name you want) and then at the network configuration, choose DHCP and all will be well with you and the internet....slack will find your card, and your connection and you'll be all set to go....thats what i would do.
instead of reinstalling, just run netconfig from a terminal. i think that's the script that's run during setup anyway, and it will save you the whole reinstalling thing.
OK, I entered "su" in the console and terminal and it asks me for a password. I give it my root password and it tells me "Sorry". After the sorry it goes back to the line "(insert something here)@darkstar~#". I don't really want to reinstall, and if I do I might install something else because I always like to be expirimental (freeBSD maybe?).
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