 Suse 10.0: Can't Get On Network! Help Please! |
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 Nov 2 2006, 01:09 AM
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NiGHTFoX - Hiding in the dark  Group: Members Posts: 680 Joined: 3-April 05 Member No.: 3,584  |
On my main computer, I got SuSE 10.0 installed as a dual boot with no problems except the network. SuSE sees my integrated NIC card (it's on the motherboard) but I can't get online!
I went into terminal, did a SU - and logged in and then did an ifconfig... eth0 is there but no IPv4 address, just an IPv6 and then the loopback address. Could it be that I'm running the 32 bit version of it and when I went to install, it was like "Cool computer, but.... this is 32 bit and you're using a 64 bit processor!!!!"? Just wondering. I could probably download 10.1 64 bit overnight and just burn and install it tomorrow. Any ideas?? Here's what the terminal said: CODE eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:17:31:D9:AD:D3 inet6 addr: fe80::217:31ff:fed9:add3/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:130 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:44662 (43.6 Kb) TX byes:0 (0.0 Kb) Interrupt:223 Base address:0xe000 Loopback doesn't seem to have any problems. Also, just another problem, I have a dual monitor system and I was wondering if there was a way to get SuSE to "extend" my desktop, like in Windows. Thanks! [N]F This post has been edited by nightfox: Nov 2 2006, 01:37 AM |
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Nov 2 2006, 02:10 AM
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Colonel Panic  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 2,793 Joined: 25-March 05 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 3,233 |
It's ok to run 32-bit Linux on 64-bit systems.
Just check that you installed the drivers for your LAN. xboxrulz |
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Nov 2 2006, 02:22 AM
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NiGHTFoX - Hiding in the dark Group: Members Posts: 680 Joined: 3-April 05 Member No.: 3,584 |
QUOTE(xboxrulz @ Nov 1 2006, 09:10 PM)  It's ok to run 32-bit Linux on 64-bit systems. Just check that you installed the drivers for your LAN. xboxrulz Hmmm... well, SuSE supposedly "sees" the device. Maybe I'll find one of my extra cards that's listed in the database and maybe that'll work. It's been so long since I've worked with SuSE! It's great to be back!!  [N]F |
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Nov 2 2006, 03:26 AM
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Colonel Panic Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 2,793 Joined: 25-March 05 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 3,233 |
well, I have been w/ SuSE Linux since 2003, so I don't really know why I would leave SuSE Linux at all.
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Nov 2 2006, 01:13 PM
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Way Out Of Control - You need a life :) Group: Members Posts: 1,366 Joined: 14-September 04 From: Nottingham England Member No.: 570 |
Everything is fine, eth0 would not show if the drivers were not working.
You just have not brought up the interface. Usually, eth0 is brought up with init scripts. set the eth0 init script to run dureing bootup ( this is different for different distro's ) Or, start the ethernet interface manually... read man ifconfig i dont remember exactly... but its somthing like... CODE ifconfig eth0 up ( to start with dhcp ) or ifconfig eth0 < network options > up ( to manually set gateway etc etc ) Also make sure you have at least one dns server ip in /etc/resolve.conf |
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Nov 2 2006, 03:00 PM
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NiGHTFoX - Hiding in the dark Group: Members Posts: 680 Joined: 3-April 05 Member No.: 3,584 |
QUOTE(xboxrulz @ Nov 1 2006, 10:26 PM) well, I have been w/ SuSE Linux since 2003, so I don't really know why I would leave SuSE Linux at all. xboxrulz I only left because I didn't have DSL and I haven't really used SuSE since SuSE 8  and Linux without broadband is quite difficult.QUOTE Everything is fine, eth0 would not show if the drivers were not working. You just have not brought up the interface. Usually, eth0 is brought up with init scripts. Thanks, I'll have to look into it. I'm too used to RedHat and Fedora Core where there is a "Network" menu with all the eth devices. I really like it a lot because it is easy to enable or disable eth0/eth1, etc. Except on SuSE, it sees it and it says that the IP is to be configured by DHCP (which is what I want because this is my personal system and not a server) but it isn't getting an IP. No connection. But everytime that config utility runs, it says it's enabled. I'm currently not at home right now so I'll have to try this later. [N]F |
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Nov 2 2006, 04:45 PM
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Colonel Panic Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 2,793 Joined: 25-March 05 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 3,233 |
have you tried doing this yet?
CODE su -c "/etc/init.d/network restart" xboxrulz This post has been edited by xboxrulz: Nov 2 2006, 04:45 PM |
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Nov 2 2006, 09:44 PM
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NiGHTFoX - Hiding in the dark Group: Members Posts: 680 Joined: 3-April 05 Member No.: 3,584 |
xboxrulz, or anyone else, this seems quite interesting when I ran what you gave me:
CODE Shutting down network interfaces: eth0 device: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev 2a) eth0 configuration: eth-id-00:17:31:d9:ad:d3 Shutting down service network . . . . . . . . Hint: you may set manditory devices in /etc/sysconfig/network/config Setting up network devices: lo lo IP address: 127.0.0.1/8 eth0 device: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev 2a) eth0 configuration: eth-id-00:17:31:d9:ad:d3 eth0 (DHCP) . . . . . no IP address yet... backgrounding. Setting up service network. . . . . . . . . . SuSEfirewall2: Setting up rules from /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 ... SuSEfirewall2: batch committing... SuSEfirewall2: Firewall rules successfully set It's like it can't find my DHCP which is my router (192.168.1.1). What is even more interesting is that when I set a static IP, I don't get any DHCP messages or errors from Firefox, it just sits there trying to find "google.com" [N]F |
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Nov 2 2006, 10:19 PM
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Colonel Panic Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 2,793 Joined: 25-March 05 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 3,233 |
Did you make sure that DHCP was enabled on your router?
This is just a pure network error, and not necessarily a Linux error. Also, try to disable your firewall for now, it is known to block out Internet access. xboxrulz This post has been edited by xboxrulz: Nov 2 2006, 10:19 PM |
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Nov 2 2006, 11:06 PM
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NiGHTFoX - Hiding in the dark Group: Members Posts: 680 Joined: 3-April 05 Member No.: 3,584 |
QUOTE(xboxrulz @ Nov 2 2006, 05:19 PM) Did you make sure that DHCP was enabled on your router? This is just a pure network error, and not necessarily a Linux error. Also, try to disable your firewall for now, it is known to block out Internet access. xboxrulz Ok, I re-installed and put in another NIC card and lo and behold I'm online now! Now my next project is getting dual monitors working since right now everything is being mirrored. [N]F |
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