Connecting to internet

UFO · n00b Joined: 25 Oct 2002 Posts: 14

Ok my computer in windows xp says that i have a realteck 8139 NIC. I'm having problems connection to internet and i think that might be why. However I don't understand since I could do it during install to get all the data I needed. Why won't it work now? What module should I use for the realtec nic? if you have any ideas please inform me. Also what is the windows gui called? X windows or windows X? I tried emerge is and can't find it. I found the windowmaker but that is just an addon for x windows or whatever it is called right? If you can help me on those two things it'd appreciate it.
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rac · Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2002 6:30 am Post subject: Re: Connecting to internet

For the realtek, you want Network device support -> Ethernet (10 or 100mbit) -> RealTek RTL-8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapater support. I recommend compiling it directly into the kernel instead of as a module. As for the X / windowmaker issues, I recommend the desktop guide.
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UFO · n00b Joined: 25 Oct 2002 Posts: 14

Thanks for the reply. I am very very new to linux. I did manage to get gentoo in now working niceely. No bugs. However how do I compile it into the kernel? i did the automatic net-setup. I don't know how to compile it.
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UFO · n00b Joined: 25 Oct 2002 Posts: 14

I went and loged in as root. Then i did the following steps

cd /usr/src/linux
make menuconfig
{I went into the ethernet part and enabled the realtec ethernet}
make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install
cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot

reboot

the computer reboots and starts up into gentoo just fine but still can't emerge anything. Keeps telling me that the source cannot be found.
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klieber · Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2002 5:45 pm Post subject:

UFO · n00b Joined: 25 Oct 2002 Posts: 14

but it isn't a desktop problem. I can't get anything on-line. I do the emerge -s to find what I want. Then try to emerge it and it gives me a paragraph and at the end saying something along the lines of it can't contact host. Meaning it can't get on-line. I've tried it with many things not just the desktop. I've tried drivers, GUI's, and many other random things just to see. Can't connect to get anyof them.
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rizzo · Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2002 6:50 pm Post subject:

As klieber suggested, post the exact text of the error message here in a code block.

klieber · Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2002 6:55 pm Post subject:

UFO · n00b Joined: 25 Oct 2002 Posts: 14

oh ok. I thought you ment that I was in the wrong forum... this is what I do.

emerge -s nvidia.

[finds the nvidia files]

emerge -k <file here>
[enter]

Downloading http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/......
Resolving www.ibiblio.org...Failed:Host not found
Downloading ftp://ftp.uu.net/.......
Resolving ftp.uu.net...Failed:host not found.
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klieber · Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2002 10:38 pm Post subject:

What's in your /etc/resolv.conf file? Can you ping any servers by name?

Try the following two commands:

UFO · n00b Joined: 25 Oct 2002 Posts: 14

in the /etc/resolv.conf
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nameserver 24.155.11.2
nameserver 24.155.0.11
nameserver 24.155.0.12

search wtx.clearsource.net
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I pinged both and here are results

ping:unknown host forums.gentoo.org <---tried it different ways including http://

ping: error<----didn't say error but it gave me one. It tried pinging over and over and kept going so fast that I couldn't really read it.
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n0n · Guru Joined: 13 Jun 2002 Posts: 355

When you enabled Realtek support in the kernel, are you sure it was marked with an asterisk, and not an "M"? If there's an M there, then it was compiled as a module, and you'll probably want to change it to be compiled directly into the kernel (asterisk). If you could run the following commands and post them here, it would really help:

UFO · n00b Joined: 25 Oct 2002 Posts: 14

ok i typed in ifconfig and here is what i got

0ver.bi+e · n00b Joined: 15 Aug 2002 Posts: 60 Location: Columbus, OH

That looks like the readout of your loopback device. (lo) If this is the only response you got back from ifconfig, your ethernet adapter (device: eth0, eth1, etc) probably hasn't been brought up.

In other words, a driver may not have been installed (compiled into the kernel or loaded as a module at bootup).

Hope this helps in the troubleshooting.
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rac · Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2002 6:20 am Post subject:

Any chance /boot was unmounted when you copied the new kernel to it?
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mmontg1 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 21 Jun 2002 Posts: 129

maybe...

n0n · Guru Joined: 13 Jun 2002 Posts: 355

If none of the other suggestions here work, could you post the output from running "dmesg"? That might help with diagnosing what's going on.

UFO · n00b Joined: 25 Oct 2002 Posts: 14

klieber · Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2002 6:46 pm Post subject:

UFO · n00b Joined: 25 Oct 2002 Posts: 14

i tried

n0n · Guru Joined: 13 Jun 2002 Posts: 355

klieber · Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2002 7:08 pm Post subject: