On 9/10/05, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Faithful John wrote: > > >>>>Hi all, > >>>>I'm a relative newbie who's been using the debian sarge. I recently > >>>>have been trying to install kubuntu on my friends laptop. She wants > >>>>to use linux as a primary system (she doesn't like micro$oft). > >>>>Anyway, when I was installing kubuntu off a disc, the network > >>>>connections did not set up properly. > >>>> > >What I'm having trouble with is that since the network is down, I am > >trying to see if I can get it going. > > > > > >The problem is that the stuff I do understand to do (or can sorta > >figure out), doesn't seem to work. And the other stuff, doesn't tell > >me enough to do anything with. I'm a newbie, so telling me to change > >this file to this, without telling me where or how to do so is > >unhelpful. > > > > >>Oliver Elphick wrote: > >> > >>>Now type > >>> > >>> ifconfig > >>> > >>>which will show you what network connections there are. There should > >>>always be one called "lo", which is the loopback interface (for the > >>>machine to talk to itself. If that is the only one, you need to set up > >>>the network connection; unfortunately, just what you need to do to > >>>accomplish that depends on what went wrong. > >>> > >>> > > > >So I did that, and this is what I see: > > > >lo Link encap:Local Loopback > > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > > inet 6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host > > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 > > RX packets:16 errors:0 dropped :0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:16 errors:0 dropped :0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > > RX bytes:1264 (1.2 KiB) TX bytes:1264 (1.2 KiB) > > > >So I need network connection, right? How do I do that? > > > > > Instead, I see [in /etc/network/interfaces]: > > > ># This file describes the network interfaces available on your system > ># and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). > > > ># The loopback network interface > >auto lo > >iface lo inet loopback > > > >#This is a list of hotpluggable network interfaces. > ># They will be activated automatically by the hotplug subsystem. > >mapping hotplug > > script grep > > map eth0 > > > > > > > > > > > >>For DHCP, the stanza would like like this: > >> > >>auto eth0 > >>iface eth0 inet auto > >> > >> > > >>I would suggest using the Debian init script: > >> > >>/etc/init.d/networking restart > >> > >> > > >>You might also run "lspci" to make sure the NIC is being identified; if > >>it says "unknown device" or something similar, you may be up a creek > >>without a paddle. Did Kubuntu work with the network when run as a LiveCD > >>rather than as a hard drive installation? > >> > >> > > > >Not sure how to run "lspci"... > >thanks for all the help guys. > > > > > At a command prompt, type "lspci" and then press the Enter key. You'll > see stuff like this: > enjae[westk]:/home/westk> lspci > 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-760 [IGD4-1P] > System Controller (rev 12) > 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-760 [IGD4-1P] > AGP Bridge > 0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super > South] (rev 40) > 0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. > VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) > 0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB > 1.1 Controller (rev 16) > 0000:00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB > 1.1 Controller (rev 16) > 0000:00:07.4 SMBus: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] > (rev 40) > 0000:00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. > VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50) > 0000:00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Lite-On Communications Inc LNE100TX > (rev 20) > 0000:01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 > PF/PRO AGP 4x TMDS > > Notice that my ethernet controller is a "Lite-On" LNE100TX. > > What is yours? > > > -- > Kent
I will switch to the linux and tell you, but I thought I'd tell you what I already know about the computer (from what I learned from the windows XP half... if that is useful). It says it's "3Com 3C920 Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller (3C905C-TX Compatible)" it also has an external D-Link Air Wireless card (DWL-650).
