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Ethernet Card + Linux = Uh oh.
NekoIncardine:
Okay, I'm a long-term Windows user, age 18. Got into computers at Age 2 (No, I'm not kidding) with a Commodore 64, 10 years of that and varied Game Systems, a MSDOS6/Windows3.1 box... Anyhow, ultimately, I bought an HP using Win98 in Summer 1998. 350 MhZ, DVD-ROM, That thing wiorked perfectly, in spite of having NO SECURING MEASURES, for six years.
Fast forward to 2002. We have a newer (WinXP) computer, also by HP. I think to myself, "Hrm. I don't like Microsoft on principle, why not try Linux?" So, while on vacation in Hawaii, I buy "Linux for Dummies", which includes Red Hat 7.
Now, believe it or not, I actually managed to install it on the first try, almost perfectly. Almost, because of one issue.
No matter WHAT I did, I couldn't get my added-on PCI Ethernet Adapter (by 'Network Everywhere', appearently a Linksys brand) to work. I got the tulip_c driver onto it from my dad's new spiffy XP SP1 box (also an HP - we've had really good luck with their stuff, so we now stick to them), but couldn't make it compile (appearantly the relevant stuff was a different set in 7.0 - and that set appearantly wasnt' stable). I ended up giving up on Red Hat, and now had to deal with 'selecting' my OS every time I turned that computer on.
Two years of that later, Win98 FINALLY started to crack after a couple... Less-than-preferable downloads. I decided to cash in on the promised rewards from my excellent report card, and buy a new computer, the best we could afford. Turned out to be an HP from Costco.
But what to do with the old one? I decided to try Linux on it again, with the ultimate intent of trying to get my Dad (who's the reason I got that C64 when I was 2) into Linux. I looked at the distros and decided that Mandrakelinux looked like a reasonably easy-to-install-but-still-works-well version. Torrent-grabbing the DVD of 10 (I didn't pay for the Mandrakeclub service - I don't buy ANYTHING online), I manage to install it, wiping my computer clean of the Evil Empire's software AND Red Hat. (Though Dad did make me leave space for a potential Win98 reinstall.)
Anyhow. I ended up encountering the same issues with the same card. This time, I didn't need to compile tulip_c, but now I can't get it to communicate with the card.
Needless to say, I'm completely lost, and lack the money to buy a new card. Or, for that matter, technical support.
Anyone willing to help me out?
EDIT: Just as a note, I'm posting on the new machine, which lacks a floppy drive. I'm probably going to end up sticking with Microsuck for most computing purposes, but I do want to start getting into Linux, and having a basic-purposes Linux box is about the best way to start on that. (It also lets me start learning Python, since my dad refuses to let me so much as TRY a Programming language from scratch on either of the XP boxes.)
Orethrius:
I'm assuming your box is connected to a router. Do this:
(1) Open (Alt+F2) Xterm.
(2) Enter: su
(3) Enter your root password
(4) Enter: ifconfig eth0 up (this brings up your line interface).
(5) Enter: ifconfig eth0 (to verify that the line IS up).
(6) Enter: dhcpcd -n eth0 (this acquires a new IP from your router).
(7) Enter: ifconfig eth0 (to verify that your interface has an IP now).
(8) Enter: exit (twice).
That should take care of everything, no driver alterations necessary.
For future reference, enter this:
--- Code: ---ifconfig eth0 up; dhcpcd -n eth0
--- End code ---
as root to bring up the line interface and get an IP.
NekoIncardine:
--- Code: ---bash: dhcpcd command not found
--- End code ---
I got that trying to type that command into Konsole (appearantly Mandrake's equivalent to XTerm)... Is there another way to achieve step 6?
Also, I checked in my Router's settings, and found that the Linux box does NOT appear in the Attached Devices listing, even though it does indicate that it has a connection. (It also doesn't register my dad's laptop upstairs, and that light's on, but I know he's surfing right now.)
KernelPanic:
--- Quote from: NekoIncardine ---
--- Code: ---bash: dhcpcd command not found
--- End code ---
I got that trying to type that command into Konsole (appearantly Mandrake's equivalent to XTerm)... Is there another way to achieve step 6?
--- End quote ---
Instead of typing su for step 2, type su -.
NekoIncardine:
I did it as "su -.", got an 'invalid modifier' error. Did it as "su -", it set me to root@root. I then went right through it to Step 6 - same result.
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