Hi, i have installed openSUSE 11.2 on a dell dimension 2400. My Ethernet card wasn’t working, so i am using a wireless interface, but it doesn’t work either. It worked on a dell dimension 4400, but when it gets to the activate network my system freezes. Should i re-install my system, or should i post this under the hardware category.
Thanks in advance
Post result of this:
/sbin/lspci -nnk
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Here is the output
linux-et82:~ # /sbin/lspci -nnk
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface [8086:2560] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0160]
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device [8086:2562] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0160]
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:24c2] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0160]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24c4] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0160]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:24c7] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0160]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24cd] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0160]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24c0] (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller [8086:24cb] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0160]
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller [8086:24c3] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0160]
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24c5] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0160]
Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH
01:04.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306 Fire II IEEE 1394 OHCI Link Layer Controller [1106:3044] (rev 46)
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306 Fire II IEEE 1394 OHCI Link Layer Controller [1106:3044]
Kernel driver in use: ohci1394
01:05.0 Communication controller [0780]: Conexant Systems, Inc. HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem [14f1:2f20]
Subsystem: Conexant Systems, Inc. Dimension 3000 [14f1:200f]
01:09.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T [14e4:4401] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:8127]
Kernel driver in use: b44
Thanks for your help:), again rotfl!
Have you tried configuring eth0 with yast?
yes, when it goes to activating network services, my system freezes up and i can’t do anything, i need to hold the power button to shut it down.
vader95: try to update NetworkManager unless you have already done so.
how should i update this, i have no internet connection, that is what i’m trying to configure on YAST, but it freezes up. I’m not even using Network Manager, i’m on traditional, and when i try to change that, i freeze up again.
I see, soory I’m out of ideas what to try next without internet access. Otherwise I would try ndiswrapper and the Windows driver next. That worked for me on an Eee Box 202 PC.
Sorry to bug in. Im acctuly sa neewbie here.
but…
Isent it posible to geet latest update for yast on a memory stick. and put that in the usb and update from there? just thinking here…
As far as I know you have the kernel driver. b44. shows in the output.
So it should configure
Updates can be downloaded on to a separate media, but you should grab them all, because there are bug fixes related to internet connections.
where should i get these updates at?
Oh, and the windows driver is an .exe, so how should i try that?
Ignore the windows driver. You have a driver, it’s called b44
01:09.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T [14e4:4401] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:8127]
Kernel driver in use: **b44**
Time to go to your friendly terminal emulator (e.g. find xterm or anything ending in “term” in your applications. Are you using Gnome or KDE?)
switch user to root
su
followed by your root password
discover your current IP settings
ifconfig
or
ip addr
post any results here.
I think if you wait long enough Yast will eventually tell you what it’s waiting for when it’s trying to configure the network. I suspect it’s trying to access an online repository but can’t because the network isn’t working. When you tried to configure the network what did you actually set it to? DHCP or a static IP address?
I find NetworkManager easier to use than “traditional method with ifup” in Yast (in gnome at least). Don’t forget to untick “Enable IPv6”
i’m on KDE, but it completely freezes up at
activating network services
even if i don’t configure anything.
DHCP by the way, i’ll need to check the settings for the ifconfig, i am not on suse right now, so as soon as i do, i’ll post them.
Thanks
here is the output, i put 0 in for ip, gateway, and for my mac adress.
linux-et82:~ # ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:1F:55:72:D0
inet addr: 000.000.0.00 Bcast: 000.000.0.000 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: 0000000000000000000 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:259 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:50 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:45133 (44.0 Kb) TX bytes:11188 (10.9 Kb)
Interrupt:17
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:96 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:96 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:6400 (6.2 Kb) TX bytes:6400 (6.2 Kb)
I however know these and can do what is needed with them.
Thanks
I’m trying a re-install now, the repair system said that my file system was corupt, and it wouldn’t fix it.
Thank you to everyone who helped, after a re-install my openSUSE is working great. I appriciate all of your opinions.
Thank You
This is good news. Enjoy openSUSE
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