Need help configuring network

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I just installed Opensuse 11.1. I chose the Gnome desktop. I am completely ignorant when it comes to Linux. I cannot configure my network card to connect to the internet. I do not know how to “open a root console”. I have read through every tutorial I can find, but none of them give me credit for being so clueless. I need something very basic that starts from the desktop and walks me through the setup. If anyone can point me in the right direction I would really appreciate it.

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Hi There
We would really luv to help you but you havent pointed out which kind of Internet you are trying to connect to, is it a wireless, do you have an internet server already in place, basically, how do you connect to the internet.
Pls post that info so that we can get a head-start
Rgds.

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I have a wired DSL connection from Comcast Cable. My card is the: Realtek RTL816C (p) /811c (p) family pci-e gigabit ethernet NIC. I have Opensuse dual booted with Vista. I didn’t want to take up someone’s time teaching me the ins and outs of Linux. I was just hoping that someone might know of a good tutorial. I’ve downloaded the documentation, but I can’t find any help in there yet.

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Hi
Aside from your initial problem a ‘root’ console is just a
gnome-terminal in which you change to the root user.

To open a console (terminal, xterm etc), either look on the menu
system for gnome terminal or press alt+F2 (the run command) and enter
gnome-terminal (it will also use auto-complete).

How you will have a GUI with a command prompt like;


username@localhost:~$

From here you can either use sudo or change to the root user like;


sudo /sbin/chkconfig spamd
root's password:
spamd  on

or if you want a root console;


sudo -i
root's password:
localhost:~ #

Note if your using sudo the root password is your user password.

A read here Concepts - openSUSE Wiki should also help.

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 2 (i586) Kernel 2.6.30-rc6-git3-4-default
up 5 days 21:20, 2 users, load average: 0.28, 0.49, 0.34
CPU VIA Esther processor 1000MHz GPU VIA CX700/VX700

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Here is the tutorial that I’m trying to follow: The Perfect Server - OpenSUSE 11.1 - Page 3 | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials

I entered the console by pressing alt + F2 and typed in yast2, but I get the error: Could not open location 'file:///home/jesse/yast2. If someone could show me how to get to that blue screen I’d really appreciate it. Is this even the right tutorial for me? Will this process configure my network card and allow me to access the internet? Thanks for your time. I really do appreciate it.

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Hi
You can access YaST via the menu, or from the alt + F2 it’s


sudo /sbin/yast
(ncurses version)

or

sudo /sbin/yast2
(GUI version)

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 2 (i586) Kernel 2.6.30-rc6-git3-4-default
up 6 days 1:36, 2 users, load average: 0.48, 0.33, 0.14
CPU VIA Esther processor 1000MHz GPU VIA CX700/VX700

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On Fri June 19 2009 08:46 am, jessenave wrote:

>
> I have a wired DSL connection from Comcast Cable. My card is the:
> Realtek RTL816C (p) /811c (p) family pci-e gigabit ethernet NIC. I have
> Opensuse dual booted with Vista. I didn’t want to take up someone’s
> time teaching me the ins and outs of Linux. I was just hoping that
> someone might know of a good tutorial. I’ve downloaded the
> documentation, but I can’t find any help in there yet.
>
>
jessenave;
Swerdna has written a HowTo specifically for OpenSuse on setting up your
network card. Have a look here:
http://opensuse.swerdna.org/susenic.html

P. V.
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