I have a DELL Vostro 410 (intel quad processor at 2,66 MHZ, therefore I use 64bits OS) with a Realtek RTL8111/8168B NIC integrated in the motherboard. I’ve installed many Operating systems in it (Windows XP, Windows Vista Ultimate, Ubuntu linux Hardy and even a cracked version of Mac X Leopard). I never had any problem until I tried openSUSE 11.0. So far, every OS I installed worked flawlessly from the very beginning and all of them connected to the internet by themselves, except Windows, where I had to install the drivers provided. I have a network at home and I use static IP addresses so after installing the OS I always set up manually the connections on every PC and I never had any problem there either.
Unfortunately, openSUSE, not only fails to connect to the Internet, but I can’t even ping the router or other PC’s in my network. I’ve tried everything, static IP address and DHCP, changing all possible fields on the network setup. But, although it seems to connect, I’m still not able to ping other addresses but mine. I’ve installed many networks on my life, done subnetting, set up routers… But I can’t get OpenSUSE to access the Internet!!! :’(
I’ve read all threads about similar problems and I didn’t see any solution that worked for me.
Another thing, when I tried to set up the network using route and ifconfig, the gnome terminal tells me that those commands don’t exist. I have no experience with openSUSE, but I never had any problem using them in any Linux distro I’ve used before.
This card is problematic in Ubuntu, openSUSE and Fedora with the drivers supplied in those distributions. The card works intermittently. Problemn is solved by installing the drivers from the Realtek site: Realtek
Did you try to open a terminal and type su - to get in the root environment? Unless you put the file holding these commands in your path, you have to type absolute path or do a su - to get it to work. The - is critical as it is what puts you in the users environment. Hope this helps you understand Linux a little more.
Ok, I went to Realtek’s website to download the drivers and they have drivers for FreeBSD 5.4 and 6.0, LINUX driver for kernel 2.6.x and 2.4.x (Support x86 and x64), SCO Unix 5.0.6 and 5.0.7, SCO OpenServer 6, Unixware 7. y Linux driver for kernel 2.4.x (Support x86 and x64). None of them were for OpenSUSE. Which one should I use?
By the way, you said that my NIC has problems with Ubuntu and openSUSE, but I never had a problem with Ubuntu.
Another thing, all the drivers in Realtek’s website need to be compiled using make but openSUSE doesn’t recognize that command, even using su -.
I can use that command in Ubuntu, no problem. But not openSUSE.
By the way, to get into the root environment you told me I have to use su -, but how do I get out of it? Sorry, but I have no experience with openSUSE at all.
My kernel is 2.6.25 and it’s Linux so I suppose yours will be too (or near 2.6.25). So use the drivers you mentioned as: “LINUX driver for kernel 2.6.x and 2.4.x (Support x86 and x64)”
I said this: … The card works intermittently. So your experience fits in with that.
> By the way, to get into the root environment you told me I have to use
> su -, but how do I get out of it? Sorry, but I have no experience with
> openSUSE at all.
>
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Just type:
exit
And press return.
You should see a “logout” message and you are then back to your user prompt.
artago6 wrote:
> Another thing, all the drivers in Realtek’s website need to be compiled
> using -make- but openSUSE doesn’t recognize that command, even using su
> -.
>
> I can use that command in Ubuntu, no problem. But not openSUSE.
>
> By the way, to get into the root environment you told me I have to use
> su -, but how do I get out of it? Sorry, but I have no experience with
> openSUSE at all.
Anyway, after my disastrous experience with openSUSE, I’ll stick to Ubuntu, since setting up the network is such a nightmare. The least you should expect from a modern linux distro is to connect to the internet from the very beginning, which makes things much easier. And openSUSE fails there. I’ve been nearly a week trying to get it working and I can’t. It’s really sad that a linux distro that claims to be one of the best in the market can’t even connect to the internet after installing and needs a real expert to set it up.
One of the good things about Linux is that there’s something for everyone. So have a good time over there in Ubuntu land, you’ll have lots of company there.
