Help. I can't reach the network.

[pakeha]

Hi.

I had a big problem.

I just had installed Kubuntu 6.06 in my computer. It's my first time with Linux.

Everything was ok in the istallation process, but I can't reach the network. I use a 3Com router to connect with my ISP, and the connection from my computer with the router is by cable.
The mainboard is Acer FC51GM (chipset nVidia nForce 4). Micro: AMD ATHLON 64 3400+.

I had tried the whole of solutions found in the forums, with no positive result. I tried connect using DHCP and static IP with the proper setting for both, and the result was: Network is unreachable.

Configured for DHCP, ifconfig says:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:58:25:58:CC
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:93 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:12017 (11.7 KiB) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:225

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:39 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:39 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3036 (2.9 KiB) TX bytes:3036 (2.9 KiB)



Looking into /etc/network/intefaces

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp

auto eth2
iface eth2 inet dhcp

auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp


Also, I had tried to install drivers dowloaded from nVidia for Linus an 64 bits, and the result was:

ERROR: Unable to find the system utility `ld`; please make sure you have the package 'binutils' installed. If you do have binutils installed, then please check that `ld` is in your PATH.


If try to install binutils using

sudo apt-get install binutils

The result is:

Leyendo lista de paquetes... Hecho
Creando Arbol de dependencias... Hecho
E: No se pudo encontrar el paquete binutils

(Pakage binutils nor found.)

The connection work fine in Windows using DHCP.

Someone had an idea?

My experience in Linux is short, and I'm a lot desperate . Any help it will be welcome.

Thanks a lot in advance.

[sky]

Re: Help. I can't reach the network.

Hi,

Do you know which connection is used by your cable network interface ? eth0, 1, 2 ?
What is the exact message when you're typing
sudo ifdown eth<yournumber> && sudo ifup eth<your number>

Maybe you can also get information in dmesg about the connection.

Cheers

[pakeha]

Re: Help. I can't reach the network.

The problem is fixed.
Finnaly, I've installed binutils. Thats was possible typing

apt-cdrom add

After , I've installed the propers drivers from nVidia, and the network it's ok.

Now, I've problems with the graphics card. But, this is another problem.

Thanks.