Not another internet question!

[maninagreentshirt]

OKAY I am a complete newbie Linux I had ubuntu installed but couldn't get the internet working so I tried Kubuntu.

still no connection.

Windows is fine different hard drive no duel boot just swap drives. unplug re plug other drive.

Is help step by step on how to get the internet working on kubuntu?

my skills in computers aren't great.

I have an ethernet connection wired going to a Dlink dsl-504t gen 2.

I have tried finding help in search i just don't know what relates to my problem and were to start.

any help would be greatly appreciate.
thanks.

[dibl]

Re: Not another internet question!

I know exactly squat about that DSL modem, but it looks like pretty good guidance here:

https://www.gotalk.com.au/Support/Se...SetupGuide.pdf

Your Kubuntu browser is Konqueror. So you type that URL in the URL window in Konqueror, and then you follow the instructions. At least that's what I would do ...

Good luck!

[maninagreentshirt]

Re: Not another internet question!

thanks I'm curently connected to the internet through a laptop connected to the d-link and my dsektop is also connected but running kubuntu.

typing the address in konqueror does nothing because its not connected.
I'm looking it up now on the laptop thanks.

[maninagreentshirt]

Re: Not another internet question!

the site said to type in 10.1.1.1 but i come up with the same error as with any site.
I know this is wrong because Ive done this in windows when i didn't have a connection and it allways loaded this page.

Is it that kubuntu isn't reconising the connection at all. do i need a driver?

[dibl]

Re: Not another internet question!

Make sure you have DHCP server "enabled" on the DSL modem. If that is working, and assuming it permits multiple computers to be connected simultaneously, your Kubuntu system should not require any special tweaks -- it should receive its IP address automatically from the modem. If you have fiddled with the Kubuntu system, after you verify that DHCP is enabled, you might want to try booting a Live CD and checking networking function.

One other possible issue is the ethernet chip on the motherboard. There are a few cases that need a driver module compiled -- I had that problem on an Asus P5 motherboard last year -- don't know what the current situation is on that.

[dibl]

Re: Not another internet question!

To check your ethernet chip, open a Konsole window and enter

lspci -v

Then scroll down the output until you find something that looks kinda-sorta like this:

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Subsystem: Intel Corporation DeskTop Board D975XBX
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 27
Memory at e3100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
I/O ports at 1000 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: e1000e

Paste that in your reply and maybe we can figure out what the next step should be.

[maninagreentshirt]

Re: Not another internet question!

0:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
I/O ports at ec00 [size=256]
Memory at e7015000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: 8139too
Kernel modules: 8139too, 8139cp

[dibl]

Re: Not another internet question!

OK. Nothing obvious there. Let's have a look at the output of

lshw -C network

please.

[maninagreentshirt]

Re: Not another internet question!

thanks for the help

0:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
I/O ports at ec00 [size=256]
Memory at e7015000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: 8139too
Kernel modules: 8139too, 8139cp

[maninagreentshirt]

Re: Not another internet question!

just realised that is the same wont be a sec

[maninagreentshirt]

Re: Not another internet question!

paul@Pauls-Computer:~$ lshw -c
Hardware Lister (lshw) - B.02.13
usage: lshw [-format] [-options ...]
lshw -version

-version print program version (B.02.13)

format can be
-html output hardware tree as HTML
-xml output hardware tree as XML
-short output hardware paths
-businfo output bus information

options can be
-class CLASS only show a certain class of hardware
-C CLASS same as '-class CLASS'
-c CLASS same as '-class CLASS'
-disable TEST disable a test (like pci, isapnp, cpuid, etc. )
-enable TEST enable a test (like pci, isapnp, cpuid, etc. )
-quiet don't display status
-sanitize sanitize output (remove sensitive information like serial numbers, etc.)
-numeric output numeric IDs (for PCI, USB, etc.)

[toad]

Re: Not another internet question!

A different tack - what if the interface wasn't initialised?

To cover some basic ground could you please post the output of:

sudo ifconfig

Now for a shot at attempting to solve your problem:
Assuming your interface is eth0 (see output of above command for confirmation) type

sudo ifup eth0

Now try to ping google:

ping [url]www.google.com[/url]

Do a CTRL+C to stop the pinging.
If it worked you're on, if not, try:

sudo dhclient eth0

And ping again.

Let us know how you get on

[maninagreentshirt]

Re: Not another internet question!

aul@pauls-computer:~$ sudo ifconfig
[sudo] password for paul:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:48:54:6e:17:d6
inet6 addr: fe80::248:54ff:fe6e:17d6/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:11 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:2178 (2.1 KB)
Interrupt:16 Base address:0xec00

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:52 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:52 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3288 (3.2 KB) TX bytes:3288 (3.2 KB)


tried this am I doing it right?

paul@pauls-computer:~$
paul@pauls-computer:~$ sudo ifup eth0
Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
paul@pauls-computer:~$ sudo ifup eth0
Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
paul@pauls-computer:~$ sudo ifup ethO
Ignoring unknown interface ethO=ethO.
paul@pauls-computer:~$ ping www.google.com
ping: unknown host www.google.com
paul@pauls-computer:~$

[toad]

Re: Not another internet question!

You're doing well

Still strange though. Was this the way the system came up after a straight install? Highly unusual!

Anyway, try the following:

ping localhost

Any joy? Kill again with CTRL+C
If not, do

sudo /etc/init.d/networking start

And post the output. If it was successful do

sudo ifup eth0

We need a proper networking man here, where is Detonate when you need him

Oh, last but not least, could you tell us what is in the logs? To do so pl post the output of

cat /var/log/messages.log|grep eth0

(or something like that ) And let's have a look at your /etc/hosts - i.e. pl post the output of

cat /etc/hosts

[maninagreentshirt]

Re: Not another internet question!

Thanks again not sure if I got it right but this is what happened.
Is eth0 a zero or capital O? I assume zero

paul@pauls-computer:~$ ping localhost
PING localhost (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.037 ms
64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.036 ms
64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.044 ms
64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.037 ms
64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.041 ms
64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=0.042 ms
64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=0.041 ms
64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=0.043 ms
64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=0.040 ms
64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=10 ttl=64 time=0.042 ms
^C
--- localhost ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 8997ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.036/0.040/0.044/0.005 ms
paul@pauls-computer:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking start
[sudo] password for paul:
* Configuring network interfaces... [ OK ]
paul@pauls-computer:~$ sudo ifup eth0
Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
paul@pauls-computer:~$ sudo ifup etho
Ignoring unknown interface etho=etho.
paul@pauls-computer:~$ ifup ethO
ifup: failed to open statefile /var/run/network/ifstate: Permission denied
paul@pauls-computer:~$ cat/var/log/messages.log|grep eth0
bash: cat/var/log/messages.log: No such file or directory
paul@pauls-computer:~$ cat /var/log/messages.log|grep eth0
cat: /var/log/messages.log: No such file or directory
paul@pauls-computer:~$
paul@pauls-computer:~$ cat/etc/hosts
bash: cat/etc/hosts: No such file or directory
paul@pauls-computer:~$ cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 pauls-computer

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
paul@pauls-computer:~$