slowly Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 I am having trouble configuring my shaw cable internet connection for slackware. This is what I have so far: etc/HOSTNAME (client id).shawcable.net etc/hosts # For Loopbacking 127.0.0.1 . localhost 127.0.0.1 . (client id) shawcable.net (client id) # End of hosts. etc/resolv.conf search shawcable.net Thank-you for your advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal_dragen Veteran Posted December 20, 2003 Veteran Share Posted December 20, 2003 I think you are missing a nameserver entry in your /etc/resolv.conf If you are using a router, it would be nameserver 192.168.0.1 If not, you'll need to contact your ISP to get the IPs of their nameservers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowly Posted December 23, 2003 Author Share Posted December 23, 2003 Thanks! I have contacted my internet prov., and discovered the nameserver addresses- However, linux does not recognize my nic (3com 3c920 ethernet) Ifconfig eth0 (and eth1) returns "error getching interface information: Device not found". how can get linux to support my nic? (I have run netconfig) When I installed slackware 9.1, the ethernet cable was not plugged in, would this affect the distro's ability to recognize it, and install drivers for the device? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal_dragen Veteran Posted December 23, 2003 Veteran Share Posted December 23, 2003 It most likely would. First, make sure you have the kernel sources installed. Then do the following to compile the driver for your card. # cd /usr/src/linux # cp .config ~/ # make mrproper # cp ~/.config . # make menuconfig (or xconfig or whatever other config tool you want to use) --> go through the network interfaces and select the one that matches your card's chip as a module --> escape out and save the config # make dep && make modules modules_install This process saves you from having to recompile your entire kernel as it only redoes the modules. Then you can just modprobe or insmod the module for your card. You should then be able to config the card with ifconfig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowly Posted December 25, 2003 Author Share Posted December 25, 2003 Nice, this worked. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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