Not able to connect to Interent in Knoppix

**antonio770** · 12-20-2008, 03:18 AM

I have a dell Optiplex 755, with a intel 82566DM 2gig network card, but I cannot connect in knoppix. I am using V5.1.0. Every time I try to configure the card, I get an error stating that there is no card detected. I know I have one. I can connect in windows XP safemode to the iinternet. I am wondering why I cannot connect in Knoppix. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. I am brand-spanking new to KNOPPIX, so detailed instructions would be great. I, however, am not a newbie to windows. I am very literate in XP. Thanks.

**hal8000** · 12-21-2008, 09:33 PM

Looks as though your NIC uses the e1000 kernel module.
Open the terminal then type:

su

then post the output of the follwoing commands please:

ifconfig

dmesg | grep eth

**antonio770** · 12-22-2008, 06:38 AM

Can u give me a step-by-step procedure? What isa "terminal"? Sorry to sound so dumb, but this si my first time on Knoppix. Thanks Again.

**OErjan** · 12-22-2008, 01:14 PM

a terminal is a "dos prompt" or, command prompt, it can also be called commandline, terminal, xterm, aterm, cli... it is a place where you can give the computer commands via text input.

just click on an icon that looks like a blank monitor, type the commands he gave and give the output here.

I will give a step by step on first command then just give what you should type, enter at end of each command by the way and the "(space)" is NOT to be typed, it is just to indicate a space in the text.

Code:

sudo (space) su

Code:

lsmod | grep (space) e1000

Code:

dmesg | grep (space) eth

the | before grep is NOT minor L or capital i, but what you get with US layout (and Swedish, Finnish and Norwegian) when you hold alt key and press the < key, it is called pipe.

if you get a line with e1000 with the first command proceed to the next, if not, ask what next.

then you type

Code:

ifconfig

what did you get?
if you got a line with something like

inet addr:192.168....

you are close, put all output here and we will try helping further.[/code]

**antonio770** · 12-22-2008, 04:48 PM

I cannot copy and paste the text to any application as it wont let me, so I am going to write it out here.

lo link encap: local loopback
inet addr: 127.0.01 mask: 255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 scope: host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU: 16436 metric:1
RX packets: 12 errors: 0 dropped: 0 overruns: 0 frame: 0
TX packets: 12 errors: 0 dropped: 0 overruns: 0 carrier: 0
collisions: 0 txqueuelen: 0
rx bytes: 600 (600.0b) TX bytes: 600 (600.0 b)

**OErjan** · 12-22-2008, 08:04 PM

OK, try the command

Code:

sudo modprobe e1000

then try

Code:

dmesg | grep (space) eth

again

if you get a new line AND get adress automaically in Windows try

Code:

sudo (spcae) pump (space) -i (space) eth0

otherwise ask here again

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