Hi,
As root, do:
ifconfig and check which interfaces show up. Your ethernet might be
picked up as another interface, e.g. eth1.
You should simply first test by pinging your router.
HTH, Willem
On Tue, 27 Jan 2015, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Hi all,
here is what happened when seeking the ip address.
Let me explain how I set up the machine.
before even booting I put the dsl cable I am using now to send
this message into the linux box, keeping it connected to my
modem/rooter as usual.
Because we were pressed for time, after letting speakup start,
and entering my username, Karen, and my password, I simply used
the print screen key to silence speakup.
the error message we got is below.
I saw karen@suburst:~s and there was no other place to type so
after karen@sunburst:~s I typed /sbin/ifconfig eth0 as instructed
the message we got was: eth0: error fetching interface
information: Device not Found
We tried the step more than once to be sure.
let me add that typing shutdown -h also produced an error, so I
simply turned off the machine after restoring speakup.
The Ethernet card was in the computer before the hard drive
containing Debian was installed, so was the rest of the hardware
Linux identified.
thoughts?
Karen
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