Hello. Most notably in those errors, you are missing dhcpcd (a dhcp client) and inetd (network server process manager). Other than that, things look ok as far as your irq and base I/O assignments. > Greetings all. I decided to get a little work done on my toy linux box today, > and the subject of my curiosity happened to be network connectivity. > Specificly, I wanted to make slackware see and use my cable modem. > In netconfig, I entered my host and domain as requested, using my dynamic host > address for the domain. Then I chose the second option, which said it was > recomended for cable and DSL users that had a dynamic IP. Then it asked for a > DHCP host if any. I called cogeco and they said they didn't use it. Then, of > course, I let it autodetect my card, and just like that I was in. > Then I hooked up the cable modem to the computer, and rebooted. > When I try to get any address using the links command, it says host not found. > So, I rebooted, and had a listen to the litiny of startup messages that > here-to-fore, I ignored. I copied some of this business down, and wondered if > it's relavent? How do I fix the errors below? are they responsible for my not > being able to connect to the net? > ***Begin output from linux*** > 8139too fast ethernet driver 0.9.24 > PCI: assigned IRQ 10for device 00:0B.0 > eth0: RealTekRTL8139 fast ethernet at 0xc3823000, 00:40:f4:15:12:3d,IRQ 10 > scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulationfor IDE atapi devices > Using /etc/random-seed to initialize /dev/urandom. > Init: entering RunLevel:3 > Going Multiuser... > Attempting to configure eth0 by contacting a DHCP server... > /etc/rc.d/rc.M: /sbin/dhcpcd:No such file or directory > Mounting remote (nfs) file systems: /sbin/mount -a -t nfs > Mounting remote (smb) file systems: /sbin/mount -a -t smbfs > Starting sysclogd daemons: /usr/sbin/syslogd /usr/sbin/klogd-c 3 -x > Activating IPV for packet forwarding: > Warning:/usr/sbin/inetd not found. > I'd be greatful for any direction on this you can give me. > Thanks, > Erik >
