Internet Connection in Zenwalk

Hi,

Recently I had a look at Zenwalk-4 distro which is slackware based with
kernel-2.6.18.1. I kind of like what I see, however, I can't make it connect
to the Internet.

On booting I get

Starting the Network
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1: /sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1: /sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 lo
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1: /sbin/dhcpcd -d -t 60 eth0
dhcpcd: MAC address = 00:08:a1:9c:43:3a
dhcpcd[2211]: broadcasting DHCP_DISCOVER

dhcpcd[2211]: timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response

Could it be a missing module?

Here is lsmod for my slackware-11 w/o the sound bits

ipv6 206336 10
sg 24988 0
pcmcia 28580 0
yenta_socket 21772 0
rsrc_nonstatic 10496 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 33040 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
dmfe 16540 0
agpgart 26716 0
lp 9160 0
parport_pc 23236 1
parport 28872 2 lp,parport_pc
psmouse 33288 0

and here for zenwalk gain w/o the sound bits

nls_iso8859_1 3584 2
vfat 6912 2
fat 30236 1 vfat
video 10372 0
thermal 7944 0
processor 16720 1 thermal
fuse 24852 0
fan 2436 0
dmfe 11676 0
button 3472 0
ac
via_agp 4736 1
agpgart 16332 1 via_agp
ehci_hcd 19080 0
uhci_hcd 13708 0
tulip 35744 0
tsdev 3904 0
evdev 5504 0

doing /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 start
gives the same as on booting, sitting for a long time trying to connect
unsuccessfully.

Suggestions much appreciated.

Regards
--
Peter

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Re: Internet Connection in Zenwalk

Peter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Recently I had a look at Zenwalk-4 distro which is slackware based with
> kernel-2.6.18.1. I kind of like what I see, however, I can't make it connect
> to the Internet.
>
> On booting I get
>
> Starting the Network
> /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1: /sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
> /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1: /sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 lo
> /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1: /sbin/dhcpcd -d -t 60 eth0
> dhcpcd: MAC address = 00:08:a1:9c:43:3a
> dhcpcd[2211]: broadcasting DHCP_DISCOVER
>
> dhcpcd[2211]: timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response
>
> Could it be a missing module?
>
Hi, Peter:

I use Slackware. Slackware is BSD'ish in its filenames and locations.
I see a 'tulip' driver installed so you probably have a network card.
I'd like to see the output of 'ifconfig -a' to make sure that an 'eth'
device exists. Please also include physical information about your
internet connection. You gave no information about your internet
connection, only that you are trying to obtain one. :-|

Do you have a cable or DSL modem?
( Why are you expecting to find a DHCP server on the other end of
your ethernet cable? ;-)
Perhaps you have a DSL modem and you should be running PPPOE
instead of DHCP.
If you have a cable/DSL modem, are their 'internet activity' lamps lit?
Often the last thing to do is to cold power cycle the cable/DSL modem
and then run 'dhcpcd -d eth0'.

'ifconfig -a' to show what network devices are present.
'ifconfig' to show what network devices are configured.


HTH, Chuck

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