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blocky
03-31-2001, 03:37 PM
i just installed linux mandrake and i am having trouble getting my ADSL connection and my sound card working
i cant download any programs either becasue i have no net
i have a sb live value and a 2 computer LAN to share the adsl
the other computer on the lan is running windows 98
is that a problem?
slacker_x
03-31-2001, 04:04 PM
It would help if you could tell what exactly doesn't work about each part.
The windows 98 machine isn't a problem at all.
try dmesg | less and see if you can see something in there about either your soundcard or Network card
also look at /proc/pci
Good luck.
ohh yeah, tell us what network card you have too
blocky
03-31-2001, 05:36 PM
i dont understand the problems
it just doesnt connect to internet
it tries to connect
says connecting to internet
please wait
for about 2 mins
then it say "system is not connected to internet"
i entered all the info properly in the config
Aikidoka
03-31-2001, 05:54 PM
Post the errors you are getting. Did you run Harddrake to see if you can setup the sound card?
A couple of ideas:
As others have suggested already, please tell us what model of NIC you have, what driver you're using, and exactly what errors you get.
A couple of back-to-the-basics suggestions:
1. Make sure you don't have an IRQ conflict between the sound card and your NIC.
2. If Plug-N-Play is enabled in your BIOS, disable it.
3. Run ifconfig; you should see the stats on your NIC (IP, netmask, IRQ, etc.) listed under the eth0 section. If you don't see an entry for eth0, your card isn't configured correctly, or the driver isn't loaded.
The rest of the details of getting your net connection going have been covered here many times. Check the networking NHFs (http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/network/), and use the Forum Search here to find previously-posted answers.