no network

Rita G. · posted: 2011-02-15 00:33

antix -m11-686

trying to connect to network. ceni does not see wired ethernet.

any way to fix this?

dark-D · posted: 2011-02-15 11:58

hello and welcome to antiX,
please post the output of inxi -F so we can see your system specs, and you could try wicd to connect to the wired connection. also have a look at this:
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Rita G. · posted: 2011-02-16 01:32

# inxi -F
System:    Host antiX1 Kernel 2.6.32-1-mepis-smp i686 (32 bit) Distro antiX-M11-686-beta2 27 December 2010
CPU:       Hexa core AMD Phenom II X6 1090T (-MCP-) cache 3072 KB flags (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4a svm) bmips 45766.7
          Clock Speeds: (1) 3812.062 MHz (2) 3812.062 MHz (3) 3812.062 MHz (4) 3812.062 MHz (5) 3812.062 MHz (6) 3812.062 MHz
Graphics: Card nVidia GF100 [GeForce GTX 480] X.org 1.7.7 Res: 80x24 Gfx Data: N/A for root
Audio:     Card-1 nVidia GF100 High Definition Audio Controller BusID: 06:00.1
          Card-2 ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) driver HDA Intel BusID: 00:14.2
          Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.21
Network:   Card Marvell 88E8059 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller at port b800 BusID: 03:00.0
Disks:     HDD Total Size: 256.1GB (0.7% used) 1: /dev/sdb C300 128.0GB
          2: /dev/sda C300 128.0GB
Partition: ID:/ size: 20G used: 1.6G (9%) fs: reiserfs ID:swap-1 size: 2.00GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
Info:      Processes 164 Uptime 2 min Memory 80.4/3293.5MB Runlevel 5 Client Shell inxi 1.4.22

wicd ?   what is that?

Wired:
antiX Control Center--> Network--> Network interfaces (ceni)--> click on ethernet--> accept
You should now be connected.
Note: If you have the BCM 4401-B0 ethernet you will need to comment out these lines: in /etc/modprobe.d/b43.conf as root.
ssb true b44 true
then: modprobe ssb && modprobe b44
then restart ceni.

Doesn't work.

I don't have this file:
/etc/modprobe.d/b43.conf

dark-D · posted: 2011-02-16 12:11

try this, open a terminal and type :

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su

enter your root password. then enter:

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modprobe sky2

if you don't get any errors the module is loaded. use:

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ifconfig -a

this to see if the driver and card is loaded. then

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ifup eth0

or what name you have for the network adapter and try ceni again. if it works you need to add the driver to the boot of the system. edit by opening run and type:

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gksu leafpad /etc/modules

and add

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sky2

hit enter after you add the name of the module and then save the file.

i hope it works, also wicd is a wired and wireless manager that is included in antix and you can find it in the control center under network.

Rita G. · posted: 2011-02-16 18:31

rg@antiX1:~$ su
Password:
root@antiX1:/home/rg# modprobe sky2
root@antiX1:/home/rg# ifconfig -a
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
         inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
         UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
         RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
         TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
         collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
         RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
root@antiX1:/home/rg# ifup eth0
Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
root@antiX1:/home/rg# gksu leafpad /etc/modules/sky2
GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See
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for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.)
GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See
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for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.)
GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See
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for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.)
root@antiX1:/home/rg# sky2
bash: sky2: command not found
root@antiX1:/home/rg#

dark-D · posted: 2011-02-16 18:35

it seams that your eht0 is still not recognized. maybe other people in the forum will know a solution.

Rita G. · posted: 2011-02-16 22:51

thanx 4 your help ICE.

will get it sooner or later.

oldhoghead · posted: 2011-02-17 12:36

Rita,

Looking at your specs:

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Host antiX1 Kernel 2.6.32-1-mepis-smp i686 (32 bit) Distro antiX-M11-686-beta2 27 December 2010

You have a beta version with an older kernel, might be better to dl the newest version here:

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and get this version and md5sum

antiX-M11-pt2-686.iso

then see if your wired works.

If that does not resolve the problem, then we can look at installing a liquorix kernel.

cheers,
ohh

Rita G. · posted: 2011-03-11 01:38

just tried it...same results. how do we do a"liquorix".

rokytnji · posted: 2011-03-11 03:31

Select run from menu. Type in

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leafpad /etc/apt/sources.list[code] Tick the box that says run as root. Tpe in password into next window that opens.

uncomment 

[code]# liquorix kernels
#deb http://liquorix.net/debian/ sid main
#deb http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/liquorix.net/debian sid main

to look like

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# liquorix kernels
deb http://liquorix.net/debian/ sid main
deb http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/liquorix.net/debian sid main

Hit the file tab on top taskbar and hit save. Close the file. Open a terminal. Type in

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sux

Hit enter. The type in password and hit enter. You will know you are root user in terminal when you see # at the end readout. Type in

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apt-get update

When done close terminal. Open synaptic package manger from antixcc (crossed wrenches in taskbar). Search for liqourix or kernel. Install matching headers and image files. When done. Close synaptic. Open terminal and log in again as root in terminal and type in

['code] update-grub[/code]

or run smxi out of X. Beginner way is to become root user in terminal again. type in

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smxi

when given options. type in option 1 and hit enter. Login. then sux to become root again. Then type in smxi. Follow the prompts and read carefully.

Rita G. · posted: 2011-03-11 15:41

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# liquorix kernels
#deb http://liquorix.net/debian/ sid main
#deb http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/liquorix.net/debian sid main

[/i]
was already uncommented....and since i have no network, i cannot

# apt-get update

rokytnji · posted: 2011-03-11 21:07

Marvel chip-sets are a bane with Linux because they won't release source-code of their drivers to Linux developers.
Which is why you are struggling with eth0 is my guess. Support for sky2 module may be found in manually downloading stevos kernel on a working computer. to usb. Then transfer kernel tar to antix to lets say /home. Then unzip/untar stevo kernel tar. The open terminal in /home and run dpkg -i as root user in terminal to install 2.6.34-stevo. Use the Tab key for auto-completion.

You might see some erros about libqt-m. Just ignore it. When done with dpkg -i for header and image debs. Run the command

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upgrade-grub

as root in terminal also when done with kernel install.

Then reboot into 2.6.34-stevo kernel and try Ice-m post recommends for sky2 driver I guess. Best I can think of doing to update kernel.

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rokytnji · posted: 2011-03-12 05:49

You might see some erros about libqt-m. Just ignore it.

To elaborate on why I said this. The kernel should boot. I tested this today on my Laptop and booted this kernel even though it gave a error about libqt.

If, this kernel upgrade gives the driver for eth0. You can fix error by hooking up to the net. Open synaptic package package manager. It should open telling you about searching filter for the error.

What I did to fix error was go to Edit>Fix Broken Packages. Then Hit Apply. You will be needed to be connected though to fix this. That was why I said ignore error. Because you have no net connection so trying to fix it would not work any ways. Hope I am clear about this.

If No eth0 with this. You can uninstall the kernel in synaptic. Just do a search for 2.6.34. Pick mark for complete removal. When asked if you wish to abort removal. Untick, checked, check box that says abort. It will proceed to remove 2.6.34-stevo.

Good luck.