Re: Network Configuration Utility

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On Wed, 10 May 2000 06:28:27 -0700, Robert Krueger said:

Welll, the Gnome list is NOT the place to start looking for help on this
for many reasons.

The first place you should look for help is from your distribution.  from
your discription, it sounds as if you are using redhat.  so go to their
website and use their support options.	secondly.  if you have internet
access, as i can see you do, there are newsgroups that pertain to linux
related help, you can use that next.  one other major source of help is
irc, there are some good irc channels where you can get help on.  and
there is always deja.com to search the newgroup archieve to see if anyone
has had similiar problems like you are having.	and their is websites for
help, and their are tons of linux books, and so many are now distribution
specific, that getting one based on the version of your distro is not a
bad idea.

So to cap it off, if it is not a SPECIFIC GNOME related problem, please
do not post it here.  i am not trying to be rude, but too many people are
now making post to the group for help on subjects that in no way or form
should be here.




> 
>  
>  Michael Thomas wrote:
>  > 
>  > Are you trying to get the ethernet working .???
>  
>   Yes and no.  The DSL works fine through eth0 if I do as I said below.
>  
>  The problem is in the Interface section.  When you select an Interface
>  type, ppp0 for instance, which is currently labeled "Inactive", and
>  click on the "Activate" button, the interface, if properly configured,
>  should toggle immediately to "Active", as mine does also.  I suspect
>  that there is a parameter missing somewhere with the eth0 interface,
>  however.  If I click on "Activate", nothing happens, and the dialog
>  freezes.  Pushing any other buttons in the Interface dialog is
>  useless,
>  it is "hung".  So now, if I log out, then log back in, and reselect
>  Network Configuration Utility, go to the Interface section once again,
>  the eth0
>  Interface will now be listed as "Active", and my DSL Internet
>  connection
>  through the ethernet card works fine and normal.
>     A bigger, but similar problem occurs if I select "atboot" in the
>  Interface section. 
>  ( Anotherwords, bring up eth0 at boot-up )  The boot-up process goes
>  normally, and these next two lines appear in the boot screen:
>  
>     Bringing up interface lo
>     Bringing up interface eth0
>  
>  ....and now the computer sits there until the chips burn out.  So I
>  know
>  that the DHCP or ethernet connection is having a problem somewhere,
>  but
>  by doing what I said above, I can get it to work.  My DSL connection
>  requires that DCHP be set as the Protocol type in the Interface
>  section,
>  as the IP address is server assigned only.  It's a weird problem, but
>  I
>  don't know where to go to solve it.
>  
>  Thanks,
>  Robert
>  > 
>  > Robert Krueger wrote:
>  > 
>  > > Hello,
>  > >	  I'm not sure where to post this question, which is really what
>  I'm
>  > > asking.
>  > > I'm establishing a DSL Internet connection through an ethernet
>  card
>  > > (eth0), and setting this up through the Network Configuration
>  Utility. (
>  > > System / Control Panel )   When I go to activate the connection,
>  the
>  > > dialog box hangs up, and the only way I can do anything else is to
>  log
>  > > out, and log back in.  When I log in again, the ethernet
>  connection is
>  > > "active", and my DSL is working fine.
>  
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