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Topic: Newbie internet problem, show-stopping stuff

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l0st

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Posted: Dec. 01 2003,11:26

DSL is great, you've done a great job John.
(yada yada, I'm not being sarcastic, I'm just a bit low on the language side)

I've got this show-stopping problem: can't access the internet!
I'm using ADSL and connecting with PPPOE, Damn small linux and Flonix(based off it) both can't recognize my NIC.

At the boot screen:

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Configuring network interfaces...
FAILED

This process works with Knoppix and various other (bloated) distros based off it. Even WINBLOWZ does.
I've tried using the ADSL/PPPOE configuration thingy but an ugly error messege pops out and tells me that no NIC is found. In flonix there is an additional BASH comment:

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modconf: command not found

Well roughly like that, I just remembered 'modconf'

Any help? That's the only thing stopping me from doing an HD install right now

PS: Enmity is me.

Enmity
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Posted: Dec. 02 2003,09:19

Waht is strange is that internet works on VMWARE. In fact I'm typing this in damn small linux using VMware.

skaos
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Posted: Dec. 02 2003,12:09

Maybe DSL doesn't have support for your network card. What card does you have (run 'lsmod' from the command line in vmware)?

jester

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Posted: Dec. 04 2003,09:05

Hi all, I am in the same boat. I would like to use DSL cause it's lean and mean but I can't get an internet connection to work. It works with some other distro's, Mandrake & Slackware to name 2. It can't find any ethernet card when trying to detect one ( The limit of my linux knowledge ) I am using a motorola surfboard cable modem. I have searched the forum and try some things but have not been able to fix the problem. If anyone is using a motorola surfboard modem could you please tell me step by step how you got it to work.

Thanks in advance

jester

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Posted: Dec. 04 2003,09:18

Just found a cbagger01 post which has some more ideas to try. cbagger01 is using the network link out of the back of the modem where I am try to get it to work with the usb cable. So if you have any suggestions please please tell me.

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