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I've set up Mandrake 9.2 Download Version on my PC but I can't seem to connect to the internet (broadband). I am pretty sure it is an error on my part filling in incorrect information in the internet configuration (I can connect on my Windows XP machine using the same broadband modem). The information I have is as follows: Incoming Mail Server (POP3) Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) News Server (NNTP) My Login ID My e-mail address My Password Note: My ISP automatically allocates an IP address everytime I log on. Under the LAN configuration Mandrake asks me for the following information: IP address (What do I fill in here when my ISP automatically allocates a different IP address everyytime I log on???) Netmask Boot Protocol (I am given a choice of DHCP - this is the default, static or bootp) Started on Boot Y/N DHCP Client The problem I'm having is that I don't know what the Netmask, Boot protocol, DHCP Client, DNS Server, Gateway, Host name and Zeroconf host name are so I literally don't know what to type in. I got the following information under Windows: Windows IP Configuration Host name: chris Primary DNS Suffix: Node Type: Unknown IP Routing Enabled: No WINS Proxy Enabled: No Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS suffix: Description: Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC Physical Address: 00-E0-18-53-F8-7F Dhcp Enabled: Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled: Yes Autoconfiguration IP Address: 169.254.198.224 Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0 Default Gateway: PPP Adapter IMS: Connection-specific DNS Suffix: Description: WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface Physical Address: 00-53-45-00-00-00 Dhcp Enabled: No IP Address: 203.218.46.232 Note - This changes each time I connect Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.255 Default Gateway: 203.218.46.232 Note - This changes each time I connect DNS Servers: 218.102.62.71 205.252.144.120 Net BIOS over Tcpip: Disabled I tried typing in the parameters in various combinations to no avail. Part of the problem is the fact that Windows gives me two DNS server numbers. Which one do I use (if any)? This is what happens when I boot up Mandrake in verbose mode - among the list of boot-up messages I saw the following: zcip[942]: Retrieved address 127.255.255.255 for eth0:9 zcip[942]: sending probe 1 for 127.255.255.255 zcip[942]: address in use zcip[942]: sending probe 1 for 169.254.254.95 zcip[942]: sending probe 3 for 169.254.254.95 zcip[942]: claiming ownership of address 169.254.254.95 zcip[943]: waiting for collisions Additionally, I tried typing ifconfig -a in Konsole and got the following readout: eth0 Link encap: Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:18:55:F8:7F UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets: 1 errors: 0 dropped: 0 overruns: 0 frame: 0 TX packets: 14 errors: 0 dropped: 0 overruns: 0 carrier: 0 collisions: 0 txqueuelen: 100 RX bytes: 60 (60.0 TX bytes: 2814 (2.7 Kb) Interrupt: 10 Base address: 0xe000 eth0:9 Link encap: Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:18:55:F8:7F inet addr: 169.254.254.95 Bcast: 169.254.255.255 Mask 255.255.0.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 Interrupt:10 Base address: 0xe000 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:95 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:95 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0: carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes: 5312 (5.1 Kb) TX bytes: 5312 (5.1 Kb) Also, when I type route I get the following readout: Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 169.254.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo Any ideas ??????? Please help!!!!

In addition to the information I sent previously, the broadband connection I believe is DSL (something to do with the pppoe - whatever that is - I was told). ;(

Hi danleff, I tried the Internet Connection and LAN Configuration many times now and following the settings you suggested but I still get the 'Trying to connect' / 'Can't connect' scenario. As for the BIOS settings. This is what they are: Quote: Award BIOS Setup Utility 1. Removable Device [Legacy Floppy] 2. IDE Hard Drive [sT340810A] 3. ATAPI CD-ROM [maxell MCD-ROM48] 4. Other Boot Device [iNT18 Device (Netwo] Plug & Play O/S [No] Reset Configuration Data [No] Boot Virus Detection [Enabled] Quick Power On Self Test [Enabled] Boot Up Floppy Seek [Enabled] Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled] APIC Mode [Disabled]

OK, thanks for the information. As another shot, I typed in the following commands in Konsole: Code: cat /proc/pci Code: cat /etc/modules.conf Code: cat /proc/modules Code: /sbin/ifconfig -a Code: /sbin/route -en From these commends, I got the following information: Code: [christopher@IMS christopher]$ suPassword:[root@IMS christopher]# cat /proc/pciPCI devices found: Bus 0, device 0, function 0: Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 129). Master Capable. Latency=40. Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf8000000 [0xfbffffff]. Bus 0, device 1, function 0: PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP] (rev 0). Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=8. Bus 0, device 7, function 0: ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 64). Bus 0, device 7, function 1: IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC BM IDE (rev 6). Master Capable. Latency=32. I/O at 0xd800 [0xd80f]. Bus 0, device 7, function 2: USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 26). IRQ 9. Master Capable. Latency=32. I/O at 0xd400 [0xd41f]. Bus 0, device 7, function 3: USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (#2) (rev 26). IRQ 9. Master Capable. Latency=32. I/O at 0xd000 [0xd01f]. Bus 0, device 7, function 4: Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 64). IRQ 9. Bus 0, device 7, function 5: Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Cont roller (rev 80). IRQ 5. I/O at 0xb800 [0xb8ff]. I/O at 0xb400 [0xb403]. I/O at 0xb000 [0xb003]. Bus 0, device 7, function 6: Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. Intel 537 [AC97 Modem] (rev 48). IRQ 5. I/O at 0xa800 [0xa8ff]. Bus 0, device 18, function 0: Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ ( rev 16). IRQ 10. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=32.Max Lat=64. I/O at 0xa400 [0xa4ff]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xee800000 [0xee8000ff]. Bus 1, device 0, function 0: VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. ProSavage KM133 (rev 3). IRQ 11. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=4.Max Lat=255. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xef000000 [0xef07ffff]. Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf0000000 [0xf7ffffff].[root@IMS christopher]# Code: [root@IMS christopher]# cat /etc/modules.confabove snd-via82xx snd-pcm-ossalias eth0 8139tooprobeall usb-interface usb-uhcialias sound-slot-0 snd-via82xxprobeall scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi[root@IMS christopher]# Code: [root@IMS christopher]# cat /proc/modulesnls_cp850 4284 1 (autoclean)vfat 11820 1 (autoclean)fat 38040 0 (autoclean) [vfat]snd-seq-oss 32000 0 (unused)snd-seq-midi-event 6080 0 [snd-seq-oss]snd-seq 42544 2 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event]snd-pcm-oss 43652 0[root@IMS christopher]# cat /proc/modulesnls_cp850 4284 1 (autoclean)vfat 11820 1 (autoclean)fat 38040 0 (autoclean) [vfat]snd-seq-oss 32000 0 (unused)snd-seq-midi-event 6080 0 [snd-seq-oss]snd-seq 42544 2 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event]snd-pcm-oss 43652 0snd-mixer-oss 14200 0 [snd-pcm-oss]snd-via82xx 15360 0snd-pcm 79588 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-via82xx]snd-timer 18436 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm]snd-ac97-codec 45720 0 [snd-via82xx]snd-mpu401-uart 4704 0 [snd-via82xx]snd-rawmidi 17760 0 [snd-mpu401-uart]snd-seq-device 5832 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq snd-rawmidi]snd-page-alloc 9044 0 [snd-via82xx snd-pcm]snd 41380 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-via82xx snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]soundcore 6340 0 [snd]af_packet 14856 2 (autoclean)sr_mod 19384 0 (autoclean)floppy 55932 28139too 17384 1 (autoclean)mii 3864 0 (autoclean) [8139too]nls_iso8859-1 3484 4 (autoclean)ntfs 77292 3 (autoclean)supermount 84032 3 (autoclean)ide-cd 33956 1cdrom 32608 0 [sr_mod ide-cd]ide-scsi 11376 0scsi_mod 106176 2 [sr_mod ide-scsi]scanner 12064 0usb-uhci 25136 0 (unused)usbcore 74988 1 [scanner usb-uhci]rtc 9004 0 (autoclean)[root@IMS christopher]# Code: [root@IMS christopher]# /sbin/ifconfig -aeth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:18:55:F8:7F UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:60 (60.0 b) TX bytes:2472 (2.4 Kb) Interrupt:10 Base address:0xe000eth0:9 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:18:55:F8:7F inet addr:169.254.254.95 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 Interrupt:10 Base address:0xe000lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:118 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:118 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:6668 (6.5 Kb) TX bytes:6668 (6.5 Kb)[root@IMS christopher]# Code: [root@IMS christopher]# /sbin/route -enKernel IP routing tableDestination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo[root@IMS christopher]# Is this information useful for helping to determine what the problem is? Thanks!

I've got a dual boot between Windows XP and Mandrake 9.2. Under Windows, I can use my CD Writer under Windows using Nero 5.5 without any problem but I just tried using it for the first time with Mandrake and got the error message below. My writer is an Acer 1610A 16x10x40 I've only been using Linux a couple of weeks. Does anyone have any ideas how to resolve this. I don't know how to do the recommended solution ;( Thanks. Quote: No support for ATAPI with cdrdao You will not be able to use all your reading devices as copy sources since there is at least one not configured to use SCSI emulation and your system does not support ATAPI with cdrdao. Solution: The best and recommended solution is to enable ide-scsi (SCSI emulation) for all writer devices. This way you won't have any problems.

I've got a Logitec Zoom webcam connected via a USB and am running Mandrake 9.2. If I plug the webcam in, the whole computer just hangs - everything freezes. When I unplug it, the computer remains frozen and I have to reboot without the webcam. If I start up the computer with the webcam already plugged in, the computer starts to boot up as normal but then hangs or freezes with the following boot-up error in 'verbose' mode: Quote: Finding module dependencies: modprobe: modprobe: insmod pwc failed Does anyone have a solution to this? It works fine with Windows XP which I have dual booting in the same machine.

Thanks for the links. I'll check them out and if I successfully find a (or the) solution, I'll post it here. In the mean time, if anyone has the solution, please also post it here Thanks.

Hi danleff, Yep, I have Konqueror and the e-mail program is Kmail. I only installed the KDE environment so there is no other browser or mail program. I originally installed both KDE and GNOME but found switching between the two a bit pointless (just an opinion as a new user, maybe I'll explore it as I become more confident with Linux). In the wizard, as you mentioned, there is a status heading. When the wizard starts it try's to connect and after a few seconds it tells me that the connection failed. I wanted to attach screen shots here of my internet connection wizard but I can't work out how to attach them here.

Thanks for the response. The software is K3B as you correctly assumed and the boot up is LILO. Just as a matter of interest - what is the difference between LILO and Grub? I went with LILO because that was the default. I installed Fedora Core 1 on an older machine just for experimenting with a different distro - the default on that was Grub.

Did you burn the iso files as a CD image? This is different procedure from burning other file types.

I've got Windows XP and Mandrake 9.2 as a dual boot with no problem. I had Windows XP already installed. I used PartitionMagic software to create free unallocated unpartitioned space on my hard-drive (ie. my 40GB hard-drive with Windows became 35GB Windows and 5GB unallocated space). When I stuck in the Mandrake CD1 and booted (after setting up the computer BIOS to boot from the CD) Mandrake automatically detected the unallocated space on the hard-drive and installed itself without a hitch. Following the Automatic or Default Mandrake install options. Everytime I turn the machine on, I am presented with a screen which indicates that Mandrake will boot-up within 7 or 8 seconds - during that time you can highlight other options (eg Fail-safe mode) one of which will be Windows. Highlight it using the up / down arrow keys (this also stops the 8 second countdown) and hit the 'Enter' key. Windows will then boot up as normal. My only problem now is that I can't connect to the internet......... http://www.linuxcompatible.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=4490#4490

I downloaded my Mandrake 9.2 iso files from the same website and burned the CD's successfully using Nero 5.5 on Windows XP. I've also done Fedora Core 1 successfully. What you have to do is burn the CD as an image not just a normal straight burn. In Nero, you have to click on 'File' on the pull-down menu and click on 'Burn Image...' A browse file window will pop up. Highlight the iso file and click 'Open'. A Write CD window will then open - make sure the Write box is checked and the Finalize CD box is checked. Make sure the burn speed is around 4x (it's more reliable to burn at a slower speed) and burn away. You can download a free demo of Nero at www.nero.com Are you booting from a CD or floppy?

The computer was purchased as an Asus Terminator K7 Barebone System (basically a box with the motherboard, CDR and floppy) and an Asus installation CD. The motherboard has LAN card, 56K Dial-up modem (which I don't use having broadband), graphics card and sound card all integrated together. The vendor lets the customer choose the other components. In my case I have an AMD AthlonXP 1400 processor, 256MB RAM, 40GB Hard Disk, Acer CRW 1610A 16x10x40 CDRW and Maxell 48x CDROM. The vendor installed it all for me together with the original Windows XP OS. I've had it for two years without any problems whatsoever. I installed Mandrake Linux 9.2 a couple of weeks ago on a 5.3GB partition as a dual boot with Windows XP. Both OS's work fine except for the internet connection on Mandrake which I just can't figure out. Windows connects to the internet with no problem at all (it's what I'm using while typing this) so I know it's not a hardware problem. ;( Thanks.

Thanks for your response, danleff. Sorry, forgive my ignorance - what's an NIC?? I know the internet connection is not via any USB socket. The Realtek LAN card is built into the motherboard (Asus). The external broadband modem is an NEC ATU-R110 supplied free-of-charge by the ISP (who don't support Linux users - I called them and asked). It is connected by cable from the phone socket and to the computer via the network socket (which looks like a phone socket). Should I leave the DHCP Client box empty. If not, what do I fill in there? Thanks for your help.