I'm trying to connect to the network but I don't get any ipaddress. So I'm stuck.

I feel I need to get root for a while... can anyone tell me?

You set it yourself when you install the OS. Assuming you're talking about Slackware(OS in your profile)

In most systems, there is no default root password---you have to set it explicitly. You can always get to root by booting in single-user mode.

More generally, you need to tell us more about your system--in particular the kind of internet connection, your interface card (wireless or wired), static IP or dhcp, etc.

Oooh sorry, I need to update my profile. It was a long time ago I used slackware. Good distro, but I fellt in love with Gentoo and it's hard to leave.

This time however, I'm trying to run a live-cd of INCOGNITO. Normally I rarely have any problem with live-cd:s to connect to my network but this one refuses.

The connection between my network and Internet is a Gentoo-based server which acts mainly as a router and firewall. DHCP is maintained by dnsmasq and shouldn't be any problem here as I can understand.

The hardware I'm trying this time is a DELL Inspiron 6000 which normally works well with modern distros.

See now if you can help.

Maybe I should try booting in single-user, but I'm not sure if I can do that within a live-cd?

The root account is made inaccessible per default in Incognito. If you want it to be accessible (empty password), add "debugmode" to the kernel command line at the boot menu (press TAB when you've selected your language of choice).