I want to do waht the title says.

I run the following command system-network-config and I expect to get this

http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/Lin...rking.html#GUI


but I dont I get a select a device which only lets me setup my NIC. Any ideas why I cant get the GUI that will enable me to setup the dns etc etc.

Thanks

Chris

the command is

system-config-network

your post says system-network-config

Thanks for replying Keratos,

I did actually type system-config-network the original msg was a typo.

When I type the above all i get is setup a network card utility.

any ideas?

Chris

what exactly is your requirement/objective

That's a pretty old howto, but do a "locate system-config".

Why don't you just access it through the menu system in Fedora?

how do I access the menu system on Fedora Server

Thanks

is this thread a joke ?

FIIK

What are you trying to do?

Keratos why should this thread be a joke.

I am trying to setup Fedora 9 Server to link to the internet thru my virginmedia cable modem.

How do I do that? I have my netwkcard setup for DHCP and I have a cable going straight into the cable modem. If I try to do yum updates I keep getting could not retrieve mirrorlist and keeps asking me to verify the path.

Thanks

Chris

ah

at last.

we have some detail with which to work.

so, you cannot download the mirror list either because:
1. the mirror site is down.
2. you have no internet connection.
or
3. you have no network connection.

1st thing to do, is check your network...

can you contact the cable modem (it should have an IP address , check your manual). then enter
ping <modem-address>
e.g. ping 192.168.0.1

if this works, can you ping the internet, enter:
ping 216.239.59.99

post output of both above commands, if however they do not work, i.e. timeout, then next step is to check your network card..

use the hal-find-by-capability command to find a network card, then use the lshal command with the -lu options to printout a list of detailed network card info.

below is my printout, note the /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_1a_92_06_3f_42 bit, your will be different

you do the same on your PC and post the output here please.


# hal-find-by-capability --capability=net
/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_1a_92_06_3f_42

# lshal -lu /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_1a_92_06_3f_42
udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_1a_92_06_3f_42'
info.capabilities = {'net', 'net.80203'} (string list)
info.category = 'net.80203' (string)
info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10ec_8139' (string)
info.product = 'Networking Interface' (string)
info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_1a_92_06_3f_42' (string)
linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2) (int)
linux.subsystem = 'net' (string)
linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/class/net/eth0' (string)
net.80203.mac_address = 114119032642 (0x1a92063f42) (uint64)
net.address = '00:1a:92:06:3f:42' (string)
net.arp_proto_hw_id = 1 (0x1) (int)
net.interface = 'eth0' (string)
net.linux.ifindex = 2 (0x2) (int)
net.originating_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10ec_8139' (string)
net.physical_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10ec_8139' (string)

once we have this, we can start to diagnose using the following procedure:
1. Verify correct network interface card setup.
2. Verify correct network services are running.
3. Verify route to modem.
4. Verify internet connection.
5. Verify mirror site up.

UPDATE: I have just setup u linksys router which is working with my XP laptop so what do I need to do to get the Fedora laptop linked with wired and wireless.

I can ping the hotmail ip address from my Linux Laptop and get a reply.

the eth0 looks as tho it is up the gateway is set.

I am following the instructions on the page below and I am getting the msg when I do step 8

http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-fedora9-p3

could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mir...-9&arch=x86_64 error was
[Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'temporary failure in name resolutio')>
Error cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository:fedora.
Please verify its path and try again

Thanks for your help

Can you open any web pages, etc?

It may well be a temporary problem. What I do in this situation is to edit the relevant repo file in /etc/yum.repos.d and comment out the mirrorlist line and uncomment the baseurl line (don't leave neither or both commented out)

uncommented fedora.repo

get the same error msg but with the baseurl instead of the mirror.

The repomd.xml file does exist because i have got to it with my xp laptop.

Have also been able to ping download.fedora.redhat.com

209.132.176.221

Have also pinged the router google.

#hal-find-by-capability --capability=net
/org/freedesktop/Hal/net_00_14_0b_47_50_3f
/org/freedesktop/Hal/net_00_1f_3c_67_97_04_0
/org/freedesktop/Hal/net_00_1f_3c_67_97_04

Why 3

Help

Chris

well, if you can ping download.fedora.redhat.com with a 209.132.176.221 response , then clearly there is nothing wrong with your network nor with the DNS name service.

post your yum command and ALL the output from it, plus the contents of /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo

KERATOS -you hit on something with the dns - i pinged the ip address not the download.fedora.redhat.com - when i do that i get unkown host

I have edited the resolve.conf and host.conf and it is now downloading. Thanks for your time.

Steep learning curve it is going to be but worth it.