UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

That's how it is supposed to be, but maybe after making the changes to the files per a previous suggestion, it doesn't work correctly??

On RHEL5, the program used is "dhclient". To see if this is running, type

Code:

pgrep dhclient

If you get a process ID, then it is running. If it's not running, then you probably did something wrong during installation. Report back here and we'll see what we can do.

Kill the process ("pkill dhclient") and start it again as root from the command line:

Code:

dhclient -d

The -d tells it to stay in the foreground and print out debug messages. If you can't figure out what's going on there, copy the output and post it. (I suggest copying the output, saving to a file on a USB stick and rebooting into Vista...).

From the GUI - System > Administration > Network > Edit eth0

Check that the Automatically obtain IP & Automatically obtain DNS boxes are selected - apply and save. If WinXP works so should RH5.

The above assumes that eth0 has been detected correctly. Given that RH5 is not bleeding edge it is likely that it doesn't support a brand new Pavillions NIC in which case you would be better off using Fedora 9 (or Ubuntu 8.04 - whatever you fancy).

Hope this helps.

Hello Otheus,

I tried your UNIX commands, Thanks.

The first time through pgrep dhclient did not give any results(PID).

Afterwords

1) I did "pkill dhclient" and "dhclient -d"
2) Then "pgrep dhcleint" it gave 7027(PID)

I opened up two terminal windows and with pgrep dhclient it give 7027.

However, there is no connection to the Internet...

Is there any other setting for the internet?

Will look forward to hearing from you.

Best Regrards,

Anil

Hi Otheus,

An update.

I am now in the Network Configuration window.

In the Device Tab the status is still Inactive. I click on the Activate but does not get activated.

Anil

Otheus,

At the end of dhclient -d output it says:
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistant database-sleeping.

I copied the output from Linux but the format was not readable in Notepad or Word.

Regard,

Anil

From the eth0 edit screen select "hardware device" - what does it report?

Hi MicZA,

The hardware device info:

1) Description: Realtek Semiconductor
2) Type: Ethernet
3) Device: eth0
4) Status: OK

Thanks,

Anil