So, when I installed 7.2 a few days ago, I was thrilled to see it
configured my cable modem for me. Yesterday, I decided it was time to
install a firewall, which I attempted. It went poorly, so I decided to
put it on the shelf til I could talk to someone who knew a bit about
it. My roommate wanted to use the PC, and go into WIndows, which he
did. Later I booted back into Linux, and saw as it was initializing
everything, that eth0 failed to initialize. The reason given was
Initializing eth0 - Determining IP information via dhcpcd - failed
I figured it was because of my botched firewall attempt, so I
uninstalled it, and still nothing. So, since Id just installed
everything, and nothing was really tweaked to my liking, I just
reinstalled the whole thing. Problem solved, and I was back online.
Until I rebooted again - this time with no firewall to muck things up.
Same result though, same message.
Can anyone tell me how to get back online? I typed in ifconfig, and it
didnt tell me anything except that I was offline, I tried to
reconfigure my cable setup through DrakeConf - Network and Internet
Configuration; it told me it was starting eth0 again, then a minute
later it said it was already configured. In a terminal, as su, I typed
dhcpcd, but it didnt do anything. Thats it for me, Im a newbie, I have
no tricks up my sleeve.
So is it possible to dual boot and still be able to initialize eth0
upon booting? Id really hate to think I might have to reinstall Linux
a couple times a week if I want to be online, but at the same time, I
want nothing to do with Windows anymore, and am considering making
this PC strictly a Linux box. Problem being, if I get knocked offline
like that, then I have to reinstall Windows to get help.
Help!!!
peace,
Rog
http://www.slammingrooves.com
