Hi, I have been running Linux since kernel 0.9?? using both Slackware and Red Hat distributions. I have on installation of RH 7.1 running on a machine in Sydney but I recently got a new machine which has an Asus P4S8X motherboard, which amongst other things has an on-board SiS 900-based ethernet card.
First problem: on installation, the network card wasn't recognised. I got to talk to someone in RH support in Brisbane but he wasn't able to help much because the Personal Edition does not get any support. He did say he had the same card and it installed okay but that I could have had a different revision of the card. Second problem: The installation sets network=yes in the /etc/sysconfig/network file. When I boot, it hangs when it gets to the point of trying to configure loopback. I then rebooted, chose "interactive" installation and set network=no. It boots okay then. Third problem: I then tried to configure dial-up for ppp. I couldn't get this to work either. I set up my modem as a generic on (it wouldn't recognise my Netcomm) but I was able to dial up to Bigpond. The /var/log/messages showed a successful authentication but never got any further than that. No routing table...even localhost could not be pinged. Any suggestions please? Thanks, Dennis -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
