how to get suse back online?

tammy

Howay all,

I have suse 9, and broadband. I set up my connection no bother and it was fine for months. However the other day I was using the yast software update tool to configure some new software, and whatever happened I can't get online anymore. So my question is how do I resolve conflicts in suse and what packages should definitely be there for me to be able to get online?

ps its not the firewall as I tried disabling it and still no joy.

any help would be much appreciated, as i am a bit of noobie to suse. :rolleyes:

nadir

man......

you didnt even say what type of connection you have, what modem?
what software you are running, adslstart? versions etc.,
not to mention logs, how can you expect anyone to know the answer.

tammy

man....

My humble apologies nadir. I am an iol bb subscriber and have there standard Zytel Prestige 623R-T1 router. I connect using pci ethernet 10/100 not usb. When I set up my connection initially in suse it was automatic, I didn't need to log in or manually run any programs. If you know the standard packages nessecary for adsl,ethernet connections in suse could you let me know. As I said I am relatively new to suse so your comment about logs is not very useful I'm afraid.

nadir

cool, yea. well usually they use adslstart
type in adsl<tab><tab>
that should give possible commands.
then press enter and have a look at the output.
the logs will be stored in /var/log/message
or such
so you could tail /var/log/messages and have a look at the output.

you might want to make sure the ethernet card is working ok as well
as root
ifconfig
it should list eth0
and there should be a local ip present like 192.168.0.1
hope that helps, give us some output and we might be able to trouble shoot

tammy

back in business.

kdouglas

care to share how?

tammy

bit of a mystery I'm afraid. Logged in, clicked a link and by golly she was working.