[NTLUG:Discuss] package information needed.

[krannen@gte.net]

m m wrote:

> hi all:
> Can anyone point me which package make ether card and which package to 
> have password enable?
> recentlly I install RH 6.2, I tried to install the mininum packages.
> the result is:
> 1. no passward required. as long s I type root, it logined.


At a command line prompt, enter "passwd".  It will prompt you for a passwd, 
twice (to make sure you typed it in correctly as it won't echo what you type). 
  Don't forget what you entered! :-)


> 2. there is no /etc/conf.modules file. (which package doing this?)


I'm not sure, but I'd think that would be part of the basic install.  Unless 
you told it you wanted a completely static kernel?  Just guessing...


> 3. of course, the ether card don't work.


There could be any number of reasons for this:  the network module that drives 
your card is not available (statically compiled into your kernel or the kernel 
module is not available), if it's a module maybe it's not loaded, maybe the 
network init script didn't get called or had an error, maybe you have some 
basic network configuration not done correctly, etc.  Try doing "dmesg | more" 
  and check for errors, and also look in /var/log/messages for clues.

If you didn't load the "doc/howto" package, do so; then goto /usr/doc/ and 
under there somewhere should be a "howto" directory with a file called

Net-HOWTO.gz (this might also be called Net3-HOWTO.gz) and one called 

Ethernet-HOWTO.gz.  Between those 2 files, I"ve always been able to get my 

network to function.  (and I learn a lot from there too :-)  BTW, if you 

computer does not have these files, do a search on google for them.


HTH,
Kevin