Re: [tlug] openSUSE network connection

[Marco Toldo <marcoxtoldo@example.com>]

Hi,

are you dealing with a wired connection?
I recently had the same problem on a wired one with Debian 5.0.3. I
even tried 'ip' tool from bash to change the state of the interface
from down to up but nothing worked.
Then I found out Debian was misunderstanding Ethernet interface for a
wireless one making it impossible to manage it.
On the other hand both openSuse 11.2 and Ubuntu 9.10 works perfectly,
so I thought about a lack of drivers from Debian.
I could suggest you to try 'ip link show' to check interface state.
If 'DOWN' try the following: 'ip link set <interfaceName> UP' (superuser mode)
If nothing changes then it's probably detecting the interface in a wrong way.

Regards,

Marco

2009/11/29, Raedwolf Summoner <rarooam@example.com>:
>
> As a follow-up to the saga of attempting to install
> the NVIDIA driver on openSUSE, I have experienced a
> wide range of problems. I'm now wondering if I should
> attempt a motherboard swap. (How hard can it be?)
> But given what a few "simple" installations have shown
> me, it is best to expect the Murphy's law caveat that
> if anything can screw up, it will. With Ubuntu on my
> laptop, I have experienced none of these problems, so
> I am hopeful that perhaps a new m/board...
>
> Right now I am experiencing some problems with
> SUSE 11.0. Upon booting, the network inexplicably
> declares that it is disconnected and nothing I have
> tried so far using the YaST GUI gets it re-connected.
> Rebooting doesn't help. Any suggestions?
>
> My current "patch" is to reinstall. It is, so far, the only
> reliable method. (/home is on a separate partition) But
> then, eventually it does it again.
>
> No other distro does this to me, and SUSE 11.0 didn't
> use to before I "upgraded" to 11.1 and couldn't get
> the NVIDIA driver installed and went back to 11.0.
>
> I now can't get the video driver installed in 11.0 either
> and don't know why. I tried to go back to 10.2 (where I
> originally started) and the distro wouldn't install. Other
> noshows (that refuse to run after installation) are Ubuntu,
> SUSE 11.2 (which lets me log in before it gives me a white
> screen), and Mint Linux, an Ubuntu downstream distro.
> I have reinstalled all the above multiple times with
> identical results.
>
> Strangely enough, Debian, the Ubuntu upstream distro,
> installs  and runs with no problems, though it does not
> install the NVIDIA driver, and while recognizing the HP
> printer/scanner, experiences erectile dysfunction when
> it comes to actually installing it -- both while wearing
> the gui and with the bare terminal.
>
> Mandriva is the only distro that properly installs the proper
> video driver with no problems. It seems Mandriva deserves
> its reputation for graphics tools. (Their artwork is awesome,
> too.) I have to install the Mandriva distro without using the
> common /home partition, because Mandriva screws up SUSE
> so badly that I have to re-install SUSE if I let Mandriva use
> /home.
>
> Unfortunately, they don't have a Japanese version. Otherwise,
> I'd probably go with Mandriva.
>
> --Ralph
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