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Hey, I just recently joined and would like to say hi. I live in Kansas City and am a gamer and am trying to learn to be a programmer too. I am also curius as to what os you use most of the time. Also, if there are any linux-guru's out there, please pm me or reply because I am having trouble geting Slackware 10.1, which I have recently installed, to recognize my network card and connect me to the internet. I am a Windows user and therefore am having a little trouble getting this to work. I know the network card is working because I can connect to the internet off of my linux livecd I downloaded from hts.org. It is great and I like it a lot, but I would really like to have a full version of linux on my hard drive.

Welcome =). Personally I use Windows for everything except as a server (I have a linux box setup as a file server for my house, thankfully you don't need a very powerful machine for only a few users). I don't have personal experience with Slackware but if you su to root you should be able to run netconfig (just by typing the name), which is Slackware's network configuration tool. It's possible that the program will not be able to find your network card, although it most likely will. If it doesn't though, you can manually edit /etc/rc.d/rc.modules to select your card. Let us know how it works out.

that's what i suggest to do too...

hey Alex and welcome.

Linux is a cool, i have REDHAT and Windows XP. *nix's are really something you should use as a main os, it is good for programming and technical things for computers, but thats it. There arent many programs for *nix's so it is hard for many people to get used to.

as for your question,
What type of network card do you have?
What is the error that you get when you try to have linux recognize it?
What is your internet type? and provider?
Where did you get the linux boot disks or what ever you used to get linux on your computer?
Did you get and install all the files that came with your version of linux?

if you can answer those i can give you some tips that *might* help your problem.

djpac wrote:Linux is a cool, i have REDHAT and Windows XP. *nix's are really something you should use as a main os, it is good for programming and technical things for computers, but thats it. There arent many programs for *nix's so it is hard for many people to get used to.

For the most part this is sadly true. Of course there a programs like Open Office that do a darn good job of replacing Microsoft Office, and there are programs like Gimp for photo editing, but Linux fails behind in some areas that one might find important such as modern gaming and image/video editing. Windows is still the best setup to use for gaming, and either Mac or Windows have a nice selection of both image and video editors thanks to Discreet, Adobe, and others. When it comes to server though, *nix is the best hands down.

I cannot afford a Mac now, but when I can I am going to buy my mum one. It has the best of *nix because it's built on Unix, but it has a GUI that is 2nd to none and easy to use. Wow I'm really get off topic here but pls let us know if you are still having trouble.

its not for be rude... but you dont have to put that message in other part of the forum ??... only that :P... and sorry if you read this rudely... and sorry for my english xD...

asfura wrote:its not for be rude... but you dont have to put that message in other part of the forum ??... only that :P... and sorry if you read this rudely... and sorry for my english xD...

He introduce himself and his problem. That's looks good for me.

brandel wrote:

asfura wrote:its not for be rude... but you dont have to put that message in other part of the forum ??... only that :P... and sorry if you read this rudely... and sorry for my english xD...

He introduce himself and his problem. That's looks good for me.

ok then.. dont be angry with me

I'm having the same problem... I tried the netconfig thing and it didn't detect my network card... I also have Windows XP Pro installed my computer too and it doesn't detect the network card either.. I am running a Dell Dimension 2350. I have decided to leave linux alone for a while and try to get XP Pro to work for now.