[SOLVED] Brand new to linux, problems connecting to internet

[lwvmobile]

Sorry about that, but let me do you one better.

For manual configuration of ip, mask, and gateway, use the command

sudo kate /etc/network/interfaces

and paste your info like so

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback


iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.254.77
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.254.254

auto eth0

and the same above for DNS, open /etc/resolv.conf

sudo kate /etc/resolv.conf

and paste in your naemservers

### BEGIN INFO
#
# Modified_by:  NetworkManager
# Process:      /usr/bin/NetworkManager
# Process_id:   5019
#
### END INFO

search domain.invalid




nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220

save and that should stick.


Edit: Restart the interface after applying these settings, use

sudo ifconfig eth0 down
sudo ifconfig eth up

and if that doesn't work, reboot once.

[lwvmobile]

i know kate is installed. but I get the same error when I type

sudo kate /etc/resolv.conf

you can always use

sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf

but its a terminal text editor, but ou can still paste into it, then use ctrl+x to exit and hit y to save.

[xravex]

I got interfaces open. When I try to save the file I get this error

The document could not be saved, as it was not possible to write to /etc/network/interfaces

Check that you have write access to this file or that enough disk space is available.

I know I have the disk space available.

[lwvmobile]

I got interfaces open. When I try to save the file I get this error

The document could not be saved, as it was not possible to write to /etc/network/interfaces

Check that you have write access to this file or that enough disk space is available.

I know I have the disk space available.

make sure to sudo on the command to open it; else you cannot save it.

[Ptero-4]

use kdesu instead of sudo since you´re using a KDE app.

[xravex]

I have made those changes, checked and rechecked them. Now knetworkmanager does not even see an active device.

[lwvmobile]

Not sure how reliable the KNetworkManager is, but what is the output of

ifconfig

you may need to bring the interface up using

kdesu ifconfig eth0 up

We'll get you going

[xravex]

I double checked everything and restarted the system and now it is working. thanks for all the help everyone