[PLUG] Re: [PDXLUG] Slackware-9.0 questions

[Rich Shepard]

On Sat, 19 Jul 2003, Rich Shepard wrote:

>   Finally put Slackware-9.0 on my fiancee's machine. Everything seems to be
> working except networking. /sbin/ifconfig shows that eth0 is up and running.
> The boot messages indicate that the LinkSys EtherFast 10/100 pcmcia card is
> recognized and the NE2000 module is loaded. But, the lights on the network
> card adapter plug don't come on and I cannot reach the network by pinging.
>
>   How do I determine just where the problem might be?

  I notice now the message in the boot sequence:

eth0: MII is missing.

  What does this mean, and what do I do about it?

>   OK, now Slack-specific questions. When I installed the distribution, some
> files were installed when I wasn't given the opportunity to deselect them.
> How, in Slackware, do I determine what packages are installed? (The
> equivalent of Red Hat's 'rpm -qa'.)

  Got this all figured out: /sbin/pkgtool does it all.

Thanks,

Rich