Description of problem: updated to enhanced errata (1.0.4-2.i386) to have wireless NIC option on network configuration tool, and now I can't set up ANYTHING related to the network! When I start the network configuration tool, I get the error below. The only reported bug I found similar to this said to update the network config to 1.0.4-2, which is what this is! PLEASE HELP! It's taking forever just to try to get a wireless NIC working with Redhat 7.3!! Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rpm-1.0.4-2.i386 How reproducible: Everytime! Steps to Reproduce: 1.Go to main menu 2.System, Network Configuration -- error comes up as soon as network configuration tool starts up and then it won't let me do anything but close it 3. A similar error occurs when trying to run the Internet Configuration Wizard Actual results: the error described above appears and won't let me continue with network config... Expected results: Network Configuration should run and allow me to add my wireless NIC! Additional info:
here is the error: Traceback (innermost last): File "usr/sbin/neat", line 1441, in ? window - mainDialog() File "usr/sbin/neat", line 237, in_init_ self.load() File "usr/sbin/neat", line 276, in load self.loadProfiles() File "usr/sbin/neat", line 285, in loadProfiles profilelist = getProfileList() File "usr/sbin/../share/redhat-config- network/netconfpkg/NCProfileList.py", line 91, in load prof.HostsList.append(host) File "usr/sbin/../share/redhat-config- network/netconfpkg/NCProfileList.py", line 965, in append item.setParent(self) Attribute Error: setParent
err... this sounds like an incomplete installation... what does: # rpm -q redhat-config-network # rpm -V redhat-config-network output??
rpm -q redhat-config-network outputs the following: redhat-config-network-1.0.0-1 redhat-config-network-1.0.4-2 redhat-config-network-1.0.4-2 rpm -V redhat-config-network outputs a TON of stuff, and since I have no easy way to get it from my linux laptop to this machine (no printer or network capabilities yet), I'm not going to type it all unless you really need it... it comes up with a bunch of flies under /usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/; and /usr/share/redhat-config-network/pixmaps. Thanks!
seems like you have installed redhat-config-network several times... try to use -U instead of -i for rpm... # rpm -Uvh redhat-config-network-1.0.4-2.i386.rpm
ok... you have to remove it first: # rpm -e redhat-config-network # rm -fr /usr/share/redhat-config-network* # rpm -Uvh redhat-config-network-1.0.4-2.i386.rpm
ok... use --allmatches to get rid of all installed redhat-config-network versions # rpm -e redhat-config-network --allmatches # rm -fr /usr/share/redhat-config-network* # rpm -Uvh redhat-config-network-1.0.4-2.i386.rpm
Ok...first, let me say thank you for your help...I am genuinely impressed at the speediness of your reply to this issue...it's so hard to find good help these days, and I sincerely appreciate it! So, I did all of this and it resolved this issue, but I'm a little confused and back to the original issue that started all of this. I now have redhat-config-network-1.0.4-2 installed, and the network configuration screen comes up, but still does not give me the "Wireless NIC" option in the device type drop-down list of the Device window. My wireless NIC DOES show up under the Hardware tab as "orinoco_cs" but it doesn't let me do anything with it and if I try to add an "ethernet" device (since I don't have the Wireless NIC option), it doesn't show the orinoco_cs as an option...what now??
hmm, the version in RH 7.3 does not support Wireless NICs... sorry... you have to configure it by hand... like this: # cat >/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 << EOF ONBOOT=no USERCTL=no PEERDNS=yes TYPE=Wireless DEVICE=eth1 BOOTPROTO=dhcp ESSID=deadbeef CHANNEL=1 MODE=Auto RATE=Auto EOF
I tried your script and it did not work. Redhat recognizes my wireless NIC as eth0, so I modified your script to reflect that, and it does add a device of TYPE Wireless to the Network Hardware, but will not allow me to activate it (I click activate, and nothing happens). If I go to the Network Device Configuration screen, it allows me to click activate there, but comes back saying "could not activate device eth0." I looked at a few of the other net config scripts on there by default and they had an ipaddr="" and NETMASK=255.255.255.0 after BOOTPROTO=dhcp, so I tried adding those and it still did not work. I know without a doubt that the wireless NIC works just fine because I can boot into Knoppix (from CD) and it immediately recognizes the NIC and I can surf flawlessly. PLEASE HELP!!