----- Forwarded Message ---- *From:* raj kumar <future_it_pro(a)yahoo.co.in&gt; *To:* india-owner(a)lists.fedoraproject.org *Sent:* Sun, 7 November, 2010 7:32:00 AM *Subject:* Problem in connecting to Broadband Internet Hi, I installed Fedora 14 and tried to connect to internet via bsnl broadband connection using an user id and password. I created Ethernet and xdsl xdsl(BSNL) is getting active, but ethernet(eth0) is not activating. When i was trying to activate it getting following error Determining IP information for eth0.../etc/init.d/functions: line 51: /dev/stderr: Permission denied /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions: line 51: /dev/stderr: Permission denied Please kindly help me in connection my linux system to internet. Thanking You, Rajkumar =============================================== I have also tested following for your reference: [raj@localhost ~]$ dhclient eth0 Can't create /var/run/dhclient.pid: Permission denied RTNETLINK answers: Operation not permitted [raj@localhost ~]$ ifconfig eth0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:2A:D4:C8:86 inet6 addr: fe80::214:2aff:fed4:c886/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1140 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1166 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:149778 (146.2 KiB) TX bytes:147990 (144.5 KiB) Interrupt:20 Base address:0x2c00 [raj@localhost ~]$ /sbin/lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Xpress 200 Host Bridge (rev 01) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge 00:11.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller (rev 80) 00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller (rev 80) 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80) 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80) 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (rev 80) 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 81) 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller (rev 80) 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80) 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80) 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200] 02:01.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems Lucent V.92 Data/Fax Modem 02:05.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 02:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev 80) _______________________________________________ india mailing list india(a)lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/india