160 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User’s Guide •March 2004
Must Install Networking During LinuxInstallation to Use Graphical User Interface
In Red Hat Linux 9, if you do not follow the directions exactly in the SunPCi III 3.2
User’s Guide on configuring the networking for Linux, you will have several
problems, including being unable to use the Linux graphical user interface on the
system monitor.
If you do not configure networking, you have to perform the following task to
recover and fix Linux properly.
1. Find the ifcfg-eth0 file at the following location:
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
2. Open the ifcfg-eth0 file and verify that the file is configuredas detailed below.
e. For a Static IP address:
DEVICE=eth0
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=none
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=no
TYPE=Ethernet
IPADDR=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx*
NETMASK=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx*
GATEWAY=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx*
NETWORK=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx*
BROADCAST=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx*
*Enterthe information, such as an IP address, for your own network for each of these fields.
f. For DHCP:
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=no
TYPE=Ethernet
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
3. Update the ifcfg-eth0 file as needed.
4. Save the ifcfg-eth0 file.