[maass]

Hello all,
i am very new to linux and this is my first installation .
i have installed fedora9 through virtual box on my PC.
i am not getting assigned automatically IP and i am unable to browse internet in fedora.
some of the commands i used are below.

i have selected Activate NIC as computer starts but The NIC is not getting activated after i start.
before i activate the NIC if i check "ifconfig eth0 up"
i am getting
ifconfig eth0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Permission denied
after activating the NIC through GUI of network manager i am getting the below results


ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:53:CC:F5
inet addr:10.0.2.15 Bcast:10.0.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe53:ccf5/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:61 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2688 (2.6 KiB) TX bytes:12435 (12.1 KiB)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xd020
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:841 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:841 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:44480 (43.4 KiB) TX bytes:44480 (43.4 KiB)
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lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440FX - 82441FX PMC [Natoma] (rev 02)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 ISA [Natoma/Triton II]
00:01.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Graphics Adapter
00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 79c970 [PCnet32 LANCE] (rev 40)
00:04.0 System peripheral: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Guest Service
00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801AA AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:06.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 08)
00:0b.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller
00:0d.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
Thanks

[lotuseclat79]

Hi maass,

Welcome to TSG!

Please visit the Ubuntu Forums Virtualization Forum for answers to your question. You should register an account w/password and login there to search and answer your question, and if none is available, then open up a new thread for help there.

-- Tom