command for downloading a package to save

[Eberhard Roloff]

Thomas Olsen wrote:
> On Tuesday 16 June 2009 20:28:58 Steven Vollom wrote:
>> After successfully sending and receiving email from the live CD, 

Ok, this means, that your hardware is okay.

I booted
>> again and tried connecting with Kmail, first.  I got this error message:
>> ----------------------------------------------
>> Error-Kmail
>>
>>
>>
>> Unknown host
>> pop.att.yahoo.com
>> ----------------------------------------------
>> I checked configuration and everything was as it should be.  Next I tried
>> to connect using the browser.  The error message reads  Unknown Host and
>> doesn't work..

This means, the PC currently is not connected to the network

> 
> If your /etc/network/interfaces looks anything else than this:
> 
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> address 127.0.0.1
> netmask 255.0.0.0
> 
I would not count on the network manager being installed and 
working. Instead I would add this for eth0:

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp


After reboot, you should be good to go.

Kind regards
Eberhard