I am configuring linux and attempting to make the ip address static. As soon as I enter su root, and the password prompt shows up, Nothing comes on the screen when I type. What am I doing wrong. I can see a black symbol in the shape of a rectangle in an upright position and I have tried typing at that point and nothing happens. when i hit enter a message comes up that the password is incorrect even though I was not able to enter the root password.

Please help!

That is normal. When you enter password on Linux it does not show the text you are typing.
Looks like you are entering a wrong password.

Yes the rectangular shape will not move but just type the correct password and the next line will appear.

Thanks.
After entering the /etc/init.d/network restart, I had the following:
Shutting down interface etho: error: device "etho" (/org/freedesktop/networkManager/Devices/0) disconnecting failed: This device is not active.

Sorry for the late reply.
You were getting this error because the system was trying to restart a device that was not originally active.
If you ignore this error, then could you tell me if the network came back up normal?
If not then could you please post the screen shot of your networking settings on Linux. Also please specify if you are using Bridge or NAT as network option on Virtual Machine. Thanks.

I tried to ignore the failed message and continued with the if config command. I did not get any ip address under etho. I got inet address: fe 880: : ....very strange address. I have taken screen shots but could not save them on my local desktop so I saved them on the oracle VM desktop. How do I get these shots on my regular computer so I can upload them onto the Forum on Handsonerp?
I am using bridge adapter.

Please help.

The error resolved itself. I have been able to completely configure linux. Now I went through the staging area set up process succesfully without any errors but once I was done, the stage was not available when I logged on and used an ls command in oracle. The list does not include stage so iam assuming that the staging did not work outi.Also, when watching the staging verification video, I realized there was afile I wa supposed to download at the onset and save it along with the Oracle R12 download - from http://handsonerp.com/downloads/md5_1211_32bit.zip
I tried downloading this but the page was not available.
Also at this time when I have already setup the shared file link in Oracle VM will the file be seen in oracle once I get it downloaded onto my computer?

Please help!

You said "Now I went through the staging area set up process succesfully without any errors "

So are you saying you were able to create the stage and then ran a verification check on it. Now the stage is no more there. This is not possible unless you delete the stage.

Lets first find out if the stage is there or not.
Login as Oracle. Do ls command. If you see stage folder then the stage is there otherwise it is not.
If it is not there then go back to the step of creating the stage.

Now coming to your question about downloads. You are not entering correct url. There is no "s" in the folder download.

Correct url: http://handsonerp.com/download/md5_1211_32bit.zip

Thanks for the link for the download. I checked and there is no stage. I have tried several times. I am suspecting I am missing something in the command to create the stage. I also get to the point where I enter a listing command under the Oracle and see all the files, then I enter the command and get"bash:syntax error near unexpected token "do".
Could you please send me the full command please?
This is what I am hearing from the training videos - four z in *.zip; do unzip -0 $z -d /home/Oracle/stage; done

Please help.

The command is:

for z in *.zip; do unzip -o $z -d /home/Oracle/stage; done;

Not "four" ("for")