Network problems

TehQuickness · n00b Joined: 20 Aug 2004 Posts: 21

ok here is the deal...
After searching through the forums and trying many, many of the tips and ideas that other people had on a problem similar to mine i still dont seem to be able to get my network to work.

I have installed gentoo-sources kernel-2.4 stage 3 tarball on my dell 9100
since this was my first gentoo install i went easy on my self and just used genkernel to configure the kernel. Unfortunatly when I reboot I am not able to connect to the internet like I was able to with the live cd in.

This is all the information I could think of that would be usefull to help solve my problem off the top of my head.

I know you will need more so just ask me and I will putting on the board for you evaluation.

Thanks in advance,
TehQuickness

oumpah-pah · Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 11:45 am Post subject:

What is the output of ifconfig ? Did you start /etc/init.d/net.eth0 and edit /etc/conf.d/net ?

krolden · Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 11:55 am Post subject:

You probably forgot to issue a command.

#cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf (page 34; 6 Installing the Gentoo base system)

#nano -w /etc/conf.d/net
Configure the essential elements. (page 48; 8 configuring your system)

#emerge rp-pppoe
Otherwise it won't recognise the adsl-* commands. (page 56; 10 Installing necessary system tools)

Hope this helps

TehQuickness · n00b Joined: 20 Aug 2004 Posts: 21

ooo man you guys rock! This is another reason why I am starting to love linux alot more than windows. If this had been a problem with windows I would be on hold of the phone waiting for tech support for all day. w00t.

Any ways, somehow i must have gotten all tossed around in the install process and either skipped the " #cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf (page 34; 6 Installing the Gentoo base system) " command or I just typed it wrong. Needless to say I reboot with the LiveCD and mount everything, made sure I sure i could get on the internet with the LiveCD. After that I just did that command and restarted. And thankfully it worked. Man that is the last time I will attempt and all nighter when configuring linux. lol.

The other good news if now that my internet works I have been able to emerge gnome and get that working so I am set with my new linux laptop. I am sooo excited. haha. Thanks for the help.
:lol: