Ping problem?

cherokeestargazer · n00b Joined: 08 Jan 2003 Posts: 3 Location: Atlanta, GA

When I tried to install Gentoo, I got hung on the Ping functionality... Everytime I tried to ping a domain name (www.yahoo.com), I recieved an error message (unable to resolve host name), but I was able to ping external IP addresses, such as my ISPs DNS server. And I'm sure my DNS server is right (its the same on I used on my other computers, and they connect fine).

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,

Chris Shaffer
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rac · Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2003 7:24 pm Post subject:

Make sure that /etc/resolv.conf is set up correctly inside the chroot.
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cherokeestargazer · n00b Joined: 08 Jan 2003 Posts: 3 Location: Atlanta, GA

That was it!

Thanks...

Is that a common problem, for the net-setup prog to not correctly write to /etc/resolv.conf?

Thanks, again...

Chris
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MadEagle · Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2003 2:09 pm Post subject:

net-setup writes correctly to /etc/resolv.conf. But after you do a chroot your new /etc/resolv.conf (formerly /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf) does not automagickally contain the right information. Thats why the installation guide says that you should copy the correct file before doing a chroot.

MadEagle