Installing Gnome from packages cd

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Verted · Post by **Verted** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 4:21 pm

Just tried installing gnome from my packages cd, I got the message:

"There are no maksed or unmasked ebuilds to satisfy "gnome base".

!!! Error calculating dependencies. Please correct.

How can I solve this?

Also, ifconfig loads my eth1 device, but doesnt show any ip's broadcast addresses or netmask's. When I try to do: /etc/init.d/net.eth1 start it fails. How can I solve this?

Putrifier · Post by **Putrifier** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 4:29 pm

if you know your ip, then set the others manually.
if , for example, its a LAN, and your ip is (or you want it to be), 192.168.1.1, then you would enter this as root:

# ifconfig eth1 192.168.1.1 broadcast 192.168.1.255 netmask 255.255.255.0

that should take care of it.

if, on the other hand your ip is assigned to you by your ISP, then just use that IP instead.

Putrifier · Post by **Putrifier** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 4:30 pm

and, just shooting in the dark here, try doing,
"emerge gnome"

Verted · Post by **Verted** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 4:34 pm

My IP assigned by my ISP, and changes every once in a while. I just set it to iface_eth1="dhcp" didnt enter anything else in, because when it does change, it'll stop working again, wont it?

I didnt do emerge gnome, because it'll take ages, and also, emerge gnome wont work until I get my internet problem sorted.

Putrifier · Post by **Putrifier** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 4:40 pm

Im guessing right now you are still in your live cd environment, and trying to get networking working from there.

you got several possible choices.

1. ADSL : use rp-pppoe. just work with these two commands:

# adsl-setup
# adsl-start

2. Net-Setup, if you are trying to access a DHCP server, or maybe another pc serving as gateway. enter net-setup at the prompt.

if neither of those doesnt do the trick, then you can always look in the Guide for other suggestions.
Gentoo Handbook: Setting up your networking

Verted · Post by **Verted** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 4:41 pm

Right now I am in the LiveCd enviroment, because thats the only way I can get my internet to work. The post question concerns me in my installed enviroment.

DHCP works on the livecd, but not the installed enviroment, if you know what I mean.

In /etc/conf.d/net all I have put in is iface_eth1="dhcp" and nothing else because I use dhcp.

Byzmuth · Post by **Byzmuth** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 4:47 pm

Could it be that you did not install the module for your network card in the kernel (or didnt load it)?

Verted · Post by **Verted** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 4:48 pm

I installed the module for it (8139too). This is what makes eth1 show up in ifconfig, but with no ip, broadcast or gateway.

Putrifier · Post by **Putrifier** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 4:49 pm

you still havent made clear what connection you have, dsl or cable.

1. DSL :
try changing your /etc/conf.d/net , to have this line:

# iface_eth1="up"

after that, do
# emerge rp-pppoe

when that's done, just run adsl-setup.

2. Cable

# iface_eth="dhcp" should have done the trick.

I take it you have read Gentoo Handbook: Code Listing 16: Creating extra initscripts.
Try again. if it still doesnt work, it should be helpful knowing the exact error that happens, something more detailed than just, "fails".

Verted · Post by **Verted** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 4:50 pm

It's a cable connection. I'll try it out once again, see if it works.

Verted · Post by **Verted** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 5:10 pm

Nope. No luck. Once again, ifconfig displayed eth1, but no addresses with it. Then /etc/init.d/net.eth1/ start displayed the message "*Failed to bring eth1 up". I know my connection uses dhcp because thats what it uses in the installation.

Verted · Post by **Verted** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 6:55 pm

Anyone have anymore idea's how I can get this working?

djm · Post by **djm** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 7:32 pm

If you have a network connection in the live cd environment, then either there's something missing from your kernel, and/or there's a problem with some configuration file

Does it still work when you chroot into your gentoo install? If so it's not a kernel problem. If however it works when you chroot, but then doesn't work when you restart not using the liveCD it is a kernel problem

But, I'm fairly sure that with dhcp your IP address would change everytime you connected (it is dynamic after all). With dhcp, you definitely don't need to specify an IP address anyway

To install gnome, you'll need to do emerge gnome, but the -k (--usepkg) option means you can do it from what's on your package CD, without downloading anything or waiting ages for compiles, as described here http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/h ... hap2_sect4

Verted · Post by **Verted** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 8:08 pm

I got my internet working!:) It's weird. On the LiveCd, i needed to use eth1, but on my installed enviroment I needed to use eth0. Anyone got an explaination for this?

How long do you think it would take me to install emerge gnome (Not from the package cd) on an AMD Athlon XP 3000+, 512mb dual channel pc3200
memory?

Putrifier · Post by **Putrifier** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 9:38 pm

if you dedicate the pc to that, 5-6 hours.

Post by **pjp** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 3:34 am

Moved from Installing Gentoo.