Halfway there and Networking not working

davlun · n00b Joined: 14 Feb 2004 Posts: 11

Hello all,

I am getting ready to congifure the kernel, step 7b and am unable to connect to download sources.

I would assume this means that networking is not working. The documentation has notes to set up networking, but those commands dont seem to work this far into the process (I am guessing from chroot in last step).

Is it too late to set up networking and continue or do I have to start all over....

David
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froke · Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2004 9:40 pm Post subject:

Could you please post your output from the commands `lsmod`, `ifconfig`, `cat /etc/resolv.conf`, and `route -n `
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MacMasta · Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2004 9:41 pm Post subject:

You can un-chroot (type 'exit') and make sure it's all working.

Make *sure* you you've copied your /etc/resolv.conf over; not doing that causes all sorts of fun problems.

~Mac~

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2004 9:54 pm Post subject:

MacMasta,

If you set a password before you chrooted, you can log in on another VT which will be outside the chroot. Press Ctrl-Alt-F2 for the next console.

Then the network setup will work.
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MacMasta · Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2004 10:53 pm Post subject:

Didn't think of that, because I never remember to set that password...

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davlun · n00b Joined: 14 Feb 2004 Posts: 11

Thanks for all the help

OK, went to the beginning and tried to set up networking manuall, trying to piece things together. Here is where things are at:

here is the lsmode output

froke · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 3:41 am Post subject:

Because you do not have the file /etc/resolv.conf, you cannot resolve any hostnames to IP addresses, so that is why your networking is not working. Check the installation guide for the part about copying /etc/resolv.conf

If you have already chrooted, you can just run the command

davlun · n00b Joined: 14 Feb 2004 Posts: 11

OK. did the echo command and it seemed to work, however I still dont find a file.

However, if I get the cursor right, I am still at the cdimage prompt. I tried checking mount, to see where I could go, but I am all mixed up, not sure where 'c' drive is (if this was windows).

David
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davlun · n00b Joined: 14 Feb 2004 Posts: 11

LOL. Well while trying to figure this out... noticed something.

I think I should be trying cat /etc/resolv.conf, not cat /etc/resolve.conf

If that is the case, then I have a file there with the information included in your echo statement.

But when I try to ping 192.168.0.1 it says the network is unreachable.

David
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MacMasta · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 4:34 am Post subject:

Is that your IP?

~Mac~

davlun · n00b Joined: 14 Feb 2004 Posts: 11

That would be my gateway/router. It is something that I should be able to ping on internal network.

I tried that after trying ping www.google.com and receiving unknown host.

David
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froke · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 7:56 am Post subject:

Are you using DHCP or setting the IP/netmask manually? Because, for some reason, your netmask is 255.255.252.0 but I'm assuming it should be 255.255.255.0

Maybe that is a typo??

If you are using DHCP then check the router/gateway configuration.
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davlun · n00b Joined: 14 Feb 2004 Posts: 11

Well, chalk this up to mistake on my part #2.

I entered the mac address into the router wrong and so no connectivity was provided, even though settings were provided.

All I can say is thanks to you that helped. I have learned about networking in linux as a result of my mistake :oops:

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Jonandy · n00b Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 1

I had a similar problem, where I couldn't resolve names when I chroot-ed. The problem was solved when I rebooted and copied resolv.conf to both resolv.conf and resolve.conf. So, something I did seemed to fix it. I know the first time around I only copied to resolv.conf, and was surprised to find a resolve.conf file in the chroot, immediately suspecting that this must have had something to do with the issue. Maybe in the chroot environment, resolve.conf does what resolv.conf does in the live cd root.

Or, maybe I'm the problem and initially copied to resolve.conf the first time around, then got confused. Either way, I've seen this issue posted in several places, and usually people seem to conclude it's a routing issue or something, not a dumb misspelling mistake.

...Hope this helps any other dolts who make the same mistake I did.

amne · Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 6:33 pm Post subject:

Moved from IG, please follow up to resolve problems if necessary.
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