Install problem

Tanatz · n00b Joined: 20 Sep 2004 Posts: 14

During the kernel config step, I had a problem.

emerge gentoo-sources

i get an error message:

couldnt download linux-2.4.26.tar.bz2 Temporary failure in name resolution

When I first started the install however, eth0 was recognized.

I tried emerge vanilla-sources and got the same error.

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inode77 · Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 3:00 am Post subject:

Did you copy "/etc/resolv.conf" as mentioned in the handbook before chrooting? What does it look like on your system?
What does "ifconfig" say?
What does "ping -c 1 193.99.144.71" say?

Tanatz · n00b Joined: 20 Sep 2004 Posts: 14

I am almost positive I did, but I will have to wait until tomorrow to check.

vanGogh · Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 7:23 pm Post subject:

hi! my problem looks similar during emerge vanilla-sources.
!!!ERROR sys/kernel/vanilla-sources-2.4.28 failed.
!!!failure unpacking linux-2.4.28tar.bz2
i did follow installation manual, there's everything fine with my network!
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smonijhay1 · Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 7:26 pm Post subject:

vanGogh · Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 7:27 pm Post subject:

sorry! just recognized that it's not really related to the topic. anyway, thanks for help!
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Dr Gonzo · Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 7:42 pm Post subject:

It really might have just been a temporary DNS failure. Try again, let us know if it doesn't work. Please post the contents of

vanGogh · Last edited by vanGogh on Mon Dec 20, 2004 8:46 pm; edited 1 time in total

1.) massages:
tar:linux-2428(DOKUMENTFILE)/ cannot open no directory
tar:error exit delay previous errors
!!!Error: sys-kernel/vaNILLA-sources-2.4.28 failed
!!!funktion unpacking line 380 exitcode 2
!!!failure unpacking linux-2.4.28.tar.bz2

2.) ifconfig:
gives correct eth0, nothing wrong with my network! do i have to check anything else concerning network?
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smonijhay1 · Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 8:24 pm Post subject:

Animatus · n00b Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 30

I have been having DNS problems. Try commenting out random items in your /etc/resolv.conf file (#) and pinging yahoo ping -c 3 www.yahoo.com to see if it works.

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G F0rce 1 · Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 8:44 pm Post subject:

[offtopic]
typo = type mistake

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smonijhay1 · Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 8:46 pm Post subject:

oh okay, yes that is what I meant. I still feel like I'm missing a bit of information. Can you post some of the stuff above the part that says !!!!failure. The part that you have posted doesn't give a clear description of what could be happening.
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Dana Merrick · Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 8:53 pm Post subject:

It nearly seems like you don't have a working "tar" binary.
Firstly, make sure your net is running right. Dont forget to look at /etc/conf.d/net
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well one cool thing you can do when all that stuff shoots off the screen is the SHIFT+PAGE-UP or SHIFT+PAGE-DOWN. Comes in handy![/quote]

youre right! so system scolls down:
"tar: linux-2.4.28/documentation/usb/.../ CANNOT OPEN NO DIRECTORY"
after "usb" there are several other directories mentioned: such as readme... and there's
".../Documentation/ia86 CANNOT MKDIR. NO SUCH FILE OR DIRECTORY"
so to me this looks like a problem concerning directory-system maybe...
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Dana Merrick · "tar: linux-2.4.28/documentation/usb/.../ CANNOT OPEN NO DIRECTORY"

vanGogh · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 11:57 am Post subject:

going to re-emerge binutils...
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vanGogh · "tar: linux-2.4.28/documentation/usb/.../ CANNOT OPEN NO DIRECTORY"

smonijhay1 · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 3:32 pm Post subject:

you will need to free up some space. You can remove your files from /usr/tmp/portage directory to clean out bad builds etc. See if that helps you with the problem. Clean out tmp portage directory, then try to re-emerge binutils.
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smonijhay1 · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 5:49 pm Post subject:

this may be a little far reaching just yet. Can you touch a file?

touch testfile

see if it creates. Makes sure you haven't run out of inodes. Far reaching for now
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smonijhay1 · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 5:52 pm Post subject:

This thread seems to have a similar problem to yours. Maybe can provide some insight?
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