Installing Gentoo -- can't 'emerge --sync'

theosib · Apprentice Joined: 09 Mar 2004 Posts: 207

I'm trying to install Gentoo for the first time on a new system, but I'm stuck at the "Updating the Portage tree" step.

Here's what I get (manually typed):

skunk · Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 5:09 pm Post subject:

did you setup correctly /etc/resolv/.conf?

hielvc · Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 6:30 pm Post subject:

It looks like you didnt "cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/.". You do this before chroot. You Simply

theosib · Apprentice Joined: 09 Mar 2004 Posts: 207

No, I thought of the resolv.conf thing. I backed up and redid some of the installation steps to make sure that I got the networking stuff right.

I note that I cannot successfully ping rsync.gentoo.org from any computer I have here. Also, "ping -c 3 google.com" works just fine from the computer having the problem.

hielvc · Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 7:36 pm Post subject:

Well I couldnt ping rsync.gentoo.org either but I did do a sync today, and my /etc/make.conf
grep rsync /etc/make.conf
# concern that they will be deleted by rsync updates. Default is not
# Synchronization is handled by rsync and these settings allow some control
# SYNC is the server used by rsync to retrieve a localized rsync mirror
# Please do not single out specific rsync mirrors. Doing so places undue
# Default: "rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
# North America: "rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
# South America: "rsync://rsync.samerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
# Europe: "rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
# Asia: "rsync://rsync.asia.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
# Australia: "rsync://rsync.au.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
# RSYNC_TIMEOUT sets the length of time rsync will wait before it times out
# RSYNC_EXCLUDEFROM is a file that portage will pass to rsync when it updates
# comments. See 'man rsync' for more details on the exclude-from format.
#RSYNC_EXCLUDEFROM=/etc/portage/rsync_excludes

worked fine.
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theosib · Apprentice Joined: 09 Mar 2004 Posts: 207

Thanks!

If I ping the samerica or europe servers, I get a response, but I get nothing from namerica.

Looks like something is down.

NOTE: I can "emerge sync" on one fully-configured Gentoo box, but not the new one. Neither can ping the namerica servers, but the problem one can get at europe and samerica.

theosib · Apprentice Joined: 09 Mar 2004 Posts: 207

Even though I now have a server that I can ping, I still cannot emerge --sync. I'm getting the same temporary failure in name resolution.

From the live cd, I can ping, but from the chrooted environment, nothing is working right. In terms of networking, I'm quite certain that I did not miss a step.

There really needs to be a script I can run to check that.

theosib · Apprentice Joined: 09 Mar 2004 Posts: 207

"ping -c 3 google.com" works just fine from the livecd.

I copied ping so that I could get at it from the chrooted environment, and when I do that ping, it says that google.com is an unknown host.

I've checked and double-checked that I followed the instructions correctly, but it's just not working.

Here's where I got the instructions:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=6

theosib · Apprentice Joined: 09 Mar 2004 Posts: 207

I mistyped 'resolv.conf' as 'resolve.conf'. <sigh>

Thank you and have a nice day.