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Thread ID: 61309	2005-08-31 07:15:00	Gentoo installation issue	jcr1 (893)	Press F1

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385034	2005-09-06 23:21:00	You should already have coldplug if you'd followed the install guide?	Chilling_Silence (9)
385035	2005-09-07 01:30:00	Thanks for that Tazz. I've actually already done a manual kernel compile, and then used the grub template that Chill gave me & it all looks fine. I can actually log in & do stuff. All I need to do is get m internet connection going & then it's X11 etc... . You're right, a manual compilation is not that scary - interesting even (although in saying that I probably left something out). Thanks Chill, I did emerge coldplug. It'll probably be tonight before I have time to attack that internet connection issue again. I have found the Network Config section, right towards the end of the handbook; so I'll give it another go, later.	jcr1 (893)
385036	2005-09-07 06:57:00	I still can't get it to work. Of course it would probably help if I understood it. I probably should give up. Why should it work with my previous installation which was wireless internet and not with my present one which is adsl on the phone line. All I did with my last install was emerged rp-pppoe, ran adsl-setup and wham! it worked. Of course I also emerged dhcpcd. Nothing else to do it just worked. (of course this was on my second install). What should I do? Maybe start from scratch. Perhaps Linux is just beyond me	jcr1 (893)
385037	2005-09-07 07:15:00	For my setup... I use static network IPs (when I was first starting to use FC3 and Samba I found it easier to set up). Also kills the need for dhcp. On my Gentoo install, I made sure the driver for my eth0 connection was a part of the kernel (not a module). The biggest issue I have found with any install of any distro of linux... I have always had to give the O/S the dns ips (/etc/resolv.conf I think is the file). Without dns, I have never been able to get a connection with adsl in linux. (But then I may be doing something wrong which requires dns ips, but it works for me)	Myth (110)
385038	2005-09-07 09:42:00	Tazz, I'm getting desperate for a result now. Would you please be able to give me a guideline as to how your static network config would look in /etc/conf.d/net & also how you pass your dns ip's to /etc/resolv.conf I am totally at a loss here. There seem to be so many choices & I feel it should just work straight off the installation using rp-pppoe and installing dhcpcd (but we've virtually discredited that as an option). I am tempted to try my sons recommendation and go to Debian Sarge, but I have a horrible suspicion that adsl would be dog in that one as well.	jcr1 (893)
385039	2005-09-07 13:16:00	bash-2.05b$ cat /etc/conf.d/net # /etc/conf.d/net: # $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/conf.d/net,v 1.7 2002/11/18 1 9:39:22 azarah Exp $ # Global config file for net.* rc-scripts # This is basically the ifconfig argument without the ifconfig $iface # iface_eth0="192.168.0.7 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0" #iface_eth1="207.170.82.202 broadcast 207.0.255.255 netmask 255.255.0.0" # For DHCP set iface_eth? to "dhcp" # For passing options to dhcpcd use dhcpcd_eth? # #iface_eth0="dhcp" #dhcpcd_eth0="..." # For adding aliases to a interface # #alias_eth0="192.168.0.3 192.168.0.4" # NB: The next is only used for aliases. # # To add a custom netmask/broadcast address to created aliases, # uncomment and change accordingly. Leave commented to assign # defaults for that interface. # #broadcast_eth0="192.168.0.255 192.168.0.255" #netmask_eth0="255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0" # For setting the default gateway # gateway="eth0/192.168.0.1" bash-2.05b$ cat /etc/resolv.conf nameserver 192.168.0.1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` Here's all that needs changing for a static IP: #iface_eth0="192.168.0.7 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0" iface_eth0="dhcp" To add a DNS Server, run: echo "nameserver 192.168.0.6" > /etc/resolv.conf Then dont forget to set the default gateway if you're changing without a reboot: route add default gw 192.168.0.1 Chill.	Chilling_Silence (9)
385040	2005-09-09 09:30:00	I installed an old version of Libranet over the top of the Gentoo installation and I was able to configure adsl without too much trouble. But I think I've probably wasted too much time on this for now, so I got rid of linux and grub and my machine is now back to running purely Win XP Pro. Simple and it does the job. Anyway, thanks Chill & Tazz for all your help and all the best for your linux endeavours.	jcr1 (893)
385041	2005-09-13 20:19:00	Since my last post; I have installed Debian Sarge (Testing) from cd1, which I downloaded. Install went really well and set up my broadband connection really easily (detected & configured my network device and set up dhcp no problem). I'm grappling with apt at present, its not as intuitive as portage. It's all interesting and at least I have a linux installation to experiment with.	jcr1 (893)
385042	2005-09-13 21:32:00	Since my last post; I have installed Debian Sarge (Testing) from cd1, which I downloaded. Install went really well and set up my broadband connection really easily (detected & configured my network device and set up dhcp no problem). I'm grappling with apt at present, its not as intuitive as portage. It's all interesting and at least I have a linux installation to experiment with.Congrats... anything is better than nothing lol Remember: that niggly feeling you have in the deepset darkest nether regions of your mind will come out eventually... and its back to Gentoo you go :p Trust me on this one But stick with Sarge, I don't actually know it but it could teach you heaps	Myth (110)
385043	2005-09-14 02:30:00	jcr1: Ive just got my Gentoo LiveCD up and running Its by no means perfect, but it boots and everything but QtParted so far appears to be working. Theres also one error during boot, but its non-critical. Aside from that, would you be keen to give it a whirl at some stage for me and let me know what you think of it compared to having to do a normal Gentoo install?	Chilling_Silence (9)
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