first, i have used linux for close to five years, but this is the first time i have tried any distro other than redhat. :) i know a fair amount about linux, and i have compiled programs before, but i am not an expert, as you will probably realize by the end of this email :)
so on to the problem. i successfully installed gentoo linux 1.4rc4, and its on a dual boot pc... redhat9/gentoo. i installed it from a stage2 tarball, and had it optimized for my athlon-xp cpu. the live cd worked perfectly with my nic, all i had to do was boot with "gentoo nodhcp" and run "net-setup eth0" to configure my nic, as i have a static IP. it seems my nic uses the "8139too" kernel module, as lsmod on the live cd, and on redhat9, both seemed to use that module. i did what the gentoo install docs said, putting a line containing "8139too" to /etc/modules.autoload, edited /etc/conf.d/net to have my ip, gateway, etc all in it as it's in-document comments told me to, and edited /etc/hosts, /etc/hostname /etc/dnsdomainname, etc...here are my settings: Static IP: 192.168.1.105 Network Device: eth0 Gateway: 192.168.1.1 (a linksys router--NOT performing dns services) Broadcast: 192.168.1.255 Netmask: 255.255.255.0 DNS: 64.105.166.122 (NOTE: this is NOT a personal dns...it does NOT cover my home lan...its from my isp.) the problem is, i cant ping anothing but my mechine. ping localhost/ping 192.168.1.105 work, but ping 192.168.1.1/ping google.com don't work! i dont know what is causing this! :/ after tring to seek help in #gentoo on irc.freenode.net, i didn't have any success. i am not sure if this is my problem, but when i run "route" on gentoo, it prints this: Kernel IP Routing Table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metic Ref Use Iface 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 loopback localhost 255.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 lo default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 1 0 0 eth0 shouldn't the top entry by 192.168.1.1....not 192.168.1.0?? also, when i am shown the login screen, it says: "This is farrell.(none) (Linux i686...)" but it should read farrell.freemans.org! :( farrell is my hostname, freemans.org is the domainname in my home LAN (NOT on the internet!) i set /etc/hostname, and /etc/dnsdomain correctly...at least as best i can tell. and i setup /etc/hosts correctly, afaik. here are two screenshots (literally ^_-) of my screen showing this, in case you don't quite get what i was saying earlier about route, my hostname, etc: http://reblended.com/www/upgrdman/01.jpg http://reblended.com/www/upgrdman/02.jpg and lastly, here is my /etc/conf.d/net file: # /etc/conf.d/net: # $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/conf.d/net,v 1.7 2002/11/18 19:39:22 azarah Exp $ # Global config file for net.* rc-scripts # This is basically the ifconfig argument without the ifconfig $iface # iface_eth0="192.168.1.105 broadcast 192.168.1.255 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="eth0/192.168.1.1" thanks, farrell farahbod -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list