On Mar 19, 2012 8:51 AM, "William Kenworthy" <bi...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > On Sun, 2012-03-18 at 18:36 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: > > I like gentoo; there's a steep learning curve but after you pass that > > it just clicks. As difficult as it ever became there was always an > > answer to be found, on a blog, irc, documentaiton... > > > > But I might have to give up on gentoo if I can't find a way to fix > > this latest difficulty. I live in the hinterland where there is no > > broadband. I have to make do with a dialup modem over ~10mi of copper > > wire. Now I find I can no longer dialup the internet using ppp command > > #pon <isp>. The modem lights come on and the log says the DNS have > > been all been assigned. status=0x0. But I can't ping out. 'Host > > unreachable'. > > > > As slow as my connection is, I've always been able to sync portage and > > use bash to write a link file which I can download at the free wifi in > > town. Now I can't even do that. > > > > I suspect this has something to do with the openrc which seems to be > > steadily "improving".. There are no error msgs other than the ping > > error above. I'm sure this is gentoo specific because it doesn't > > affect the Ubuntu side of my pc(yet ;().where I'm typing this. In > > ubuntu I have to rmmod my wifi and ethn drivers or the same thing > > happens: modem lights up, log says everything fine, but no internet. > > Once every other bit of net hardware comes down, the web is reachable. > > This USED to be the case for gentoo as well, but now, even that > > doesn't help. > > > > The landline gets no respect. Now gmail is making angry noises cause I > > won't give them my mobile number. But I don't have one. There isn't > > even coverage out here. > > > > Broadband and dialup used to get along but those days seem to be gone. > > > > Hope somebody can see a way out. > > > > MW > > > > Hi Maxim, what changed when the modem stopped working? > > Also can you supply the output of the "route -n" and ifconfig commands > to give us a chance of seeing if anything has gone adrift there. Also > if you are using (and have tested that its not the problem) any firewall > running. > > When I was on dialup, routing (issues) was always a problem and if your > modem comes up and ppp is working (i.e., dns has been assigned) this is > a possibility. > > BillK >
Hmmm... This happening after openrc upgrade? Can you post the contents of /etc/conf.d/net also? Rgds,
