[gentoo-user] Re: live cd, ip fail

2007-07-07 Thread Thufir
On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 09:42:30 +, Thufir wrote: > on the live cd, I just want to get the internet connection working. The > fedora live cd, for instance, configured the networking fine. some additional information: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# cat /etc/fedora-release Fedora r

[gentoo-user] Re: live cd, ip fail

2007-07-07 Thread Thufir
On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 10:02:13 +, Thufir wrote: > some additional information: additional additional: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# cat /etc/fedora-release Fedora release 7 (Moonshine) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# lsmod Module Size Used by aut

[gentoo-user] Re: live cd, ip fail

2007-07-07 Thread Thufir
Similar data from the live cd: livecd ~ # livecd ~ # whoami root livecd ~ # livecd ~ # cat /etc/gentoo-release Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 livecd ~ # livecd ~ # ping 192.168.2.1 connect: Network is unreachable livecd ~ # livecd ~ # /sbin/dhcpcd Error, timed out waiting for a valid DHCP

[gentoo-user] Re: live cd, ip fail

2007-07-07 Thread Thufir
On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 12:41:17 +0100, Mick wrote: > Since you have not shown us how the LiveCD detects your cards: How would I get this information? > Assuming that you have modprobe -v 8139too and it loads fine (or you can > see it under lsmod | grep 8139too as being loaded) then '/sbin/dhcpcd >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: live cd, ip fail

2007-07-07 Thread Mick
On Saturday 07 July 2007 11:26, Thufir wrote: [snip . . .] > I'm not sure what to make of the above, because, obviously, I'm on the > internet at the moment, but there's a message about eth0 not having a > link, when it's up and running on eth0... Since you have not shown us how the LiveCD detect

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: live cd, ip fail

2007-07-07 Thread Mick
On Saturday 07 July 2007 12:39, Thufir wrote: I am not familiar with your setup so this is just some generic troubleshooting to see what gives. > livecd ~ # /sbin/dhcpcd > Error, timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response This is telling us that your default card is not getting an IP ad

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: live cd, ip fail

2007-07-07 Thread Thufir
On 7/7/07, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] This is telling us that your default card is not getting an IP address back from the router. I am assuming that this is because you do not have a cat5 cable connecting you to the router and you rely on the wireless adapter, which in turn has not b

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: live cd, ip fail

2007-07-08 Thread Thufir
I'm on the live cd, the IP address resolved :) livecd ~ # livecd ~ # cat /etc/gentoo-release Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 livecd ~ # livecd ~ # whoami root livecd ~ # livecd ~ # ping 192.168.2.1 connect: Network is unreachable livecd ~ # livecd ~ # ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: live cd, ip fail

2007-07-08 Thread Mick
On Sunday 08 July 2007 09:32, Thufir wrote: > I'm on the live cd, the IP address resolved :) > > livecd ~ # dhcpcd eth0 up > Error, timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response > livecd ~ # > livecd ~ # dhcpcd eth1 up > livecd ~ # > livecd ~ # ping 192.168.2.1 > PING 192.168.2.1 (192.168.2.1

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: live cd, ip fail

2007-07-08 Thread Thufir
On 7/8/07, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] You're welcome. How did you get the second NIC recognised? By removing the module and then installing again? Nope. Simply entering those command got things working. I copied pasted to show how the network started off unavailable then, after e