I'm on Debian Sid right now, and looking in the kfreebsd partition I don't see anything named ping in /bin/, nor is there anything in /usr/bin/ named ping. I'll boot into kfreebsd and try the commands anyway to make sure. I'll keep you posted.
2008/11/1, John Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Robert Hayes wrote: >> >> I can't ping at all- it spits out "unrecognized command". I would >> never have believed it, but it seems that the tool isn't installed >> (and won't be until I can get apt-get to connect). Sorry I didn't >> mention it in the original email. >> I'm in Debian Sid right now, but here's what the file contains: >> # Sample /etc/network/interfaces file for GNU/kFreeBSD >> >> auto lo0 >> iface lo0 inet loopback >> >> # DHCP network (replace ed0 with your interface, if different) >> #auto ed0 >> #iface ed0 inet dhcp >> >> # Static network (replace ed0 with your interface, if different) >> #auto ed0 >> #iface ed0 inet static >> # address 192.168.0.3 >> # network 192.168.0.0 >> # netmask 255.255.255.0 >> # gateway 192.168.0.1 >> >> I'm such a noob. I need to uncomment the DHCP section, don't I ? >> >> >> 2008/11/1, John Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >>> >>> Robert Hayes wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> hi, i'm just now starting with Debian GNU/kfreebsd and I've already >>>> run into a problem. Yay me =( >>>> >>>> I installed the amd64 version (the iso is the one that dates to Feb., >>>> and it burned correctly), and the installation went without a hitch. >>>> Upon reboot, no problems. I used "ifconfig -a" and it said that the >>>> network was up and running (acc. to dmesg the boot process correctly >>>> identified my network card and loaded the correct modules). But I >>>> can't connect with anything: >>>> apt-get update fails, claiming failure to resolve host (on all >>>> mirrors) >>>> trying to install the pgp keys fails, saying failure to resolve >>>> subkeys.pgp.net host >>>> So, what am I doing wrong here? Is ifconfig wrong, or do I need to >>>> fill out a bug report? >>>> thanks for any help you can give me. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> sounds like a dns issue perhaps. can you ping other servers via ip >>> instead >>> of hostname? what is the readout of the following command? >>> >>> "$ cat /etc/network/interfaces" >>> >>> -- >>> >>> John Knight >>> phone: +1 706 255-9203 >>> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> website: geminimicro.com >>> >> >> > > well, this is certainly interesting, hehe > > I'm almost positive my last install of kfreebsd had ping installed as part > of the basic system. i could be wrong, but I remember getting the > networking portion up and running was fairly easy. > > I'm sort of clueless as to what exactly is wrong with your system, but I'm > wondering if there is something wrong with the shell configuration > concerning the /bin/ directroy. Does running the following command give any > results? > > "$ ls /bin/ | grep ping" > > If so, you might have to type out the entire location of the command and its > argument like the following: > > "$ /bin/ping 72.14.207.99" > > If not, there might just be a huge issue with the amd64 port. If you are > using a compatible processor, I would recommend using the latest i386 build > but that's only because that's the version that I and everyone I've known to > run and test kfreebsd has used. > > > -- > > John Knight > phone: +1 706 255-9203 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > website: geminimicro.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
