Success! Or at least so far. The connection problem was a typical noob mistake: I uncommented the dhcp section in /etc/network/interfaces, and everything is working correctly. It's just a question of checking the configuration files. Of course I'm now getting HAL errors... Thanks for the help!
2008/11/1, Robert Hayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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]
