Yeah, for whatever reason, the amd64 version is "ping-less." Strange that such a basic tool would be left out...
2008/11/2, John Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Robert Hayes wrote: >> >> 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 >>>> >> >> > > cheers! glad you got it working. I'm still curious though, was the 'ping' > package just not included? > > -- > > 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]
