Perhaps removing all the lines from the net configuration script was the key after all. It didn't work on the next boot-up cycle, but on the one following that, without performing any extra configuration steps, the network connection was operational :-/
I have a network. Now I can proceed with installing kde :-) The results of ifconfig and route -n are unchanged. Jeff -----Original Message----- >From: Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Nov 4, 2006 8:29 AM >To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Networking problems > >On Saturday 04 November 2006 12:24, Jeff Cranmer wrote: > >> Comparing this with the equivalent working connection via my Mandriva Linux >> boot-up, /etc/resolv.conf is the same, but route -n returns Kernel IP >> routing table >> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref >> Use Iface 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U >> 10 0 0 eth0 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 >> 255.0.0.0 U 10 0 0 eth0 >> 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 >> 0 0 lo 0.0.0.0 192.168.2.1 0.0.0.0 >> UG 10 0 0 eth0 > >Have you tried only entering config_eth0=( "dhcp" ) in your /etc/conf.d/net >and leaving all the routing and dns setting to dhcpcd to sort out? Have you >a complicating LAN arrangement that requires the nodns option? >-- >Regards, >Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
