Gentoo network error on install

[AtomicWind]

I am getting an error when installing gentoo. I am doing a stage 3 installation and when I go to do the 'emerge sync' I get this error

>>>Note: /etc/make.profile/make.defaults isn't available.
an emerge sync will probably fix this
>>>Starting rsync with rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage...
rsync: getaddrinfo: rsync.gentoo.org 873: Temoprary failure in name resolution rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c(83)
>>>Starting retry 1 of 3
rsync: getaddrinfo: rsync.gentoo.org 873: Temoprary failure in name resolution rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c(83)

(and it does that 2 more times then says)

!!!Rsync has not successfully finished. It is recommended that you keep trying or that you use the 'emerge-webrsync' option if you are unable to use rsync due to firewall or other restrictions. This should be a temporary problem unless complications exist with your netowork (and possibly your system's filesystem) configuration.

I have tried the 'emerge-webrsync' option and it doesnt seem to help.

The card I am using is the a 3com 3c90x I am using the closest driver i could find on the cd and that is the 3c59x and i have also tried the 'dummy' driver those two drivers do not produce any output but the other drivers i have tried have produced a warning

the ifconfig gives me:
Link encap: Local Loopback
inet addr: 127.0.0.1 Mask: 255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets: 0 errors : 0 dropped : 0 overruns : 0 frame : 0
TX packets: 0 errors : 0 dropped : 0 overruns : 0 carrier : 0
collisions : 0 txqueuelen : 0
RX bytes:0 (0.0b) TX bytes: 0 (0.0b)

I am trying to get gentoo set up on the computer that I am going to be using as a server.
Any help with this error would be greatly appreciated if I left out any important info tell me.

 

[fiji]

ermm...

hmmmm


is your network config properly?


ping www.yahoo.com


and if it doesnt ping your networks not configged


becuse your ifconfig shows no ip addresses, other than your systems own like internal one

 

[AtomicWind]

no it says: 'unknown host www.yahoo.com'

I am pretty sure it is the network not configured correctly but I cant seem to get the driver to take.

 

[baldmonk]

it seem like there is a limit on how many emerge sync you can do in a day. I came upon this problem a few weeks ago; eventhough, i had network config properly. You can try this:

# echo SYNC="rsync://130.207.108.134/gentoo-portage" >> /ect/make.conf
# emerge sync

I got the above from the gentoo.org forum, and it work. Here is the link:

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=66795

hope this help,

baldmonk.

 

[Titan386]

According to the help for the "3c590/3c900 series (592/595/597) "Vortex/Boomerang" support" option in the kernel config, that driver enables support for:

"Vortex" (Fast EtherLink 3c590/3c592/3c595/3c597)
"Boomerang" (EtherLink XL 3c900 or 3c905)
"Cyclone" (3c540/3c900/3c905/3c980/3c575/3c656)
"Tornado" (3c905)
"Hurricane" (3c555/3cSOHO)

Do you have one of those cards?

Note that setting up the network is more than just loading the driver: you have to configure it to work on your network. If you use DHCP, that's as easy as starting dhcpcd. Other network set ups will require different configuration.

After you've checked that the driver is loaded, try running the following:
ifconfig eth0 up

If you get an error message from that, it's still a driver issue. If not, you just need to configure the card to work on your network. ifconfig's man page should explain most of the things you need to do (if you don't used dhcpcd).

I believe Gentoo has a script called "net-config" (or something similar) that attempts to automatically configure your network. Have you tried this, and what were your results?

 

[AtomicWind]

The card I have the driver card just says "3COM EtherDisk XL; Version 1.2; For fast EtherLink XL PCI and EtherLink XL PCI Adapters (3c90X family).
the 'net-setup' command it just get the dhcp/manual setup.
I have tried to start dhcp and all it says is 'type ifconfig to make sure the interface was configured correctly' (dhcp is what my isp uses) i type 'ifconfig' and it gives me the same output as the first post.
When I typed 'ifconfig eth0 up' it didn't give me an error it just gave me the prompt again. With no output from the command.

I just tried the manual setup on the 'net-setup' command and used the values it had in it. I can now ping only the the setup at home (192.168.1.X)
The ifconfig now gives me this info:
eth0 Link encap: Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:04:6E:01:0C
inet addr: 192.168.1.1 Bcast: 192.168.1.255 Mask: 255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80: :250:4ff:fe6e:10c/10 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 METRIC:1
RX packets:177 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:35 errors:0dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0txqueuelen:100
RX bytes 53003 (51.7Kb) TX bytes: 2414 (2.3 Kb)
Interrupt:10 Base address 0x5000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask: 255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU: 16436 Metric:1
RX packets: 84 errors:0 dropped: 0 overruns: 0frame: 0
TX packets: 84 errors: 0 dropped: 0overruns: 0 carrier: 0
collisions: 0txqueuelen:0
RX bytes: 7264 (7.0Kb) TX bytes: 7264 (7.0Kb)

It still will not let me ping any websites.
I am going to try to find a sheet of paper somewhere that has the gate that I am suppose to use and that to make sure that it is correct.
Any ideas on how to get it to go outside to websites?

 

[AtomicWind]

Okay I made sure the gateway and those addresses were correct and they weren't but it still does not let me ping any websites

 

[Titan386]

You probably need to tell it a gateway to use. If you have a router or something of the sort, the gateway you want to use is the router's internal IP address (usually starts with 192.168).

The command you'll need for this is route. Reading the manual page should explain it quite well (they have examples near the bottom that I've found useful). You type "man route" at a command prompt to bring up the man page, and then press q when you're done.

BTW, if your ISP uses DHCP, then typing dhcpcd at a prompt should set up the network for you, unless there is something in between you and your internet connection (like a broadband router, for example), and that device does not act as a DHCP server itself (most broadband routers also function as dhcp servers).

 

[AtomicWind]

I gave up on gentoo I decided it would be best to use a distribution that I am more familiar with so I am using slackware on it instead

 

[klingens]

and setting a nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf