Hi folks, I followed; Gentoo Linux AMD64 Handbook http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml running "install-amd64-minimal-2006.0" CD to install Gentoo and encountered following problem;
1) Network connection ADSL broadband connection via ADSL modem --> telephone line Ethernet - onboard ethernet card Ran "adsl-setup" and "adsl-start" without problem with ISP connected # ifconfig showing eth0, lo and ppp0. But ping failed. # ping -c 3 www.yahoo.com Unknown host ... # ifconfig eth0 only showing eth0 Ran dhcpcd -HD eth0 - cursor blinking here. dhcpcd eth0 - cursor also blinking here Please advise how to proceed. 2) Adding user # useradd -m -G satimis satimis unknown group satimis Whether this subsection can be skipped OR create # groupadd satimis first. TIA B.R. SL -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
