F8 - Post Install problems....

Wed Dec 5 03:54:56 UTC 2007

>From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
>[mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Craig White
>Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 7:32 PM
>To: For users of Fedora
>Subject: RE: F8 - Post Install problems....
>
>
>On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 19:00 -0800, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
>> >From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
>> >[mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Craig White
>> >Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 5:31 PM
>> >To: For users of Fedora
>> >Subject: RE: F8 - Post Install problems....
>> >
>> >
>> >On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 17:12 -0800, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
>> >> >From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
>> >> >[mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Craig White
>> >> >Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 1:47 PM
>> >> >To: For users of Fedora
>> >> >Subject: RE: F8 - Post Install problems....
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 13:37 -0800, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
>> >> >> >[mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of 
>Craig White
>> >> >> >Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 12:43 PM
>> >> >> >To: For users of Fedora
>> >> >> >Subject: Re: F8 - Post Install problems....
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 12:37 -0800, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
>> >> >> >> After getting my grub to work and now completed my 
>> >post-installs,
>> >> >> >> rebooting brought up a different problem....
>> >> >> >> 
>> >> >> >> My Package updater fails to find the repository - 
>so it seems.
>> >> >> >> 
>> >> >> >> What do I need to do to get this working so that I can 
>> >obtain the
>> >> >> >> updates?
>> >> >> >> 
>> >> >> >> Error reported:
>> >> >> >> "
>> >> >> >> Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for
>> >> >> >> respository: fedora. Please verify path and try again.
>> >> >> >> "
>> >> >> >----
>> >> >> >can this system browse the Internet?
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> uh, no.  Seems that I need to do something (I forget) to
>> >> >> access the Internet...  I think it might be the firewall
>> >> >> per F8.  Can someone remind me what that might be?
>> >> >----
>> >> >Start => Administration => Security Level and Firewall
>> >> >(that's KDE, GNOME would be similar)
>> >> >or
>> >> >system-config-securitylevel
>> >> >
>> >> >beyond that...
>> >> >
>> >> >give us output of...
>> >> >
>> >> >ifconfig
>> >> >and
>> >> >ipconfig /all # from your windows system
>> >> >
>> >> >and the settings should be obvious because the Windows system 
>> >> >is working
>> >> >
>> >> >Craig
>> >> >
>> >> >-- 
>> >> 
>> >> There was a problem with getting F8-Live into accepting network
>> >> information, i.e. that for some reason, the hostname, gateway,
>> >> dns1, dns2 did not make it into the network configuration files.
>> >> 
>> >> What it did do was to put my FQDN hostname, alias into the
>> >> 127.0.0.1 host file.  I edited the host file to add the line
>> >> 
>> >> 10.1.0.143	linux.cdkkt.com linux
>> >> 
>> >> rebooted, and nothing has changed.
>> >> 
>> >> I noticed that no matter what I tried to do to with
>> >> Administration->Network tool, the changes are never
>> >> committed - permenantly even when I asked for changes
>> >> to be saved.
>> >> 
>> >> The system remains set into the defaults of:
>> >> 
>> >> IP: 169.254.208.135
>> >> NM: 255.255.0.0
>> >> 
>> >> I cannot find the gateway setting using ifconfig.  Of course
>> >> in this case: ipconfig /all in Windows will fail since the
>> >> network is not properly setup.
>> >> 
>> >> What can I do to force my settings into the network file
>> >> configurations?
>> >----
>> >OK - I thought I was clear in purpose but you didn't get it.
>> >
>> >Linux is using ip 169.254.208.135/255.255.0.0 for zeroconf and 
>> >I presume
>> >expecting a dhcp server. Knowing that you are e-mailing from your
>> >Windows machine which has an apparent IP address of orion.cdkkt.com
>> >([216.99.218.209], I asked you to tell us what the output of that
>> >Windows system.... ipconfig /all because that would tell us 
>the details
>> >of ip addressing/subnet mask/gateway address.
>> >
>> >Short of that, you are either going to have to learn TCP/IP 
>Networking
>> >for yourself or ask me to make wild guesses, which I prefer 
>not to do.
>> >
>> >Craig
>> >
>> >-- 
>> 
>> Well, I did do an ipconfig /all but from the Ferdora box itself,
>> and of course it returned nothing at all.
>> 
>> But since you wanted an ipconfig /all from any windows box, here
>> is one:
>> 
>> Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
>> (C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp.
>> 
>> C:\Documents and Settings\dant.CDKKT>ipconfig /all
>> 
>> Windows 2000 IP Configuration
>> 
>>         Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : orion
>>         Primary DNS Suffix  . . . . . . . : cdkkt.com
>>         Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
>>         IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>         WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>         DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : cdkkt.com
>> 
>> Ethernet adapter 10.1.0.100:
>> 
>>         Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
>>         Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 
>VE Network Connection
>>         Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-D0-B7-B5-0B-B5
>>         DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>>         IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.0.100
>>         Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>>         Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.0.200
>>         DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.0.100
>>                                             10.1.0.5
>>         Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 10.1.0.5
>>         Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 10.1.0.100
>> 
>> Will this help?
>----
>Of course it tells us all we need to know
>
>On your Linux box...
>
>IP Address:  10.1.0.110 #see note [1]
>Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
>DNS Address: 10.1.0.100
>             10.1.0.5
>Gateway:     10.1.0.200
>
>You should be able to set the IP Address/Subnet Mask/Gateway in Network
>Manager (you said you installed from Live CD) or by Start =>
>Administration => Network
>
>otherwise if you're editing files by hand as root...
>
>/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
>DEVICE=eth0
>ONBOOT=yes
>NETMASK=255.255.255.0
>IPADDR=10.1.0.110
>GATEWAY=10.1.0.200
>TYPE=Ethernet
>
>and /etc/resolv.conf
>search cdkkt.com
>nameserver 10.1.0.100
>nameserver 10.1.0.5
>
>if you edit these by hand...then run
>/sbin/service network restart
>
>and you should be good to go
>
>[1] I'm guessing that 10.1.0.110 is not being used. You can check this
>first (probably a good idea) by opening up Dos Command prompt 
>on Windows
>computer and trying to ping it...
>
>ping 10.1.0.110  
>if it comes back with Request timed out or Host not found, use it. If
>something pings, try another address like 10.1.0.111
>
>
>-- 

Ah, 10.1.0.110 should have been 10.1.0.100

That is the internal host ip address of orion.  I mistyped it.

Ok, it turns out that I HAD all those settings.  But it does
not work.  I checked the messages logs and it shows me that
DHCP is clearly being used/attempted.  This was the problem
created by F8-Live CD - it did not properly set my network
configuration.

How can I disable DHCP and get my system back to "Static" IP?

Thanks -

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