[K12OSN] Can't see internet on fresh 4.2.0 install

[Jim Kronebusch]

> I tried the acpi=off and it didn't change. When I ping
> I get a network not reachable still. This box worked
> fine on K12LTSP 3.x.

Darn.  I was hoping this would fix it for you.  I have a box that has
the exact same problem.  Running 3.x no problems at all, switched to 4.x
and I couldn't get to the internet and had the same network unreachable
error.  Adding the acpi=off worked fine for me.

> When I do a fresh install of 4.2.0 do I select the
> HTML box if I'm not hosting web pages on this box?
> Maybe it isn't the firewall and maybe it is the
> network line. Any ideas?
> 
> David
> --- Angus Carr <acarr at saskforestcentre.ca> wrote:
> > This happened to me, and was traced down to an ACPI
> > bug in the BIOS.
> > Anyway, the solution was to add acpi=off to the
> > kernel  command line. 
> > You can test that by editting the command line at
> > boot time using grub's 
> > tools for doing that. If you want to test it
> > permanently, you can edit 
> > /etc/grub.conf and add it there.
> > 
> > This may not be the problem, but it has happened to
> > others.
> > 
> > Angus Carr.
> > 
> > 
> > David D. Nelson wrote:
> > 
> > >I can't get a new install of K12LTSP 4.2.0 to see
> > the
> > >internet. I have a static IP which is connected to
> > >eth1. I have set the correct ip, mask, and gateway
> > >according to what my ISP provided. I know they work
> > >because I can connect with a windows box using the
> > >same settings. I can ping eth1's ip but when I try
> > to
> > >ping anything on the outside I get a message which
> > >says something like network not reachable. I
> > finally
> > >did a default install to see if it was something I
> > did
> > >wrong and it still doesn't work. Could there be
> > some
> > >firewall settings I need to set? If so, how/what do
> > I
> > >set them to? At this point I don't need to host
> > >anything. I just want my terminals back and be able
> > to
> > >have the LTSP box be a firewall and router to the
> > >internet.
> > >
> > >Thank you.
> > >
> > >
> > >David D. Nelson
> > >nelsda at yahoo.com
> > >
> > >
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> David D. Nelson
> nelsda at yahoo.com
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