Re: [gentoo-user] three quarter of network access with new root...

[Mick]

On Monday 06 Mar 2017 04:17:44 tuxic@××××××.de wrote:
> Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> [17-03-06 03:39]:
> > On Sunday 05 Mar 2017 15:51:37 tuxic@××××××.de wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > The standard phrase:
> > > Still building...bla bla...new root...bla... :)
> > >
> > > The copy of the udev rules of the old root into the
> > > new one...give me...hmmmm....network access...somehow...
> > > (In any case: THX A LOT FOR THAT HINT! 8)
> >
> > I am sure there was an older news item explaining the persistent NIC
> > naming. You could also add an option on the kernel line which has the
> > same effect, but I can't recall (without googling) what the correct
> > stanza is.
> >
> > > Several early services, which depend on network access fail
> > > while booting, but a ping right after login worked.
> > >
> > > I am able to firefox the internet now...
> > >
> > > Which an exception: www.startpage.com
> > >
> > > :Server could not be found.
> > >
> > > Same, if I try to ping that beauty.
> > > Other pages like www.heise.de worked
> > > fine ... so it is not a missing DNS
> > > configuration.
> >
> > http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/
> >
> > traceroute startpage.com
> >
> > ping -c 3 startpage.com
> >
> > nslookup startpage.com
> >
> > dig ANY startpage.com
> >
> > should show if it is an IP address problem, or a DNS resolution problem.
>
> Hi Mick,
>
> Thanks for your help ! :)
>
> since
>
>     ping startpage.com
>
> results in "unknown host" all the commands
> will not be able to resolve startpage.com.
>
> By the way:
>
>     dig ANY startpage.com
>
> results in nothing even on my working old root.
>
> Cheers
> Meino

OK, then you have a DNS problem.

-- 
Regards,
Mick