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I like gentoo; there's a steep learning curve but after you pass that |
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it just clicks. As difficult as it ever became there was always an |
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answer to be found, on a blog, irc, documentaiton... |
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But I might have to give up on gentoo if I can't find a way to fix |
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this latest difficulty. I live in the hinterland where there is no |
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broadband. I have to make do with a dialup modem over ~10mi of copper |
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wire. Now I find I can no longer dialup the internet using ppp command |
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#pon <isp>. The modem lights come on and the log says the DNS have |
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been all been assigned. status=0x0. But I can't ping out. 'Host |
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unreachable'. |
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As slow as my connection is, I've always been able to sync portage and |
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use bash to write a link file which I can download at the free wifi in |
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town. Now I can't even do that. |
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I suspect this has something to do with the openrc which seems to be |
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steadily "improving".. There are no error msgs other than the ping |
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error above. I'm sure this is gentoo specific because it doesn't |
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affect the Ubuntu side of my pc(yet ;().where I'm typing this. In |
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ubuntu I have to rmmod my wifi and ethn drivers or the same thing |
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happens: modem lights up, log says everything fine, but no internet. |
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Once every other bit of net hardware comes down, the web is reachable. |
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This USED to be the case for gentoo as well, but now, even that |
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doesn't help. |
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The landline gets no respect. Now gmail is making angry noises cause I |
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won't give them my mobile number. But I don't have one. There isn't |
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even coverage out here. |
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Broadband and dialup used to get along but those days seem to be gone. |
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Hope somebody can see a way out. |
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MW |