Re: [gentoo-user] OFF TOPIC Need Ubuntu network help

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Oct 2023 19:34:09 -0500, Dale wrote:
>
>> While I'm sure systemd is here to stay, I still have options.  I'm
>> seriously thinking of installing Gentoo on that thing.  At least then if
>> it breaks, I can post a thread that isn't off topic. o_O  I also just
>> put a pretty large CPU cooler on that thing.  Should compile without so
>> much as a mild fever.
> You could have compiled the whole system several times over in the time
> you've been trying to fix this. Even when you do fix it, you'll still
> have an unfamiliar experience. Sticking with what you know is often best,
> unless you treat it as a learning experience.
>

Well, the 770T now has Gentoo on it.  As usual, my fresh built kernel
booted the very first time without error and every thing worked. 
Sometimes, things go right.  ROFL  I have to say tho, I wish they would
split the install docs into two parts.  One for old BIOS and one for the
efi thingy.  It was confusing in a couple places but I got there.  Maybe
some color coding would help???


>> Neil, I tired that command journalctl but not sure about the options. 
>> It either returned a lot or nothing related.  I'll make note of the
>> systemctl command.  If Ubuntu survives, I may need it one day.  ;-) 
> If it returned nothing with  -p err, nothing logged an error since the
> last boot, which is odd considering something is broken. without -p err,
> you get everything from the system log, it's like doing "cat
> /var/log/messages" but only since the last reboot. You could pipe that
> through grep, searching for the name of your network interface.
>
>


Well, I didn't search for err.  I followed some other advice I found
while searching.  It should have found the network device but didn't. 
It's almost like the network was disabled as soon as grub got done.  I
even thought it was disabled in the BIOS somehow but it wasn't when I
checked.  There didn't seem to be any mention of it anywhere except that
one spot that showed it as disabled. It was weird.  I never did find a
solution.  In my case, it just decided to work again.  It is most likely
a bug but given my lack of knowledge on the way Ubuntu works, I have no
idea how to find the root cause. 

Anyway, the thing has Gentoo on it now.  I have not connected my backup
drives yet and mounted them or tried to backup anything.  I got some
fresh stuff to backup as soon as I organize it.  I just got the install
done.  I'll hook the drives up later and do some testing.  Maybe it will
transfer files faster too.  One can hope.

Dale

:-)  :-)