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During the first stages of installation i try to run dhcp but it comes up with:
Error
see /dev/tty7 for further information
alt+f3 to a new vc to try and access it, login as root and type the directory to get:
Error, permission denied
so:
su /dev/tty7
And the message says: Error, file not found or something along those lines.
So, followign the beginners guide, i set up wlan0 following the instructions to the letter, and i can ping google succesfully. Hooray.
Then selected a mirror and went through the installation following the beginners guide.
Now after installation and rebooting im faced with the console again (I assumed that was right, i didnt think i was supposed to get a GUI like Ubuntu or Fedora)
and follow the beginners guide again. Now i get stuck once more when trying to ping google to see if my wireless is working.
So i try to edit:
/etc/rc.conf -Permission denied. When i 'su' it, i get the file not found command.
/etc/hosts
Same problem as rc.conf. Now aren't i logged in as root?? Shouldn't i have full access to everything? Wireless was working to download the packages in that part of the install so i assumed it should be fine.
The next thing i tried during install
iwconfig -Didnt work. Not found again.
ifconfig wlan0 up -See above.
What on earth is going wrong? Have i missed a package i should have installed? I just selected base and base-devel.
I configured all the configuration files as the guide told me to.
Gah. Help please?
Last edited by Von-Dyke (2009-03-30 23:22:30)
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uhm.. tt7 is a virtual terminal.
press ctrl+alt+f7 to go to it (and ctrl+alt+f1 to go back)
< Daenyth> and he works prolifically
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Its alright, i ended up working out what i was doing wrong >.>
a. Forgot to put in nano to edit the files.
b. Didn't install a wireless driver for the card im using
Moral of the story: Be awake when you install Arch.
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