[SOLVED]Cannot ping even with sudo

pandada8 · 2015-09-19 03:48:53

when I ping everything I got

ping: socket: Address family not supported by protocol (raw socket required by specified options).

the getcap shows /usr/bin/ping have right capabilities

$ getcap /usr/bin/ping
/usr/bin/ping = cap_net_raw+ep

and reinstall the iputils didn't help.
and there is no alias or extra options added
What wrong with that?

Last edited by pandada8 (2015-09-23 11:19:52)

x33a · 2015-09-19 05:16:02

Can you show your full ping command and its output?

mauritiusdadd · 2015-09-19 05:18:00

What command exactly did you use? Does it work if you use the option -4?
Please, see also this bug report https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/46297

--edit: too slow

Last edited by mauritiusdadd (2015-09-19 05:18:42)

graysky · 2015-09-19 07:16:16

I've seen this before when restoring a system from a tarball. Does reinstalling iputils fix it?

x33a · 2015-09-19 07:18:15

The OP mentioned that reinstalling iputils didn't fix it.

pandada8 · 2015-09-19 11:38:37

ping -4 solve the questions
I am going to alias ping as ping -4
thank you for help!

mauritiusdadd · 2015-09-19 18:23:52

You're welcome.
Please, remember also to mark the thread as solved: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=130309

Last edited by mauritiusdadd (2015-09-19 18:24:11)

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