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Author: tito
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To: dng
CC: David Niklas
Subject: Re: [DNG] New install. Network is not brought all the way up.
On Fri, 4 Jul 2025 22:16:48 -0400
David Niklas via Dng <dng@???> wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Jul 2025 21:34:38 -0400
> David Niklas <deference@???> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 04 Jul 2025 03:22:12 -0400
> > "Greg Olsen" <dng@???> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jul 4, 2025, at 3:10 AM, Ralph Ronnquist via Dng wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Jul 04, 2025 at 12:26:35AM -0400, David Niklas via Dng
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > > I just installed Devuan Daedalus. It connected to the net just
> > > > > fine, but after installing a bunch of packages (too many to
> > > > > count), I rebooted the system and the network is not brought up
> > > > > correctly.
> > > > >
> > > > > I compared my current sysinit list of services to the new systems
> > > > > and there isn't really anything standing out. I found
> > > > > /etc/init.d/network was not executable. When I made it so and
> > > > > after re-executed it as root (/etc/init.d/network start), I have
> > > > > full networking. This is repeatable across reboots.    

> > > >
> > > > I have note found "/etc/init.d/network" in any debian package. Where
> > > > does that come from?
> > > >
> > > > Though the problem is most likely due to avahi-autoipd, and I'm sure
> > > > you will be much happier having purged that one.
> > > >
> > > > Ralph
> > > >
> > > /etc/init.d/network is incorrect.
> > >
> > > Correct name is: /etc/init.d/networking
> > >
> > > # dpkg -S /etc/init.d/networking
> > > ifupdown: /etc/init.d/networking
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Greg
> > >
> >
> > Hello,
> > You're correct, it's networking, not network.
> >
> > I uninstalled avahi-autoipd. The situation has not changed.
> >
> > SteveT, this is a desktop PC, so and I have a static IP set for it. The
> > PC does have an address assigned to it. But route -n gives nothing:
> >
> > % sudo route -n
> > Kernel IP routing table
> > Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use
> > Iface
> > % 

> >
> > Thanks,
> > David
>
> Hello,
> Testing a little further I have found out that I can't access the outside
> world even after running /etc/init.d/networking again. I can only ping
> devices on my LAN. Everything else just says the network is unreachable.
> Including regular tools like apt install.
>
> Thanks again,
> David

Hi,
can you ping the outside networks by ip e.g.:

ping 139.178.84.217

instead of

ping kernel.org

Are there any nameservers configured in /etc/resolv.conf e.g.:

nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4

Is your gateway configure correctly?

Ciao,
Tito