[SOLVED] No luck with VirtualBox network.

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I have a working Arch Linux VM made with VirtualBox. The network works out of the box but once you reboot and remove live media and load into Arch Linux I cannot get a ping.
I have looked through the Arch Linux VirtualBox wiki and I am either confused or feel I have tried what it asked.
Here is what I did.
For the purpose of this post, I made a new VM and successfully followed the beginner guide again and installed Arch Linux and it starts up no problem without the live iso.
first thing I did was
ping -c 3 www.google.com
unknown host...
so i did
ddhcpcd
and this resulted...
dhcpcd[196]: version 6.7.1 starting
dhcpcd[196]: enp0s3: adding address fe80::ced8:2d68:7409:4427
dhcpcd[196]: no interfaces have a carrier
dhcpcd[196]: forked to background, child pid 208
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Vi … VirtualBox
I have no idea where to learn about this in the exhaustive guide that mostly has nothing to do with what I am using VirtualBox for.
[SOLVED] Josh Braun’s Blog // A Guide to Installing Arch in VirtualBox
http://wideaperture.net/blog/?p=3851
Solved using this code. I did not see anything about this in the Wiki.. so check out Josh Brauns Blog.
# systemctl enable [email protected]
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I can dual boot Arch from my bios and get wifi access easily.
When I use VirtualBox, it has no problem until I actually log on to Arch Linux without the live iso.
I have did searches and i am just LOST on the VirtualBox Arch wiki.
Edit: I have tried dhcpcd and it was not successful. I will post the exact output later.
I am hoping someone can direct me to get this working.
I have a windows 7 Dell laptop and VirtualBox loads into Arch Linux without the iso as a drive. Just looking for guidance and search terms. Thank you./
Last edited by AcousticBruce (2015-03-12 00:20:43)

Answer 1

That's understandable, I know well myself how intimidating it can be at the very beginning.
I will explain a bit. Those guides are just asking for trouble for two reasons: (1) they are outdated and Arch moves quick. And (2) it will prevent you from learning how to administer your system. You copied and pasted that command but did you know what you were doing? Probably not. I guarantee you will run into that same problem again if you don't know how systemd and services, etc. work in general. The first link to dhcpcd was the section about running the service. Notice it links to the systemd page that explains in general how to start, stop, enable, and disable services. This is the kind of research you will need to do on your own if you hope to get to the point where you don't have to ask questions about every single step. It's okay to ask questions, but when it comes to something as straightforward as enabling a service, people will usually just point you to the links.
If you're only a week into Linux in general and you've successfully installed Arch in a VM, then that's a good sign. The lingo will come in time but you definitely need to do a bit of studying. You should read through the wiki in depth. That is, the beginner's guide isn't just for installing Arch for the first time. It includes tons of links to all the moving parts of your system. The general recommendations page is also a must read.
With effort and patience you'll pick up what you now don't understand at all
EDIT: note also that the exact step that you found on this other guide is listed in the beginner's guide: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Be … Dynamic_IP
I suspect you got drawn into the VirtualBox wiki page without slowly and carefully going through the beginner's guide as well.
Last edited by nullified (2015-03-12 03:00:59)