[SOLVED] dhcp wont start on boot

Duck Man · Last edited by Duck Man on Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:27 am; edited 1 time in total

Ok so I looked around the forums and couldn't find a solution. Durring boot, says "Running dhcpcd" and then I get the [!!]. So no interent. Then I run dhcpcd eth0 and it works. Then I have interent. Any ideas? Thx

TheRAt · Veteran Joined: 03 Jun 2002 Posts: 1580

Please supply more details... ie. which network card, kernel version, etc..
version of dhcpcd, etc. also, plus any log information you have on the failure and success..
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Duck Man · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 6:25 pm Post subject:

kernel version: 2.6.13-gentoo-r3
network card: Accton Technology Corporation SMCS-1211TX (rev 10)
dhcpcd: 2.0.0
I compild the kernel with Genkernel. And I don't know where the logs would be. Thats all i know right now.

Duck Man · Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:58 am Post subject:

Any ideas?

oshman · Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:11 am Post subject:

do you have net.eth0 set to start during boot -

Duck Man · Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:16 pm Post subject:

met.eth0 is in default. My /etv/conf.d/net file looks like this:

Duck Man · Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:27 pm Post subject:

Ok so heres something new. I boot. It fails. I run "dhcpcd eth0", it works. Then I try "/etc/init.d/sshd start" and it says this:

TheRAt · Veteran Joined: 03 Jun 2002 Posts: 1580

You should only need this in your /etc/conf.d/net but I do not think that should make a difference for you...

Duck Man · Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:02 am Post subject:

ok sp the re-adding didnt work. And itsw baselayout-1.11.13-r1. Is there a log someplace?

Duck Man · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 12:36 am Post subject:

So I set it up woth a static ip and it works. But I would really like the dhcp to work so I dont have to worry about anything. Plus the router likes it better that way. So if anyone has any ideas please post.

Duck Man · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:27 am Post subject:

GRR!!! ONLY think i hate about this linux stuff is how much a typo can mess things up... even it its just a space... I had my HOSTNAME as "compaq 1000", not "compaq1000"... Life sux...