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Patastrophe
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 Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 5:29 am Post subject: DHCPCD Problem |
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| When I put in the Gentoo Linux Cd and go through the install process, everything works perfectly. However, now that i have it set up, my NIC doesn't work. It, for some reason, can't get an IP address from the DHCP server. I tried doing it manually, dhcpcd eth1, and it still won't work. I went through the steps exactly, in the instructions and even compared my configuration with that which was on the CD and everything checks out fine. But I'm still not getting my sever to give me an IP address. Please help me here! |
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schism39401
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| Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 6:21 am Post subject: |
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I'm sure you've tried this..but I have done it a couple of times so it's worth asking
| Code: | /etc/init.d/net.eth1 start
rc-update add net.eth1 default |
if you did that are sure dhcp is working/installed properly?
| Code: | | /etc/init.d/dhcp start |
And if all that checks out did you compile the nic driver in the kernel as a module or built-in?
| Code: | | modprobe <your nic driver> |
Hope this helps you out some... |
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smiler.se
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| Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 6:42 am Post subject: |
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Are you sure that you have a DHCP-server avaible? 
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seltrus
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| Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 4:53 pm Post subject: Two other ideas |
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I have had a similar problem before. First, make sure that the modules are loading like schism39401 suggested. If you have an nForce, you might need to emerge nforce-net which is enabled on the LiveCD but isn't in the normal kernel build.
If all the driver stuff checks out, try booting with the parameter acpi=off and see if that works. For some reason, ACPI breaks certain functions of my net card on certain motherboards... I haven't looked into that much because I just turned it off completely. |
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