[gentoo-user] problems with Rp-pppoe 3.7

[gentoo-user] problems with Rp-pppoe 3.7

[Philip Webb]

I just updated to Rp-pppoe 3.7 & encountered 2 problems.

(1)  /etc/init.d/rp-pppoe  was not altered, so ADSL didn't start,
even though the start/stop scripts have been renamed ('pppoe' for 'adsl').
I edited  rp-pppoe  to use the new script names & this corrected the problem,
so that my Internet connection does now start at boot time,
but does anyone know where the scripts in  /etc/init.d  come from ?
I would assume that if Rp-pppoe 3.7 has changed the names of the scripts
--  /usr/sbin/adsl-start  becomes  pppoe-start  -- ,
it should change the script in  /etc/init.d  too, but it didn't.

(2) The system is trying to set the clock from NTP before ADSL starts:
"Setting clock via NTP client 'ntpdate' ... can't find ... pool.ntp.org";
of course, it can't find it, as there is not Internet at that point !
Can someone point me to the script which controls the order of these ?

Yes, I did do  etc-update  &  pppoe-setup  &  rc-update .

I've checked the Forum, where a couple of users report problems with 3.7 ,
& Bugs, which was very slow connecting, so I'm trying the list.

Has anyone else encountered any of this ?
Should I simply report a bug ?

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Re: [gentoo-user] problems with Rp-pppoe 3.7 : solved

[Philip Webb]

060318 Philip Webb wrote:
> I just updated to Rp-pppoe 3.7 & encountered 2 problems.
-- snip --
> (2) The system is trying to set the clock from NTP before ADSL starts:
> "Setting clock via NTP client 'ntpdate' ... can't find ... pool.ntp.org";
> of course, it can't find it, as there is not Internet at that point !

After searching in my own help-file archive, I solved the problem
by adding the line 'before ntp-client' in  /etc/init.d/rp-pppoe .

A number of scripts in  /etc/init.d  have 'need net',
but it's not clear where 'net' is defined: nothing says 'provide net'.

Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions ?
I'll file a bug, but not until I'm sure there's not simple answer.

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