[gentoo-user] Trouble with dhcpcd after update

[gentoo-user] Trouble with dhcpcd after update

[Jean Magnan de Bornier]

Hello all,
I made a big update on a machine (about six month without any maintenance,
I KNOW it's bad!!); now here is what happens when I say 
..........................................
[root@borixe:/home/jean]# dhcpcd
ClassID  = "Linux 2.6.16-gentoo-r9 i686"
ClientID = "61.7.1.00.05.5D.A2.56.5D"
parseDhcpMsgRecv: 8 options received:
i=1   len=4   option = 255.255.255.0
i=3   len=4   option = 192.168.0.1
i=6   len=12  option = 212.27.32.176
i=6   len=12  option = 212.27.32.177
i=6   len=12  option = 213.228.0.212
i=15  len=11  option = "bornier.net"
i=28  len=4   option = 192.168.0.255
i=51  len=4   option = 5184000
i=53  len=1   option = 2
i=54  len=4   option = 192.168.0.1
DhcpMsgRecv->yiaddr  = 192.168.0.253
DhcpMsgRecv->siaddr  = 192.168.0.1
DhcpMsgRecv->giaddr  = 0.0.0.0
DhcpMsgRecv->sname   = ""
ServerHardwareAddr   = 00.90.27.E6.2C.9C
parseDhcpMsgRecv: 10 options received:
i=1   len=4   option = 255.255.255.0
i=3   len=4   option = 192.168.0.1
i=6   len=12  option = 212.27.32.176
i=6   len=12  option = 212.27.32.177
i=6   len=12  option = 213.228.0.212
i=15  len=11  option = "bornier.net"
i=28  len=4   option = 192.168.0.255
i=51  len=4   option = 5184000
i=53  len=1   option = 5
i=54  len=4   option = 192.168.0.1
i=58  len=4   option = 0
i=59  len=4   option = 0
DhcpMsgRecv->yiaddr  = 192.168.0.253
DhcpMsgRecv->siaddr  = 192.168.0.1
DhcpMsgRecv->giaddr  = 0.0.0.0
DhcpMsgRecv->sname   = ""
ServerHardwareAddr   = 00.90.27.E6.2C.9C
.......................................

Then my console is *out of use* but I'm connected all right; but the
trouble is I want of course to get a connection during boot, and the same
message appears when booting, and then nothing more happens to my machine:
the booting process is simply stopped.

There is a dhcpc directory in /etc and it is empty...

I don't know how to understand this message; can anyone help?
tia
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Re: [gentoo-user] Trouble with dhcpcd after update

[Mick]

On 16/06/06, Jean Magnan de Bornier <jean@bornier.net> wrote:

> There is a dhcpc directory in /etc and it is empty...

In my up-to-date system there is no /etc/dhcp* file or directory.
Check that hostname, domainname are correct in /etc/conf.d/ and that
/etc/hosts has the right entries for your machine.  dhdpcd should do
the rest on its own when it is called from your /etc/conf.d/net.eth0
file (link to .etc.conf.d/net).  All such config files are now in the
/etc/conf.d/ directory.

To overcome the boot problem remove net.eth0 from the default runlevel:
# rc-update -d net.eth0

HTH
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Re: [gentoo-user] Trouble with dhcpcd after update

[Jean Magnan de Bornier]

Le 17 juin à 12:34:42 Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> écrit notamment:

| On 16/06/06, Jean Magnan de Bornier <jean@bornier.net> wrote:
>
| > There is a dhcpc directory in /etc and it is empty...
>
| In my up-to-date system there is no /etc/dhcp* file or directory.
| Check that hostname, domainname are correct in /etc/conf.d/ and that
| /etc/hosts has the right entries for your machine.  dhdpcd should do
| the rest on its own when it is called from your /etc/conf.d/net.eth0
| file (link to .etc.conf.d/net).  All such config files are now in the
| /etc/conf.d/ directory.

Thanks Mick; all the config files are as they should be (I deleted
/etc/hostname and checked /etc/hosts), however the problem is still there! 

>
| To overcome the boot problem remove net.eth0 from the default runlevel:
| # rc-update -d net.eth0

Good! I hadn't thought of that; but of course it has to be temporary.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Trouble with dhcpcd after update

[Mick]

On 17/06/06, Jean Magnan de Bornier <jean@bornier.net> wrote:

> Thanks Mick; all the config files are as they should be (I deleted
> /etc/hostname and checked /etc/hosts), however the problem is still there!

I am not sure, but it seems that your dhcpcd is finding a number of
servers on your network, offering IP addresses.  When I run dhcpcd
from a terminal on my computer I do not get anything back.  It
silently connects to my router (which is the only dhcp server in the
LAN offering IP addresses).  In my view this is not necessarily a
dhcpcd problem because when you run the command from a console you get
an IP address.  So, it must have something to do with either the
/etc/init.d/net.eth0 script, or the associated configuration files
which the script calls.  The default script should work straight out
of the box so we are now looking for something being amiss with the
/etc/conf.d/net and other config files.  A critical symlink in
/etc/conf.d/ which is not always installed is this link:

lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    15 Jun 11  2005 net.eth0 -> /etc/conf.d/net

If this doesn't help it may be worth going through the current gentoo
installation handbook, which will be up to date with regards to
setting up your network.

> | To overcome the boot problem remove net.eth0 from the default runlevel:
> | # rc-update -d net.eth0
>
> Good! I hadn't thought of that; but of course it has to be temporary.

To start/stop your eth0 interface run:

# /etc/init.d/net.eth0 start | stop | restart | zap

I assume of course that you do not have dhcpcd in rc-udpate default
level, but you have net.eth0 default (as well as domainname) instead?
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Re: [gentoo-user] Trouble with dhcpcd after update

[Jean Magnan de Bornier]

Le 17 juin à 19:04:30 Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> écrit notamment:

| On 17/06/06, Jean Magnan de Bornier <jean@bornier.net> wrote:
>
| > Thanks Mick; all the config files are as they should be (I deleted
| > /etc/hostname and checked /etc/hosts), however the problem is still there!
>
| I am not sure, but it seems that your dhcpcd is finding a number of
| servers on your network, offering IP addresses.  When I run dhcpcd
| from a terminal on my computer I do not get anything back.  It
| silently connects to my router (which is the only dhcp server in the
| LAN offering IP addresses).  In my view this is not necessarily a
| dhcpcd problem because when you run the command from a console you get
| an IP address. 

Well, yes, it is definitely a dhcpcd problem, as it happens exactly the
same way with either

 # /etc/init.d/net.eth0 start

or simply 

# dhcpcd

In both cases I get 
1/ a connection, 
2/ an unusual verbosity, and 
3/ a freezed console/shell.

regards
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