From: Valmor de Almeida <val.gentoo@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: why a manual dhcpcd eth0 is needed?
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 10:13:53 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EA2CFA1.9000609@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <j7tn7n$7rv$1@dough.gmane.org>
On 10/22/2011 02:18 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> On 10/22/2011 08:08 AM, Valmor de Almeida wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> On a recent gentoo install using wicd for network configuration, no
>> connection is established during boot. After logging in, I need to issue
>>
>> dhcpcd eth0
>>
>> to obtain an IP address and access the internet via ethernet. I thought
>> wicd would take care of that. I did not emerge dhcpcd, it was emerged as
>> a dependency of wicd.
>>
>> What am I missing? I have wicd starting during the boot runlevel.
>
> You probably don't have a correct /etc/conf.d/net file. Try:
>
> modules="dhcpcd"
> config_eth0="dhcp"
>
>
I have other gentoo laptops/machines and I typically leave this file
empty. They all work with wicd in wired and wireless mode.
--
Valmor
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-22 14:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-22 5:08 [gentoo-user] why a manual dhcpcd eth0 is needed? Valmor de Almeida
2011-10-22 6:18 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2011-10-22 14:13 ` Valmor de Almeida [this message]
2011-10-22 18:18 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-10-22 21:51 ` Valmor de Almeida
2011-10-23 19:21 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-23 20:01 ` Valmor de Almeida
2011-10-23 21:19 ` Mick
2011-10-23 21:35 ` Valmor de Almeida
2011-10-23 22:45 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-24 2:10 ` Valmor de Almeida
2011-10-24 7:50 ` Neil Bothwick
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