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From: Valmor de Almeida <val.gentoo@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: why a manual dhcpcd eth0 is needed?
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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