Re: [gentoo-user] Re: why a manual dhcpcd eth0 is needed?

[Valmor de Almeida <val.gentoo@gmail.com>]

On 10/22/2011 02:18 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 10:13:53 -0400
> Valmor de Almeida <val.gentoo@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> Correct.
> 
> wicd does not use /etc/conf.d/net at all, it has it's own mechanisms.
> 
> /etc/conf.d/net is used by the Gentoo network scripts, an entirely
> different thing from wicd
> 
> 
> 
> 
Any inputs on why I need to issue

 dhcpcd eth0

for this particular install. The ethernet card is Broadcom NetXtreme
BCM5764M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe. I have the right driver built into the
kernel. All works but as I said, wicd does work from boot. After logging
in I need to get an IP address manually.

Don't know what I am missing.

Thanks,

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Valmor