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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: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:01:23 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EA47293.9050907@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111023202141.7e923fe0@digimed.co.uk>

On 10/23/2011 03:21 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:51:11 -0400, Valmor de Almeida wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> What happens if you try to connect from the Wicd client after booting?
> 
> 
I tried

 -> wicd-cli --wired
 No operation peformed.

So no luck there.

As soon as I do a manual

 dhcpcd eth0

I get an IP address and all work.

I don't have wireless working yet; need to check on the driver (wireless
is also broadcom). So

  wicd-client -n

finds no wireless network.

Thanks,

--
Valmor



  reply	other threads:[~2011-10-23 20:02 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
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 [this message]
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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