Re: [gentoo-desktop] net.eth0 problem

[Dale]

maillists wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 16:47 -0600, Dale wrote:
>
>> maillists wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have a desktop system and I just updated the system "emerge auvDN
>>> system" and after a bit of work finally got it done. However, now when I
>>> reboot, the init script for eth0 fails. The only way I can get
>>> networking to work is if I run "dhcpcd eth0" manually after it boots. As
>>> a result, sshd cant run at all.
>>>
>>> This is my error:
>>>
>>> bong rbragg # /etc/init.d/net.eth0 start
>>>  * Please make sure that /etc/conf.d/net has $ifconfig_ set
>>>  * (or $iface_ for old-style configuration)
>>>
>>> I have not chanted my "/etc/conf.d/net" file at all, and it looks
>>> good...
>>>
>>> Does anybody know what I should do to start down the path of fixing
>>> this?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> rick
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I would try a etc-update first.  It looks like the configs have
>> changed.  If you did this already, it could be that the new programs
>> don't like the old config too.
>>
>> Just a thought.
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> :-)  :-)  :-)
>>
>> --
>> www.myspace.com/dalek1967
>>
>>
>
> That did it! I used to ignore that, and now I have about 200 files
> in /etc that need updates! I'm surprised that this is the first time I
> ran into a problem. I will chop away at the rest of them over time...
>
> thanks
> rick
>
>
>

Oooooo, you have a job ahead of you my friend.  Be careful and I would
back up my /etc directory too.  Something like this:

mkdir /old-etc
cp -av /etc/* /old-etc/

That should work.  At least you have something to fall back on.

Cheeeze, 200, that's likely all of them.

Glad to have helped.  Hope that tip above helps too.  ;-)

Dale

:-)  :-)  :-)

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