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From: Dan Farrell <dan@×××××××××.cx>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd won't run at certain network points
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:30:41
Message-Id: 20070322002406.4bd84242@pascal.spore.ath.cx
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd won't run at certain network points by Uwe Thiem
1 On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:54:00 +0200
2 Uwe Thiem <uwix@××××.na> wrote:
3
4 > On 21 March 2007, Mick wrote:
5 > > On Wednesday 21 March 2007 10:46, Uwe Thiem wrote:
6 > > > On 20 March 2007, Mick wrote:
7 > > > > On Wednesday 14 March 2007 16:02, Uwe Thiem wrote:
8 >
9 > > > > > Have you tried to force your NIC down to 100Mb/s early in the
10 > > > > > boot process? Assuming your network is FastEthernet,
11 > > > > > autonegotiation doesn't always work properly.
12 > > > >
13 > > > > How would you do that - can you please elaborate?
14 > > >
15 > > > man ethtool
16 > >
17 > > Thanks Uwe,
18 > >
19 > > Do you put this in your /etc/conf.d/net, or modify
20 > > the /etc/init.d/net.lo?
21 >
22 > Well, I try to avoid modifying any of the scripts in /etc/init.d if
23 > possible at all. So /etc/conf.d/net seems the right place. In your
24 > particular case, it must bedone before dhcpcd comes up. That is the
25 > important prt. If it helps at all. ;-)
26 >
27 > Uwe
28 >
29 Check /etc/conf.d/net.example, the 'preup' section might be just such a
30 place for such an operation.
31
32 -Dan
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