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From: Valmor de Almeida <val.gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: why a manual dhcpcd eth0 is needed?
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:02:41
Message-Id: 4EA47293.9050907@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: why a manual dhcpcd eth0 is needed? by Neil Bothwick
1 On 10/23/2011 03:21 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:51:11 -0400, Valmor de Almeida wrote:
3 >
4 >> for this particular install. The ethernet card is Broadcom NetXtreme
5 >> BCM5764M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe. I have the right driver built into the
6 >> kernel. All works but as I said, wicd does work from boot. After logging
7 >> in I need to get an IP address manually.
8 >
9 > What happens if you try to connect from the Wicd client after booting?
10 >
11 >
12 I tried
13
14 -> wicd-cli --wired
15 No operation peformed.
16
17 So no luck there.
18
19 As soon as I do a manual
20
21 dhcpcd eth0
22
23 I get an IP address and all work.
24
25 I don't have wireless working yet; need to check on the driver (wireless
26 is also broadcom). So
27
28 wicd-client -n
29
30 finds no wireless network.
31
32 Thanks,
33
34 --
35 Valmor

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