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On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 10:13:53 -0400 |
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Valmor de Almeida <val.gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 10/22/2011 02:18 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> > On 10/22/2011 08:08 AM, Valmor de Almeida wrote: |
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> >> Hello, |
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> >> On a recent gentoo install using wicd for network configuration, no |
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> >> connection is established during boot. After logging in, I need to |
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> >> issue |
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> >> dhcpcd eth0 |
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> >> to obtain an IP address and access the internet via ethernet. I |
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> >> thought wicd would take care of that. I did not emerge dhcpcd, it |
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> >> was emerged as a dependency of wicd. |
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> >> What am I missing? I have wicd starting during the boot runlevel. |
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> > You probably don't have a correct /etc/conf.d/net file. Try: |
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> > modules="dhcpcd" |
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> > config_eth0="dhcp" |
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> I have other gentoo laptops/machines and I typically leave this file |
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> empty. They all work with wicd in wired and wireless mode. |
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Correct. |
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wicd does not use /etc/conf.d/net at all, it has it's own mechanisms. |
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/etc/conf.d/net is used by the Gentoo network scripts, an entirely |
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different thing from wicd |
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Alan McKinnnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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