On 10/22/2011 02:18 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 10/22/2011 08:08 AM, Valmor de Almeida wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> On a recent gentoo install using wicd for network configuration, no >> connection is established during boot. After logging in, I need to issue >> >> dhcpcd eth0 >> >> to obtain an IP address and access the internet via ethernet. I thought >> wicd would take care of that. I did not emerge dhcpcd, it was emerged as >> a dependency of wicd. >> >> What am I missing? I have wicd starting during the boot runlevel. > > You probably don't have a correct /etc/conf.d/net file. Try: > > modules="dhcpcd" > config_eth0="dhcp" > > I have other gentoo laptops/machines and I typically leave this file empty. They all work with wicd in wired and wireless mode.
-- Valmor