i have another wish of network configuration, for my workstation though, i want an ipv6 network connection in /etc/init.d/net.sit0 but how do i do that? i need a tunnel broker that isnt freenet6, and i can get that, but how to set that up? any ideas? thanks
On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 15:02, Matthieu Amiguet wrote: > Sorry, I sent my last mail from the wrong address. Don't respond to it as it wil > bounce... reply to this one instead. > > Matthieu > > --- Original mail --- > > Hello, > > I just installed gentoo on my new thinkpad x31 with no particular problem. It's my > first gentoo installation and I'm quite enthusiastic about it, even if compiling > openoffice almost discouraged me ;-) > > However, I've got a problem with network configuration: I would like my laptop to > start with no network, and be able to start manually: > - a static ethernet connection at work > - a dhcp ethernet connection at home > - possibly a dial-up modem connection sometimes. > > I tried to disable net.eth0 in the default level, but it tries to start anyway (I > could not find what service depends upon it and starts it). If the machine is not > connected to the network, my box hangs for a while after boot just before displaying > the login prompt. > > Also, if I'm not connected to the network, gentoo fails to set up the domain name > (/etc/init.d/domainname says it sets the dns and nis domains right, but the login > prompts "myname.nknown_domain", and dnsdomain returns none). This is a big problem > because I'm using a program that refuses to start if the domain name is not set. > > So how can I: > > - start without network > - start different kinds of network configs manually if necessary > - have a senseful hostname/domainname setting at any time during the process? > > Thank you for your help, > > Matthieu > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Regards, Redeeman () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ - against microsoft attachments -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
