[email protected] wrote: > Dale <[email protected]> [14-11-22 11:18]: >> [email protected] wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> (still struggling with my Arietta board...;) >>> >>> I did something really stupid: >>> I emerged dhcpd on my Arietta G25 board (which runs Gentoo of course :) >>> and rebooted...without configuring it (or anything else). >>> >>> BEFORE this [CENSORED] action /etc/conf.d/net was set to assign a >>> static IP to usb0, which works. >>> >>> Now the boards still boots fine ... but I cannot access it, because >>> the usb0 gets no IP. >>> >>> First thing I want to get back is the static IP settings I had >>> before I installed dhcpd. >>> >>> I grepped through /etc to find any hint, where the decision is made >>> to start dhcpd, I renamed different 'dhcpd*.*'-files to disable >>> the start of dhcpd...but now I only get 'lo' running...no usb0 >>> at all. >>> >>> Where can I disable dhcpd so the static IP settings get reactivated >>> (since the system is not accessable, I cannot unemerge dhcpd)? >>> >>> Thank you very much in advance for any help! >>> >>> Best regards, >>> mcc >>> >> Take a peek in this directory: >> >> /etc/runlevels/default/ >> >> I think if you remove that link it will not start the service. In other >> words, if you have dhcpd in there, or one of the other runlevels, remove >> it. >> >> Of course, there is the chance that if it is installed, some other >> script may use it even if it isn't started. >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) >> > Hi Dale, > > that was also my the first idea... > > (in the meanwhile I found it.) > > But the thing is more of magic...its automagic! > > One has to do enter this > > rc_hotplug="!dhcpd" > > into /etc/rc.conf. The "!" stands for "not". > > If one would ask me, I also would prefer the ordinary straight > forward way of starting it as any other daemon via the way > you have described. But I am sure that they are higher and > more elaborated thoughts of wisdom which explain, why it is > done the way it is done... ;) > > Only my two cents of money... > > Best regards, > mcc > >
Oh yea. I forgot about that one. I had to use that MANY years ago. Well, glad you found the proper solution. I knew there had to be a way. ;-) Dale :-) :-)
