Hi Richard...I had a similar problem - eth0 just refused to initialize on
bootup, but I entered this command:
/sbin/dhcpcd -d -n -h [hostname]
And it would log right in, and log in on bootup most times thereafter.
Hope it helps!
peace,
Rog
http://www.slammingrooves.com
Registered Linux user #190719
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Richard Warwick wrote:
> hi,
>
> I installed mandrake 7.2 from the iso images, and I'm having trouble with
> the dhcp client and the normal startup scripts. I think I see what problem
> might be occurring, but I'm not sure the best way to fix it.
>
> I'm on an att cable modem, so my dhcpc command line needs to be something
> like " dhcpc -h c555555-a "
> where c555555-a is the hostname that ATT assigned to me. (I've changed the
> name to protect the guilty)
>
> When I execute that command line manually, everything works just fine.
>
> In the normal startup, the dhcp fails because evidently the dhcp hostname is
> not being passed.
>
> I've figured out that the network startup script ( /etc/init.d/network )
> calls the ( /sbin/ifup ) script.
> and the ifup script seems to need the environment variable DHCP_HOSTNAME set
> in order to have that be included on the dhcpc command line.
>
> the line 'DHCP_HOSTNAME=c555555-a' is in the file /etc/sysconfig/network
> which is being read by /etc/init.d/network
>
> I added lines to the two main scripts to create a file with the environment
> variables,
> set >>/var/richard
> and in examining the output, I see the DHCP_HOSTNAME while in
> /etc/init.d/network, but it is not there while executing /sbin/ifup
>
> how do I fix this? has someone else had this problem? is it a bug in the
> scripts from mandrake? or am I doing something wrong?
>
> Thanks,
> Richard Warwick
> warwickr at usa dot net
>
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