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frankifol

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Registered: 2007-11-12

Posts: 46

dhcpcd fails to start network

after the last update of the kernel my old problem (http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=92710   and  http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=89622) evolved.

Now to start the net interface I need to launch "dhcpcd"

In modules in rc.conf I need to insert broadcom and not tg3 (the two modules that control my ethernet card).

If I don't insert broadcom in modules, ifconfig -a doesn't show me eth0 but only lo.
How can I launch dhcpc automatically? Insert it somewhere in rc.conf???

Last edited by frankifol (2010-03-19 17:22:24)

MadTux

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Registered: 2009-09-20

Posts: 553

Re: dhcpcd fails to start network

What about /etc/rc.local?

frankifol

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Registered: 2007-11-12

Posts: 46

Re: dhcpcd fails to start network

#!/bin/bash
#
# /etc/rc.local: Local multi-user startup script.
#
#dhcpcd -k eth0
#dhcpcd -nd eth0

do you think I should try to uncomment the last two entries?

Misfit138

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Registered: 2006-11-27

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Re: dhcpcd fails to start network

What about /etc/rc.local?

I agree ^

Broadcom woes...thus far I have avoided them. Now that Intel's 'Centrino' designation no longer specifies nor guarantees the chipset hardware, I'll have to make sure to avoid those Broadcom blunders next time I buy a laptop.

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frankifol

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Registered: 2007-11-12

Posts: 46

Re: dhcpcd fails to start network

Uncommented

#dhcpcd -k eth0
#dhcpcd -nd eth0

Now the lan starts at boot.

I agree about broadcom. I have a desktop pc, a dell xps and I needed 10 days to make the lancard work. Only the new kernel and the module broadcom added to module make everything ok.

Tironn

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Registered: 2010-02-06

Posts: 17

Re: dhcpcd fails to start network

My broadcom chip has given me so many troubles and I still don't have wireless working

frankifol

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Registered: 2007-11-12

Posts: 46

Re: dhcpcd fails to start network

strange surprise. Today I need to start the net manually.  First of all modprobe -r tg3, modprobe -r broadcom, then load them again (first broadcom) and launch dhcpcd. Yesterday everithing worked and I didn't change any config file