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fagus

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Registered: 2015-10-19

Posts: 10

ethernet connection ethernet-dhcp doesn't work

Hello

I'm a newbie and I have installed archlinux. I' ve tried to connect to the internet but it didn't work.
I have followed the instructions from https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … figuration . I did "sudo cp /etc/netctl/examples/ethernet-dhcp /etc/netctl/" and changed eth0 to enp4s0 (from ip a) in the copied file. Then I tried "sudo netctl start ethernet-dhcp" but this command doesn't work. (I want the system to connect to the internet on booting using the command "sudo netctl enable ethernet-dhcp"). It hangs and then I get the message: "Job for netctl@enp4s0\\xc30.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status "netctl@enp4s0\\xc30.service"" and "journalctl -xe" for details."

Typing the command "systemctl status netctl@enp4s0\\xc30.service" and "journalctl -xe" gives as output a lot of text with at the end in red: "[/usr/lib/systemd/netctl@.service:2] String is not UTF-clean, ignoring assignement: Networking for netctl profile enp4s0<EF><BF><BD>0".

Using "sudo dhcpcd enp4s0" works well though. I have also wifi-connection.

I have a BROADCOM ethernetcard with driver tg3. I 've done everything described under the Broadcom BCM57780-section on https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … figuration .

I have tried for hours and read many post but can't find a working solution. Could anyone please help me? Thanks!

fagus

ayekat

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Registered: 2011-01-17

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Re: ethernet connection ethernet-dhcp doesn't work

It hangs and then I get the message: "Job for netctl@enp4s0\\xc30.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status "netctl@enp4s0\\xc30.service"" and "journalctl -xe" for details."

Typing the command "systemctl status netctl@enp4s0\\xc30.service" and "journalctl -xe" gives as output a lot of text with at the end in red: "[/usr/lib/systemd/netctl@.service:2] String is not UTF-clean, ignoring assignement: Networking for netctl profile enp4s0<EF><BF><BD>0".

I don't use netctl, but it seems like you have accidentally entered some strange characters into your netctl profile. Check the file and see what comes after `enp4s0` in there.

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fagus

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Registered: 2015-10-19

Posts: 10

Re: ethernet connection ethernet-dhcp doesn't work

[SOLVED] I've deleted the file /etc/netctl/ethernet-dhcp, then I copied it again. Now it works. Thanks