> > Hi all: > > I got my cable modem installed today, and now I'm trying to get it > running under Linux. The Cable-Modem Howto directed me to the DHCP > Howto, and it instructed me to install the dhcpcd client. I downloaded > dhcpcd_0.70-5.deb and when I installed it I got the followinf error > message from dpkg: > > (Reading database ... 49927 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace dhcpcd 1:0.70-5 (using dhcpcd_0.70-5.deb) ... > Stopping DHCP client daemon: dhcpcd. > Unpacking replacement dhcpcd ... > Setting up dhcpcd (0.70-5) ... > dpkg: error processing dhcpcd (--install): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > dhcpcd > > The line indicating that it is stopping the DHCP client suggests that I > already had it installed(?). > > dpkg says that it's half-configured now. I tried getting it off a couple > of the alternate sites with the same results. >
1) this package fails in 2.2 kernels and late 2.1, so get dhcpcd-sv if you use them 2) the package dies if no /etc/resolv.conf exists and also on some other condition, mail the maintainer to let them know of your current situation.