Am 01.09.2005 09:41 schrieb Stefan Frank:

> I just did a emerge -u dhcp and I was able to do /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart 
> without problems. Try to clear the cache of dhcpcd under /var/lib/dhcpc (?) 
> and to start it again. 

Thanks for that suggestion, I will try later.

> Maybe you should consider using sys-apps/ifplugd. It's quite useful - it 
> starts the net.ethX only if the cable is plugged in. If there is a problem, 
> you just could remove the plug and the net.ethX is not started. 

I am using ifplugd, but when the cable is not connected, it tries to
start my wifi connection with dhcp...

> And you may not use Knoppix to solve such problems, there are
> possibilities to append a boot option in GRUB/LILO (there was just a
> thread about it) to boot into single mode.

Thanks for that hint, too. :)

Christoph
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