i'm running RH5.2 with a lancity cable modem and a 3com card too.
i run it with the default v .70 that comes with RH5.2.
when i upgraded to 6.0 for a week they told me that the newer version required
the 2.2.x kernel. you might try getting the new kernel or downgrading your
dhcpcd
On 08-Jun-99 Greg Coleman scribbled:
> OS: RH 5.2
> dhcpcd: 1.3 (see below)
> 3com 3c509 connect to LanCity cable modem.
>
>
> Problem: When initializing dhcpcd, I receive message
> "can not locate net-pf-17". At this point I noticed
> my eth0 interface dissappears from 'ifconfig -a'.
> At the same time, my /var/log/messages file shows
> right after the net-pf message the following;
> Dhcp_start: Invalid Argument
>
> I dont know if net-pf and Dhcp_start are related.
> I am sure the invalid argument is the SOCK_PACKET
> arg to socket().
>
> I upgraded dhcpcd from the RH 5.2 packaged version
> of 0.70 out of desperation. I had seen references
> calling that version buggy. Prior to 1.3, I had
> some other version (cant remember which) where
> the author said to "make sure my kernel is compiled
> to support SOCK_PACKET". I have tried unsuccessfully
> to do that. Also, the 0.70 version of dhcpcd
> always gave me "NO DHCPOFFER" message. I was able
> to tcpdump -i eth0 and see traffic going out
> to my provider. I can not do that now with 1.3
> (tcpdump always reports interface down) but it
> seems I might be closer.
>
> Can anyone help me with this?
>
>
> Thanks
> Greg C.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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