Roger,
yeah, I've got it to work manually as well - I'm trying to figure out why it
isn't working in the standard bootup scripts. - I can hack around the
problem, but I'm trying to get some advice on how to fix it properly.
Thanks for the response.
Richard
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Sherman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 1:39 PM
To: Richard Warwick
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] CABLE MODEM NOT WORKING - DHCP_HOSTNAME in
init.d/networkand sbin/ifup
Hi Richard...I had a similar problem - eth0 just refused to initialize on
bootup, but I entered this command:
/sbin/dhcpcd -d -n -h [hostname]
And it would log right in, and log in on bootup most times thereafter.
Hope it helps!
peace,
Rog
http://www.slammingrooves.com
Registered Linux user #190719
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Richard Warwick wrote:
> hi,
>
> I installed mandrake 7.2 from the iso images, and I'm having trouble with
> the dhcp client and the normal startup scripts. I think I see what
problem
> might be occurring, but I'm not sure the best way to fix it.
>
> I'm on an att cable modem, so my dhcpc command line needs to be something
> like " dhcpc -h c555555-a "
> where c555555-a is the hostname that ATT assigned to me. (I've changed
the
> name to protect the guilty)
>
> When I execute that command line manually, everything works just fine.
>
> In the normal startup, the dhcp fails because evidently the dhcp hostname
is
> not being passed.
>
> I've figured out that the network startup script ( /etc/init.d/network )
> calls the ( /sbin/ifup ) script.
> and the ifup script seems to need the environment variable DHCP_HOSTNAME
set
> in order to have that be included on the dhcpc command line.
>
> the line 'DHCP_HOSTNAME=c555555-a' is in the file /etc/sysconfig/network
> which is being read by /etc/init.d/network
>
> I added lines to the two main scripts to create a file with the
environment
> variables,
> set >>/var/richard
> and in examining the output, I see the DHCP_HOSTNAME while in
> /etc/init.d/network, but it is not there while executing /sbin/ifup
>
> how do I fix this? has someone else had this problem? is it a bug in the
> scripts from mandrake? or am I doing something wrong?
>
> Thanks,
> Richard Warwick
> warwickr at usa dot net
>
>
>
>
>
