Networking Issues.
 

Hello all,

I just installed Debian Linux Woody on a Compaq Armada M700, and everything but the internet is working. When it boots up, netenv pops up asking me for the current IP address... I dont have one. I dont have a static IP address. How do I enable DHCP so it goes out and gets the IP?

Uninstall netenv. unless you use it, Its not needed, and is generally just an annoyance. You might want to make an rc script that starts a dhcp client that will just wait for a connection. I'm not sure how to do it, but it think pump can do it easy enough. RIght now i do it manually, (Well, actually through an xbindkeys shortcut), by going sudo pump, which is set up to be a nopass command in sudo.

I'm not such a big fan of pump. I would recommend using dhclient in conjunction with the /etc/init.d/networking script. Then to get dhcp on boot, you can edit /etc/network/interfaces hint: or.

Enjoy