Slackware missing rc.dhcpcd

Berhanie · 11-17-2008, 08:20 PM

Also, modprobe pcnet32 for good measure, since we're not sure what's what.

phantom_cyph · 11-17-2008, 08:51 PM

Yah, mine is located in:

/lib/modules/2.4.33.3/kernel/drivers/net/mii.o.gz. I don't have the locate utility on my system. Odd, I figured it would be in the linux-utils package. I had to look manually.

phantom_cyph · 11-17-2008, 08:53 PM

YES!!! I didn't see your last post. I did a modprobe pcnet32 and I'm online now. Thank you soo much. Your LQ user name will be on my list of thanks when I'm done with this project.

Berhanie · 11-17-2008, 09:29 PM

You're welcome, phantom_cyph. You did the hard work. Congratulations.

phantom_cyph · 11-17-2008, 11:20 PM

Well, it seems there is something wrong with my custom distro. I do a modprobe on both mii and pcnet32 and I can't get online. So something is missing. I'm just not sure what it is.

phantom_cyph · 11-18-2008, 02:29 AM

Okay. I new it was in the "n" series. Didn't have BIND, didn't have curl (even though I have libcurl), and one other package. I'm up now.

phantom_cyph · 11-18-2008, 06:53 PM

Another dumb question if someone doesn't mind. Do I need to do a modprobe and restart inet1 ever time I boot? Or is it possible to have it do that by itself?

Berhanie · 11-19-2008, 12:46 AM

Hi, phantom_cyph. Try modprobe.conf; otherwise just put an explicit modprobe statement in rc.modules. In /etc/modprobe.conf, you need something like

Code:

alias eth0 pcnet32

Not sure about pcnet32, but that's where your ethernet card driver goes.