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11-24-2003, 04:16 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2003
Distribution: Slackware 9 and Red Hat 9
Posts: 3
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Help with running a program at boot
Every time I start Slackware 9.1, I have to run 'dhcpcd' to get (for lack of a
better term) Internet up and running. I know I have to make some sort of
change to etc/rc.d/rc.M, but what? A friend of mine told me to add the line
./dhcpcd at the end, but that doesn't work. What line would I have to enter if
I wanted dhcpcd to run automatically at every boot?
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11-24-2003, 04:21 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: earth
Distribution: slackware by choice, others too :} ... android.
Posts: 23,067
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In slackware you could just run netconfig
and tell it to use dhcp, which would make
the change for you ...
If you want to do it manually, have a closer
look at
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1
;)
Cheers,
Tink
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11-24-2003, 04:32 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2003
Distribution: Slackware 9 and Red Hat 9
Posts: 3
Original Poster
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I probably should have mentioned this before, but I am such a newbie it's not even funny.
So (no offense intended) "take a closer look at stc/rc.d/rc.inet1" isn't very helpful. What does "a closer look mean? Also, netconfig doesn't work the way my cable ISP has everything set up, so I have to do it manually.
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11-24-2003, 04:53 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: earth
Distribution: slackware by choice, others too :} ... android.
Posts: 23,067
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Edit it, and change the bit that says
DHCP=NO to YES :}
Cheers,
Tink
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