121202 Bruce Hill wrote: > On Sun, Dec 02, 2012 at 03:18:38PM -0500, Philip Webb wrote: >> I updated to Openrc 0.11.6 yesterday & on waking the machine up today >> & starting DHCP from a terminal (as I always do), >> instead of a long list of interactions with the router >> there's 1 line "dhcpcd[1035]: sending commands to master dhcpcd process". >> There's also a new display in Gkrellm 'sit0', which is new to me. >> Everything is working, but can anyone explain the change ?
I spoke too soon (grimace)! > My LAN has a Linux router with a simple (for now) setup > using dhcp and unbound. However, the sit0 is IPV4 to IPV6. > Check for CONFIG_IPV6 in your kernel ... > it will probably go away when you don't have that > or ipv6 USE flags where you don't use them. For whatever reason, mail wasn't coming in : it was going out. I edited /etc/conf.d/netmount to comment 'dhcpcd' & now all's well : it was listed by 'etc-update', so I assumed it needed authorising -- the notes in the file are explicit -- , but I don't want DHCP running as a daemon. Also, the router connection is as before & 'sit0' has disappeared. >> Also, I have PPP installed (2.4.5-r3): do I still need this with DHCP ? >> -- I suspect it's left over from pre-router days. any advice ? -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
