On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 11:43 -0800, maxim wexler wrote: > Hi, > > Oops, lost the thread "turning off dhcp" end. > > Thanks to Neil. Both boxen can ping each other. > > Now to clear up a few loose ends: > > Why on the fresh(2.6.15) install does net.eth0 start > automatically and the older(2.6.12) have to be started > manually? Is this a bug or a feature? > > I note the abundance of choices in portage/net-ftp. > What do I need? I'll just be moving files back and > forth. I don't think security is an issue. Is ftp all > I need? The 2.6.12(Sempron) will be the "main" > machine, connected to the web via diallup. > The 2.6.15(K6) I plan to use as a platform for micro > develpt. > > emerge -pv ftp on the 2.6.12 > Calculating dependencies ...done! > [ebuild N ] net-ftp/ftp-0.17-r3 +ssl 52 kB > > but the 2.6.15 adds the +ipv6 flag. Neither make.conf > mentions it. Does the .15, AMD K6-2, know something I > don't? > > -Maxim > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com
Hi, I had issues on various packages after an emerge update too. I think it was a baselayout issue. Seems the new baselayout (dunno from what time on) doesn't handle kernels prior to 2.6.14 correctly. Downgrade your portage and see when all for kernel 2.6.12 starts working again. Just a thought Frank -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
