"/etc/init.d/networking restart" doesn't fix the problem (getting internet
connectivity started), so I'll try your suggestion to run "pump -i eth0" once
I get pump installed. Thank you all for your help!
On Friday 03 October 2003 10:12 am, you wrote:
> > thank you for the help, this makes sense. when I run
> > "/etc/init.d/networking
> > restart" I get the message "reconfiguring network interfaces: cat:
> > /var/run/dhclient.pid: no such file or directory done" What's the
> > easiest way to tell the system to use "dhclient eth0" at boot, and are
> > there
> > reasons not to use pump? Thanks!
>
> First of all, does running `/etc/init.d/networking restart` resolve your
> problem? If so, there's some kind of error occurring when the system runs
> `/etc/init.d/networking start` (via the /etc/rc${runlevel}.d/Swhatever
> symlink). In fact, you might want to check your /etc/rc2.d (Debian
> defaults to runlevel 2, IIRC, but grep /etc/inittab for default) to make
> sure there actually is a link to the networking script. Although, just
> changing your kernel doesn't affect the init scripts, so this probably
> isn't it.
>
> If this hasn't fixed your problem, try running `pump -i eth0` instead of
> dhclient. I'm pretty ignorant about DHCP clients, and know of no reason
> to run one other than the other, except that dhclient used to complain to
> me that I didn't have certain kernel networking options enabled and that
> pump didn't.
>
> Levi
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