Just recompile your kernel with CONFIG_PACKET and CONFIG_SOCKET. set to
on.
If you jumped kernel version, or your failed to run something like make
oldconfig the .config file won't "take"...
Just go setup your kernel with those two options and recompile.
That will allow DHClient to properly set your IP.
-Pkj, Debian guru.
--- Levi Bard <levi@bard.sytes.net> wrote:
> > One question: are the old/arcane kernel options that dhcpclient
> requires
> > in
> > the 2.4.18 kernel or have they been pulled out? Maybe, instead of
> > switching
> > to pump from dhcpclient, I could use them if available.
>
> Got me. I had this problem with 2.4.20 or 21, I think. When running
> dhclient manually from the command line `dhclient eth0` , I would get
> an
> error message something like, "dhclient needs CONFIG_NET_WHATEVER
> enabled
> in order to something something." I ended up rebuilding my kernel
> with
> the option(s) enabled, but I used pump as a quick fix in the
> meantime.
>
> Levi
>
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