[SOLVED] Network restart before Arch can access internet via IPCop?

Question

The Leopard machines on our LAN have working internet on boot, my Arch box does not?
Even though I have the IPCop server's IP in the Arch /etc/resolv.conf.head file, I still have to do a sudo /etc/rc.d/network restart before I can use the internet.
Does anyone know how I can solve this one?
Thanks for your time.
Last edited by handy (2008-12-13 13:41:04)

Answer 1

tomk wrote:Post your /etc/rc.conf. If '/etc/rc.d/network start' works but network-at-boot-time doesn't, that's where the error is.
As a workaround I've put /etc/rc.d/network start in my /etc/rc.local & now I don't have to type it manually.
tomk wrote:Incidentally, dhcpcd messages don't show up in dmesg - you should be looking in messages.log or everything.log.
I looked in all the logs that had been changed after a boot.
Here is my rc.conf:
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
# LOCALIZATION
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
LOCALE="en_AU.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
TIMEZONE="Australia/Sydney"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"
# HARDWARE
# Scan hardware and load required modules at bootup
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
# Module Blacklist - modules in this list will never be loaded by udev
MOD_BLACKLIST=(net-pf-10 pcspkr) ## turns off ipv6 & pc speaker
# Modules to load at boot-up (in this order)
# - prefix a module with a ! to blacklist it
MODULES=(sky2 snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel soundcore fglrx)
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"
# NETWORKING
HOSTNAME="archtypical"
# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available
# interfaces.
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
# - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
# - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
# Note: to use DHCP, set your interface to be "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
###lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
# eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
eth0="dhcp"
###INTERFACES=(lo eth0)
INTERFACES=(eth0)
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
# - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
# gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up. These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
# - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
# - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network-profiles
#NET_PROFILES=(main)
# DAEMONS
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
# - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
# - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng @iptables @network @netfs @crond @alsa @portmap @sshd @transmission-daemon @stb-admin @fam @gpm)# @tor @privoxy # @hal - hal's out on account of worker
# End of file
Last edited by handy (2008-12-13 12:30:42)