FS#20078 - [dhcpcd] Can't connect to internet, dhcpcd time out?
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Arch Linux
Opened by trusktr (trusktr) - Monday, 05 July 2010, 06:04 GMT
Last edited by Ronald van Haren (pressh) - Saturday, 05 March 2011, 19:52 GMT
Opened by trusktr (trusktr) - Monday, 05 July 2010, 06:04 GMT
Last edited by Ronald van Haren (pressh) - Saturday, 05 March 2011, 19:52 GMT
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Description:
I can't connect to wired internet with the latest download of Arch. There's no way for me to connect and get updates. eth0 appears initialized, just not connected. I've installed Arch before, no problem, but it was an older downloaded version. I've followed the instructions in the wiki verbatem at least 3 times and also tried experimenting but i can't get anything. My rc.conf contains the standard dhcp eth0 and the default arch daemons and everything is configured like it should be. If i try "dhcpcd eth0" at the command line, it returns a "timed out" error. I tried increasing the timeout variable but nothing happens either. It's simply mind boggling, it should simply work. There's no way for me to connect to update to fix the problem hehe At first i've tried all sorts of odd things like adding root to the "network" group, adding network daemon to the "network" group, but still nothing. I've tried manual static ip configuration, and i've tried static ip configuration in rc.conf as per the wiki, but still nothing. On the previous computer i set up, i had this same problem, then it randomly started working after a couple hours of fiddling with it when i returned the settings back to default. It's so wierd! Additional info: * package version(s) * config and/or log files etc. Steps to reproduce: |
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TIP: Try this: rm /var/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-eth0.lease then start dhcpcd again.
Then the third and fourth installs on my latest two machines just suddenly have all these problems and I did everything exactly the same. I don't see any difference! Right now i'm on my first machine working perfectly fully tricked out with gnome, chrome, compiz, etc and wireless and wired connections all working.
I put the same settings with the new computers, and it just won't work on either of my two new comps. I have a feeling something has changed in the files between the last Arch download I had and the new download... Perhaps i'll have to revert to the old download and see if that fixes the problem if i can't figure it out soon.
(install was a cd install using 2010.05 iso)
I was using wpa_supplicant:
ifconfig wlan0 up
wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0
dhcpcd <--- then timeout
However i connected the system up via a cable (had to set static ip as dhcp obviously wasnt working).
I then upgraded dhpcd (i think, rather than a full upgrade), and after this dhcpcd worked fine.
A bug with dhcpcd?
I will try and reinstall on a different partition later to double check to make sure i didnt do a full upgrade.