Re: Need to make dhcpcd work
"rmathis" <rmathis@europa1.conwaycorp.net> writes:
> I have sucessfully installed debian sparc base from floppies and now
> need to get dhcpcd working in order to finish the install. I have
> installed the dhcpcd package recommended on the package list but it
> fails to run even though there were no errors with the install. When I
> run the command dhcpcd -d eth0 to run dhcpcd in the foregroud I get a
> Bus Error and dhcpcd does not start. I do not believe it starts from
> the init.d script either as it does not show in ps ax even though a
> pid is in the file that dhcpcd creates whwn it starts and when you do
> the command dhcpcd -k eth0 it says that there is no pid to kill. I am
> required to run dhcp by my provider and this is a cable modem system.
> My Solaris box works well with the modem. Any help with this would be
> greatly appreciated.
Which kernel?
If you are using a 2.2.x kernel, you should be able to get dhcpcd-sv
from "potato" (or the dhcpcd-sv program in the "dhcpcd" package in
potato) to run.
I'm not completely surprised that you're getting bus errors, I don't
think anybody has tested dhcpcd on the Sparc. I have to make a bunch
of sparc specific patches to dhcpcd-sv to get it to run without bus
errors. (Bus errors are caused by unaligned writes, they don't affect
intel machine.)
Steve
dunham@cse.msu.edu
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