Re: Weird crash with dhcpcd and X11
Do you use xdm? X wants to know what your IP address is for its security. Since you
don't have an IP until after dhcp does its work, this could be a problem.
Mark H. Mabry wrote:
> Running Debian 2.0beta and 2.0.34 with a cable-modem. I'm in the
> process of converting from modem ISP access to using this
> cable-modem.
>
> I get a complete lock-up of Linux when I try to run both X11 and
> dhcpcd. I can run either one alone and things are fine. But when I
> start X, after dhcpcd, I see the X server spew stuff to the screen,
> then the screen blanks, and SILENCE. No X, no hard disk activity,
> nothing.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas here? Any suggestions on how to debug
> this?
>
> BTW - dhcpcd did not configure correctly on my system. It failed on
> the postinst script. And gave no expanation of the problem. I ran
> each part of the script by hand and got it configured.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark Mabry
> mmabry@avici.com
>
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