Re: 2.6.0 kernel, dhclient
On Saturday 20 December 2003 02:16 pm, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> * David Sanders (debian@sandersweb.net) [031219 23:05]:
> > I compiled a 2.6.0 kernel for a woody machine. The DHCP client quit
> > working and I was unable to access the network. Script /sbin/dhclient
> > checks the version of your kernel and starts the appropriate client
> > software. For a 2.6.0 kernel it quits with "Unrecognized kernel
> > version". What should I do?
>
> The sarge version (2.0pl5-16) of dhcp-client WFM. (My system's not
> woody, though). Looking at the changelog, it looks like they removed
> backward-compatibility (2.0.x kernels) at 2.0p5-12; I'd bet that that's
> when it gained forward-compatibility. So this would probably mean
> backporting; the other's posting suggesting pump would probably be an
> easier course, if it works.
>
> good times,
> Vineet
Well I edited the /sbin/dhclient script so that it does the same thing for a
2.6.x kernel that it did for a 2.2.x kernel. All works fine now. Thanks.
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David Sanders
debian@sandersweb.net
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