I did something even simpler.
I added the following line to the tail end of my rc.sysinit file under
/etc/rc.d

	#DHCP Networking setup
	/sbin/dhcpcd -h ${HOSTNAME}

I am not sure of the line number, but it works well without problem.

it even got the IP straight away.
the only change I made via linuxconf was to blank the data for eth0 (except the hostname and alias info). I left it in manual mode as the dhcp for it doesn't work right. 

as you can see, I am able to send/rx mail via the net. :)

as for the white cane, its too cumbersome in these circumstances. I much preferr my hands for this type of "feel and find". :)

Technomage Hawke

On Sun, 28 October 2001, tim cutler wrote:

> 
> I think I got it with the simple fix below. I did the following:
> 
> . Added DHCP_HOSTNAME="CX-..." per instruction to
>    /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcg-eth0
> 
> . Via netcfg GUI (blech), changed eth0 to have dhcp protocol.
>    Netcfg (or somebody) complained that the operation failed. I ignored 
> its complaint. Felt the regular amount of danger.
> 
> . Did a "service network restart".
>    Twice, since I'm blind and the white cane must be banged around 
> repeatedly to detect reality.
> 
> All seemed to work. The IP address of eth0 stayed the same. There's a 
> dhcpcd daemon running in that background. Only time, with a few reboots 
> and power cycles, will tell.
> 
> Thanks all for your help and interest.
> 
>     T
> 
> Carl Parrish wrote:
> 
> > 
> >>
> >> I recently got this same piece of email from @home and adding the
> >> DHCP_HOSTNAME line fixed it so that it was dhcp'd properly.  Then I
> >> went and read the man page on how to use non @home nameservers  :-)
> >>
> >> I hope it makes them happy...my IP hasn't changed.  :-)
> >>
> >> FWIW, they claimed there was "work going on in my neighborhood"; I'm
> >> curious if they spammed all of cox@home, or just the fortunate few in
> >> the Mesa area.
> >>
> >> David
> > 
> > 
> > Well I got it (haven't changed over yet). But then I'm in mesa to.
> > 
> > Carl P.
> > 
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