BTW, I send this to both lists (discussion and application) due to renewed interest in getting the application list to be used though I always felt that was more for end user applications.  I would be happy to see that clarified.<br>
<br>This is on ubuntu 9.04 being changed to perhaps be a PXE server for installfests.  The problem is that the DHCP Server which should be started during bootup is failing.  After logging in I can start it manually with &quot;<font face="courier new,monospace">sudo /etc/init.d/dhcp3-server start<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">&quot;</font></font>.  FYI, that is what is pointed to in rc?.d:<br>
<br><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  22 2009-09-30 11:56 S50dhcp3-server -&gt; ../init.d/dhcp3-server*</span><br><br>I suspect the failure is because the ethernet port has not finished being set up.  and the only way I know that might fix that is to change the S50 shown above to a higher number like S55 or S60.  I find the following in syslog<br>
<br><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:40 ifserver kernel: [   18.638594] warning: `dhcpd3&#39; uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support in use)</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:40 ifserver dhcpd: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server V3.1.1</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:40 ifserver dhcpd: Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:40 ifserver dhcpd: All rights reserved.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:40 ifserver dhcpd: For info, please visit <a href="http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/">http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/</a></span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:40 ifserver dhcpd: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server V3.1.1</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:40 ifserver dhcpd: Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:40 ifserver dhcpd: All rights reserved.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:40 ifserver dhcpd: For info, please visit <a href="http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/">http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/</a></span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:41 ifserver dhcpd: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server V3.1.1</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:41 ifserver dhcpd: Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:41 ifserver dhcpd: All rights reserved.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:41 ifserver dhcpd: For info, please visit <a href="http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/">http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/</a></span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:41 ifserver dhcpd: Wrote 0 deleted host decls to leases file.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:41 ifserver dhcpd: Wrote 0 new dynamic host decls to leases file.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:41 ifserver dhcpd: Wrote 3 leases to leases file.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:41 ifserver dhcpd: </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:41 ifserver <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">dhcpd: Not configured to listen on any interfaces!</span></span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:43 ifserver anacron[2813]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2009-10-01</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:43 ifserver anacron[2813]: Will run job `cron.daily&#39; in 5 min.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:43 ifserver anacron[2813]: Jobs will be executed sequentially</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:43 ifserver /usr/sbin/cron[2856]: (CRON) INFO (pidfile fd = 3)</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:43 ifserver /usr/sbin/cron[2857]: (CRON) STARTUP (fork ok)</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:43 ifserver /usr/sbin/cron[2857]: (CRON) INFO (Running @reboot jobs)</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  (eth1): device state change: 1 -&gt; 2 </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  (eth1): bringing up device. </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  (eth1): preparing device. </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  (eth1): deactivating device (reason: 2). </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver kernel: [   21.702709] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver kernel: [   21.704435] e1000: eth1: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> Control: RX/TX</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  (eth1): carrier now ON (device state 2) </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  (eth1): device state change: 2 -&gt; 3 </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  Activation (eth1) starting connection &#39;Auto eth1&#39; </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  (eth1): device state change: 3 -&gt; 4 </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  (eth1): device state change: 4 -&gt; 5 </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful. </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  Activation (eth1) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) scheduled. </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  Activation (eth1) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) started... </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  (eth1): device state change: 5 -&gt; 7 </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  Activation (eth1) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) scheduled... </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  Activation (eth1) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) complete. </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver kernel: [   21.716200] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  Activation (eth1) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) started... </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  Activation (eth1) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) scheduled... </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  Activation (eth1) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) complete. </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  Activation (eth1) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) started... </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver avahi-daemon[2665]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth1.IPv4 with address 192.168.2.10.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver avahi-daemon[2665]: New relevant interface eth1.IPv4 for mDNS.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:44 ifserver avahi-daemon[2665]: Registering new address record for 192.168.2.10 on eth1.IPv4.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:45 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  (eth1): device state change: 7 -&gt; 8 </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:45 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  Policy set &#39;Auto eth1&#39; (eth1) as default for routing and DNS. </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:45 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  Activation (eth1) successful, device activated. </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:45 ifserver NetworkManager: &lt;info&gt;  Activation (eth1) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) complete. </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Oct  1 15:07:45 ifserver avahi-daemon[2665]: Registering new address record for fe80::20d:60ff:feb5:39a3 on eth1.*.</span><br><br clear="all">Is that (S55) my solution or is there a better one?  Or am I totally missing something doing this task?<br>
-- <br>Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry<br><br>The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.<br>  - Thomas Jefferson<br>