I think there is a bug in /etc/init.d/autoconfig script. Is: if [ "${DHCP}" = "yes" ] then einfo "Network device ${HILITE}${nics}${NORMAL} detected, DHCP broadcasting for IP ..." fi Should be: if [ "${DHCP}" = "yes" ] then einfo "Network device ${HILITE}${nics}${NORMAL} detected, DHCP broadcasting for IP ..." dhcpcd "${nics}" fi (notice added dhcpcd call)
Well, yes and no. See, dhcpcd is automatically called on all interfaces that are discovered via udev, unless their configuration tells the system not to do so. A blank configuration means DHCP, which is default. As such, when udevtrigger is run, dhcpcd should be run. We have not manually run dhcpcd for some time now, and in fact, causing it to run manually caused even more issues. That little snippet really isn't supposed to do anything but give a display. I'll likely just remove the functionality altogether, to reduce confusion.
OK. Instead, I wrote code to try to determine if we've gotten an address or not and to run dhcpcd only if we don't have an address already. This should resolve this bug.
Err... I should have mentioned that this is FIXED in 1.0.39
There is one small issue with this for me, please take a look at suggested patch (will attach in a moment). Basically it fixes it for me, and hopefully doesn't broke for others.
Created attachment 149415 [details, diff] autoconfig.patch (for livecd-tools 1.0.39)
*** Bug 383429 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
@William, can you provide some input? I've been looking at the autoconfig script and noticed the update for bl2 changed the way dhcp is run on the interfaces.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/livecd-tools.git/commit/?id=58948705bcf5136401621a8855e9f0c15049e1dd commit 58948705bcf5136401621a8855e9f0c15049e1dd Author: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2020-11-06 00:27:40 +0000 Commit: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-11-06 00:29:07 +0000 autoconfig: Fix logic error When the system starts, the PID file will not exist because we haven't started dhcpcd. Also update /var/run -> /run while we're here. Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/198083 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/439912 Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> init.d/autoconfig | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
