Bug 271016 – Why dhcpcd does not start, when net.wlan0 is executed.

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO

[Description pyon 2009-05-24 04:17:38 UTC]

sys-apps/baselayout-2.0.0
sys-apps/openrc-0.4.3-r2
net-wireless/wpa_supplicant-0.6.4
net-misc/dhcpdcd-4.0.7

When I execute "/etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start", dhcpcd does not start.

# /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start
* Caching service dependencies...                     [ ok ]
* Bringing up interface wlan0
*   Starting wpa_supplicant on wlan0...               [ ok ]
*   Starting wpa_cli on wlan0...                      [ ok ]
*   Backgrounding ......
* WARNING: net.wlan0 has started, but is inactive

/var/log/message is like follow:

May 24 13:11:59 note01 wlan0: direct probe to AP ##:##:##:##:##:## try 1
May 24 13:11:59 note01 wlan0 direct probe responded
May 24 13:11:59 note01 wlan0: authenticate with AP ##:##:##:##:##:##
May 24 13:11:59 note01 wlan0: authenticated
May 24 13:11:59 note01 wlan0: associate with AP ##:##:##:##:##:##
May 24 13:11:59 note01 wlan0: RX ReassocResp from ##:##:##:##:##:## (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=3)
May 24 13:11:59 note01 wlan0: associated
May 24 13:11:59 note01 wpa_cli: interface wlan0 CONNECTED

But I execute "dhcpcd -d wlan0" manually, dhcpcd start.

# dhcpcd -d wlan0
wlan0: dhcpcd 4.0.7 starting
wlan0: hardware address = ##:##:##:##:##:##
wlan0: executing `/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-run-hooks', reason PREINIT
wlan0: broadcasting for a lease
wlan0: sending DHCP_DISCOVER with xid 0x10dcd01c, next in 3.65 seconds
wlan0: offered ###.###.###.### from ###.###.###.###
wlan0: checking ###.###.###.### is available on attached networks
wlan0: sending ARP probe (1 of 3), next in 1.54 seconds
wlan0: sending ARP probe (2 of 3), next in 1.60 seconds
wlan0: sending ARP probe (3 of 3), next in 2.00 seconds
wlan0: sending DHCP_REQUEST with xid 0x10dcd01c, next in 4.51 seconds
wlan0: acknowledged ###.###.###.### from ###.###.###.###
wlan0: leased ###.###.###.### for 3600 seconds
wlan0: adding IP address ###.###.###.###/##
wlan0: adding route to 0.0.0.0/0 via ###.###.###.###
wlan0: executing `/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-run-hooks', reason BOUND
wlan0: forking to background

My /etc/conf.d/net is follow:

modules="wpa_supplicant"
wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext"
config_wlan0="dhcp"

Why dhcpcd does not start, when net.wlan0 is executed.

[Comment 1 Jeremy Olexa (darkside) (RETIRED) 2009-09-05 01:15:23 UTC]

> * WARNING: net.wlan0 has started, but is inactive

Looks like a problem with your wireless driver. Is this still an issue?