On Saturday 20 December 2003 02:16 pm, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * David Sanders ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [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. -- David Sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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