On 28-03-2023 23:45, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
The reason for the netctl failure turned out to be that dhcpcd
was not installed. Which was a bit of surprise, because netctl
needs it.
It seems netctl has gained some flexibility and dhcpcd is now an
optional dependency .
Check 'pacman -Si netc
On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 06:54:19PM +0200, Óscar García Amor wrote:
> > Scanning the available docs, I found out that systemd-networkd
> > is enabled by default. Could this be in conflict with netctl ?
>
> Yes, in fact, I advise you NOT to use netctl and to use systemd-
> netword[1] directly.
Th
El mar, 28-03-2023 a las 18:09 +0200, Fons Adriaensen escribió:
> Scanning the available docs, I found out that systemd-networkd
> is enabled by default. Could this be in conflict with netctl ?
Yes, in fact, I advise you NOT to use netctl and to use systemd-
netword[1] directly.
Another option i
Hi Ralph,
> Unless the remote hands are used to precisely editing configuration
> files, this might be something where a mistake has been made.
We verified the dhcp file, and I'm pretty sure it's okay.
My friend may be a linux noob, but he's an experienced engineer
and learling fast :-) It's no
Hi FA,
I've some general ideas. Others will have better comments on your
particular questions.
> Also the ethernet-dhcp example is copied to /etc/netctl/dhcp and
> edited for the correct interface (enp0s25).
Unless the remote hands are used to precisely editing configuration
files, this might b
Hello all,
Yesterday I assisted (via a text chat) a linux noob to install
Archlinux on a laptop.
We got so far that the system can boot on its own, and we can
login as root.
The netctl package is installed. Also the ethernet-dhcp example
is copied to /etc/netctl/dhcp and edited for the correct i
