Re: network manager does not detect the IP !

[Joan Moreau <joan moreau m4x org>]

The link from /sbin to /etc/dhcp3 of the dhcp-script did solve the 
situation !

THanks !

Joan

Derek Broughton wrote:
> On 12/11/06, Joan Moreau <joan moreau m4x org> wrote:
>   
> >  Derek Broughton wrote:
> >
> >  Fine, but did you remove the dhclient-script in /sbin? I'm certain
> > that doesn't belong there, and can only cause problems.
> >
> >
> >  Yes, and now there is an error " /sbin/dhclient-script not found"
> >     
>
> Oh, damn.  Sorry, I _do_ have that script myself.  And it's not the
> same as the one in /etc/dhcp3/dhclient-script!
>
> I'm not at all sure why I couldn't find it before.  Still, I'm pretty
> sure this shows the problem - if I compare the two scripts, the only
> difference is the dhcdbd stuff.  So, I'd suggest making
> /sbin/dhclient-script a symlink to the one in /etc/dhcp3/ (I've just
> done that - wondering if this is all that's been wrong with _my_
> setup).
>
> My suspicion is that the dhcp3 postinst script is supposed to make
> this symlink, but can't do it if there's already a script in /sbin -
> so it would be a bug in the Ubuntu package.  If this fixes either your
> problem or mine, I'll file a bug report to Ubuntu.
>