dhcpcd-discuss

meaning of an error message related to DHCPv6

Peter Mattern

Mon May 19 18:04:29 2014

Hello.

I'm just trying to debug the message
          dhcpcd[<PID>]: dhcp6_start: <interface>: Protocol not available
that appears if a Cubietruck running Arch Linux tries to connect to an IPv6-enabled router, right after receiving Router Advertisements.

Obviously the problem behind the message must be related to DHCPv6. But neither dhcpcd nor the upstream router are at fault imo as the message can't be seen if other devices running Arch Linux i686 or x86-64 connect to the same router. Moreover, it makes no difference whether the connection is established via WLAN or Ethernet. I also tried to find differences in the packages installed and Kernel config files used in the different flavours of Arch Linux but without success.

So I would like to ask whether You could give me a hint at the exact meaning of the said message.

Thanks in advance,

Peter Mattern

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Re: meaning of an error message related to DHCPv6Roy Marples
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