dhcpcd-discuss

On 14/12/2020 23:38, msg board wrote:
> My custom distro uses openrc. I am using dhcpcd for network management. At boot 
> dhcpcd prints this
>
> dhcpcd-8.1.6 starting
> udev: starting
> dev: loaded udev
> no valid interfaces found
> timed out
> forking to background
> forked to background, child pid 972
>
>
> When I run command "ip a", lo interface is in state UNKNOWN and all other 
> interfaces are DOWN . My openrc startup script for dhcpcd is like below
>
> command=/usr/sbin/dhcpcd
> pidfile=/var/run/dhcpcd.pid
> command_args="-d -j /var/log/dhcpcd.log --waitip=4 -c /usr/libexec/dhcpcd-run-hooks"
> name="DHCP Client Daemon"
>
> depend() {
>      provide net
>      need localmount
>      use logger network
>      after bootmisc modules
>      before dns
> }
>
>
>
>
> How do get dhcpcd to bring up my interfaces and get IPv4 on them.

Firstly, I would put all options into /etc/dhcpcd.conf and not seperate dhcpcd 
init.d scripts.
That just makes life complicated.

Secondly, the dhcpcd-run-hooks command is the default, should not be needed.

As to the actual problem, I suggest disabling udev to test with. You can do this 
by adding nodev. Here's your confing in dhcpcd.conf:

debug
logfile /var/log/dhcpcd.log
waitip 4
nodev

If you're running dhcpcd in a namespace, this is fixed in later versions.
If you're running dhcpcd in any kind of container, udev will likely fail as you 
describe.

Good luck!

Roy