[TriLUG] dhclient with Debian not picking up address

[pihlopase at netscape.net]

I have had this same problem with a laptop that has Debian unstable. Everything will work fine until I compile a new kernel and then I have to manually run dhclient upon bootup. I'd be interested in a fix too.

bdsmith at nc.rr.com wrote:

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>I recently installed Debian 3.0, install went without a hitch, and dhclient picked up all the necessary information from the DHCP server. After recompiling the kernel, however, dhclient quit working (it runs, but fails to configure the ethernet interface, and gives me no error message). I made sure to compile DHCP support into the kernel (Networking options ---> TCP/IP networking ---> IP:kernel level autoconfiguration ---> IP: DHCP Support), but to no avail. I can manually configure the interface using ifconfig and route, and everything works fine. Is there something in the kernel I'm missing, does dhclient not work with the 2.4.20 kernel (the install program used the 2.2.20 kernel)? 
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