Have been downloading antiX-M7 Lysistrata and am testing now.

Have been booting from a 'frugal install' on internal HD. But DHCP is causing problems. It takes ages to get through. Anything I can do to speed up. Any cheat code?

But - at first sight - antiX-M7 looks nice.

Thank you.

ikke wrote: Any cheat code?

To speed up DHCP? None that I'm aware of.

To kill it? Amongst other (see below): nodhcp.

To replace it:
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at boot time (primarily for"live mode") and/or, of course, the Mepis Network Assistant (primarily for an installed system).

UnicornRider wrote:

ikke wrote: Any cheat code?

To speed up DHCP? None that I'm aware of.

Thank you for prompt reply.

Get also the same problem when I am launching the network manually. It takes so long ...

Am getting following message :
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Configuring network interfaces...Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.6
Copyright 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit
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Listening on LPF/eth0/00:07:e9:d2:e0:8e
Sending on LPF/eth0/00:07:e9:d2:e0:8e
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
DHCPOFFER from xxx.xxx.x.x
DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from 9xxx.xxx.x.x
bound to xxx.xxx.x.x -- renewal in 1583 seconds.
UNQUOTE.

Is maybe not a antiX but also a Mepis problem. Maybe because of frugal install.

Any help?

Not sure how to help, but it is a problem some are having, others not.

Googling gives information about editing /etc/dhcp/config.file or /etc/resolv.conf

It might work to remove and re-install dhcp3-client.

Added: I just did this and it appears to have fixed the problem.

apt-get update
apt-get remove --purge dhcp3-client mepis-network
apt-get install dhcp3-client mepis-network

If you get an error message with configuration, then
apt-get -f install

Open mepis-network, and re-start the network.

Reboot, and it should be ok.

anticapitalista wrote:Not sure how to help, but it is a problem some are having, others not.
...
Reboot, and it should be ok.

Thank you for kind advice.

Kindly note this is a frugal install. So no rebooting because changes have not been installed on hard disk.

If I am booting with the 'mean'-cheatcode all is OK, normal speed, but no network.
Am wondering : is there a command on the command line to start the network? So I can see if any errormessages.

Thank you for kind attention.

You could try 'ifconfig'.

See 'man ifconfig' for details.

eriefisher

eriefisher wrote:You could try 'ifconfig'.

See 'man ifconfig' for details.

eriefisher

Thank you for tip.

Have the impression ifconfig has to be used at boot time. Otherwise it gives the status of an interface.

Need to use dhcp. Would 'dhclient' be a good option?

I had forgotten it was a frugal install.

Try this.

Boot with cheat code mean. Open terminal su to root and try
dhclient eth0

(or whatever your card is)

anticapitalista wrote:I had forgotten it was a frugal install.

Try this.

Boot with cheat code mean. Open terminal su to root and try
dhclient eth0

(or whatever your card is)

Just to say : thank you! Everything seems OK now!

You're welcome ikke.

I have found that 'trick' to be great when using the livecd on low RAM boxes.
This is what I do, at work on a 633 PIII with 128 MB RAM.
Boot using cheatcodes
lean mean
grub to desktop in about 1.30.

Open a terminal,
su
dhclient eth0

and I'm connected in a few seconds.

This is much faster than 'default' setting.