[KLUG Members] Re: 2.6.6 trouble with DHCP

[Richard Harding]

somercet at core.com wrote:

>On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 12:34:21PM -0400, rick was only escaped
>   alone to tell thee:
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>>So I tried adding CONFIG_FILTER=y but then I get an error that I am
>>trying to use an invalid symbol when I make the kernel again. I see
>>people getting this error on older versions of the kernel, but none
>>with 2.6. I am assuming the the CONFIG_FILTER is no longer an option,
>>but when then should I be using? 
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>># Networking options
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>>CONFIG_PACKET=m
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>Use lsmod(8) to ensure that module af_packet is loaded! CONFIG_PACKET is
>necessary for apps, such as ping and tcpdump, that handcraft packets.
>dhcpd may well be one of those apps.
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>CONFIG_FILTER has either been dropped or is built into CONFIG_PACKET
>with 2.6.x. Lose it from .config.
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Thanks a ton, I found out that I did not install module-init-tools for 
the 2.6 kernel and so I could not load the modules I needed.

Once I got that it was working great. This is also probably why I was 
having sound issues so hopefully this will fix several things.

Rick