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[SOLVED] Boot process

Hi to all.

Maybe this is an already answered question.

I'm Using Artixlinux OpenRC and I had a problem with network when dhcpcd was update to 9.3.1.

So I've removed the "manual" network configuration, the configuration done using the hints on the installation document:

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"Alternatively, if you will use openrc, Gentoo's netifrc modules can be used"


As it hangs the boot process.

I'm using a 4G router through  Wifi with a Wifi Adapter (the type you plung into AC and connect to the Ethernet port), from time to time the connection is not available and I don't want that the boot process hangs the machine.

There is a place where i could put a little script that ius executed at the end of the boot process that simply calls
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dhcpcd eth0

So I could be able to manage a lack of internet connection?

Arch linux wiki is not useful as it use systemd and the relevant informations are not present, or I can't find them.

Tanks in advance and Regards

Carlo D.

Re: Boot process

Reply #1 –
OpenRC (and, thanks to our runit and s6 guys, runit and s6 too) supports /etc/rc.local for executing custom commands at startup. You can also create separate scripts inside /etc/local.d ending in .start (e.g. dhcpcd.start) to get the job done. Don't forget to background the execution of dhcpcd with &.

It's all in the wiki.

Re: Boot process

Reply #2 –
I found dhclient is easier to use from the command line, in it's out-of-the-box config it's better at connecting and a lot better at reconnecting if the signal is briefly lost, I'm sure dhcpcd can be set up better though, it doesn't have any reconnection trouble when used with Network Manager. I usually use wireless, not ethernet though. I think Network Manager (and probably various other equivalents) can use either dhcpcd or dhclient too.  But anyway dhclient is more or less a straight replacement to achieve the same result, just use the equivalent args when calling it. In the case below dhclient.conf is just an empty file to satisfy the command requirements.
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Connect:
#dhcpcd -4 -t 0 -K wlpXsY
dhclient -v -cf /path/to/dhclient.conf wlpXsY

Disconnect:
#dhcpcd -4 -x wlpXsY
dhclient -x wlpXsY

I tried the version of dhcpcd that gave the recent problems and that still worked when run manually, I think the fixed version is in the main repos now, perhaps you have found other problems though.
Possibly you could skip dhcp completely and set up a static connection too.

Re: Boot process

Reply #3 –
Many thanks.

I've missed the documentation about OpenRC in the Wiki.

please you could explain better the  part about rc.local:

The scripts in /etc/local.d are executed or have to be activated in some manner.

i.e. i have to write a dhcpcd.start and then

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chmod +x dhcpcd.start

and I'm done or I've to do some other things like activate the local service with:

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rc-update add local default

the documentation is not so clear, ad it explains way to mimic the rc.local file.

Plus lexical order of execution, means that i cpuld prefix it with say 00- 01- to make them executed in such order?

Regards

Carlo D.



Re: Boot process

Reply #4 –
The local service is by default enabled in OpenRC. This scans /etc/local.d for scripts ending in .start (or .stop, for shutdown time) and executes them.
Lexical order is exactly what you described.

Re: [SOLVED] Boot process

Reply #5 –
Many Thanks, I wil mark it as SOLVED.

Regards

Carlo D.