[Nix-dev] dhcp

[Marco Maggesi]

On Aug 3, 2009, at 5:32 PM, Eelco Dolstra wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Marco Maggesi wrote:
>
>> I just updated nixos and now the network interface is not  
>> automatically
>> configured any more (I use dhcp).
>>
>> My present configuration is as follows
>>
>> networking = {
>>   hostName = "nixbox";
>>   extraHosts = "127.0.1.1 nixbox.math.unifi.it nixbox";
>> };
>>
>> Can someone suggest a solution?
>
> Try "modprobe ipv6" and restarting the dhclient Upstart job.  "dhcp"  
> now seems
> to require ipv6 support in order to start.  I added the modprobe to  
> the dhclient
> job in the modular-nixos branch but forgot about the trunk...

Yes, it works!

> (That's why I want to merge ASAP ;-)


I look forward to seeing it!

Thanks,
Marco