Network at boot

[Juan Pablo]

This is my first time with Arch, try to help this Arch n00b

Installed it without problems, used pacman to install some things, changed config files to get my network to work, it works but now when I want to start networking I need to use "netcfg --select" I don't know how to add networking to the init scripts, I am used to have init scripts in /etc/init.d

I can't load gdm although I installed it with pacman, also installed fluxbox but fluxbox complains about no x server

Thanks in advance

[andutt]

Hi Pablo

Which distribution are u using when getting this, Gentoo or Slackware?

[Juan Pablo]

Arch really

[ImNeat]

Edit /etc/rc.conf
Go to the Networking section and add to the INTERFACES= section. You'll have to set them to dhcp to us that.

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
HOSTNAME="vaio"                                                 
#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
#   - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
#   - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
#
# Note: to use DHCP, set your interface to be "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
#
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="dhcp"
eth1="dhcp"
eth2="dhcp'
INTERFACES=(lo eth0 eth1 eth2)
#

For me, eth0 is wired and eth1/2 are wireless. To have a connection auto-start at boot add "network" to the DAEMONS= at the bottom of your rc.conf:

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng iptables network netfs crond alsa)

[Juan Pablo]

Thanks, I now have a problem starting gnome (give up with fluxbox), it says I don't have fontconfig althought it is installed, any ideas?

[ImNeat]

Where do you get the error? When you startx?

[Juan Pablo]

In the console from where I launched startx, twm loads and some xterms but the when I try something like "fluxbox" or "gnome" it complains about problems with fontconfig and doesn't start,

[benson2788]

Are you trying to start fluxbox/gnome directly from the CLI? You need to add the command for whatever WM you want to use to your ~/.xinitrc file, or to an xsession. I have never used the xsession, so I can't help you on that, but the .xinitrc is extremely simple to use. If you don't understand something, a quick google for xinitrc should help. If you are already doing this, just ignore this message and let the next, more experienced, person help you out.

[dragon_shanghai]

Are you trying to start fluxbox/gnome directly from the CLI? You need to add the command for whatever WM you want to use to your ~/.xinitrc file, or to an xsession. I have never used the xsession, so I can't help you on that, but the .xinitrc is extremely simple to use. If you don't understand something, a quick google for xinitrc should help. If you are already doing this, just ignore this message and let the next, more experienced, person help you out.

what does the "VM" mean? I had lookd at wiki, but i did not understand it.

[Juan Pablo]

Windows manager