system update

[Kenneth]

> bmike1 at 0[Desktop]$ sudo ifconfig -a
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:08:C7:CA:62:4B
>           BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
>           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>           Interrupt:9 Base address:0xdc00 Memory:df100000-df100038
> 
>  So it appears as if the upgrade left my cable modem unwilling or more as
> unable to do dhcp as after researching it a bit I found that I do not have
> /sbin/dhclient (the above WAS done from the hard disk os as opposed to the
> live cd.

Most likely a dhcp issue, for sure. I never looked very far into the details
of what calls what for dhcp, as it just worked for me. I do think I remember
seeing a reference to more than one dhcp client. Maybe someone else can tell
you more about Ubuntu's way of doing it.


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