Re: broken dhcp after update, other broken things

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> Last weekend I upgraded three computers to FC6 with varying results (took
> a very long time on the laptop).
> 
> This week I updated each to the latest updates and installed some files
> from
> extras like octave and xmms.  I have been having nothing but trouble since
> then.
> 
> Laptop (x86064):  wireless won't connect unless I manually run
> kwifimanager -- may be fixed now
>              change profile to wired, plug in cable to NIC, it hangs on
> trying to get a DHCP lease
> 
> Desktop1 (x86-64):   won't boot now, hangs on trying to get a DHCP lease
> 
> Desktop1 (Athlon):  complained about not finding
> /etc/selinux/targeted/policy...
>      -- booted single user with selinux=0, found selinux-policy-targeted
>      was
> missing
>      -- yum installed selinux-policy-targeted
>      -- reboots fine but selinux is off, gets lease from firewall w/o
> problems
> 
> Firewall is WRK54G (yes, the broken one, has to be reset every few days).
> 
> How can I fix DHCP with my two 64-bit machines?  Any suggestions?

Maybe dhcpd is not running?
Maybe /etc/dhcpd.conf is incorrect?
What do you read in /var/log/messages about attempts to connect
(DHCPREQUEST, etc)?

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Timothy Murphy  
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