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dhcpcd-ui
dhcpcd-ui[1] provides the user interface and the graphical gtk and gtk3 (qt5 is under development[2][3]) user interfaces for the net-misc/dhcpcd package.
Installation
USE flags
To get one of the graphical user interfaces enable the respective USE flag.
USE flags for net-misc/dhcpcd-ui Desktop notification and configuration for dhcpcd
debug
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Enable extra debug codepaths, like asserts and extra output. If you want to get meaningful backtraces see https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Quality_Assurance/Backtraces |
gtk
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Add support for x11-libs/gtk+ (The GIMP Toolkit) |
libnotify
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Enable desktop notification support |
ncurses
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Add ncurses support (console display library) |
qt5
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Add support for the Qt 5 application and UI framework |
Support for qt4 has been removed with commit 43f5c510450633d249f596fcc4f74255df76bb73 bug #630638.
Emerge
Then install dhcpcd-ui and remove dhcpcd from the world file:
root #emerge --ask net-misc/dhcpcd-uiroot #emerge --ask --deselect=y net-misc/dhcpcdBuilding from source
Alternatively, for installing the bleeding edge[4] of dhcpcd-ui you can use the live ebuild from the bar overlay[5].
root #emerge --ask --noreplace app-eselect/eselect-repository dev-vcs/git
root #eselect repository enable bar
root #emerge --sync bar
root #emerge --ask =net-misc/dhcpcd-ui-9999:bar
root #emerge --ask --deselect net-misc/dhcpcdConfiguration
Uncomment the controlgroup line in /etc/dhcpcd.conf:
/etc/dhcpcd.conf# Allow users of this group to interact with dhcpcd via the control socket. controlgroup wheel
Change group and permissions of /etc/dhcpcd.conf in order to make it writable for the user interface:
root #chgrp wheel /etc/dhcpcd.conf
root #chmod g+w /etc/dhcpcd.conf
Usage
tbd
Static IP address using dhcpcd-qt (from fluxbox)
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