Changes between Version 27 and Version 28 of ubuntu

Timestamp:

03/24/2023 10:15:34 PM (13 months ago)

Author:

Ryan Erbstoesser

Comment:

add dhcp statement & mention releases

ubuntu

@@ -4 +4 @@
 = Ubuntu =
 Gateworks supports the popular Ubuntu OS on Newport and Ventana products using an Ubuntu built root filesystem with a Gateworks kernel. In some cases you may be able to use an Ubuntu built kernel.
+
+Gateworks always tries to use the LTS releases (Long Term Support).
+ * Jammy Jellyfish 22.04
+ * Focal Fossa 20.04
 
 In addition to the information on this page, you likely want to look at product family specific details on the following pages for your product:
@@ -292 +296 @@
 
 In general:
- * see {{{/etc/network/interfaces}}} for the default network interface configuration
- * see {{{/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf}}} for the default DHCP client configuration
- * typically the Gateworks prebuilt root filesystems will configure networking to bring up {{{eth0}}} by default using {{{dhcp}}} for network configuration with a 10 second timeout. This is done by setting 'timeout 10;' in {{{/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf}}}:
+ * See {{{/etc/network/interfaces}}} for the default network interface configuration
+ * See {{{/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf}}} for the default DHCP client configuration
+ * Typically the Gateworks prebuilt root filesystems will configure networking to bring up {{{eth0}}} by default using {{{dhcp}}} for network configuration with a 10 second timeout. This is done by setting 'timeout 10;' in {{{/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf}}}:
 {{{#!bash
 sed -i 's/^timeout.*/timeout 10;/' /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf
 }}}
+
+Note that DHCP only retries every 5 minutes to give an IP address per the man pages: [https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man5/dhclient.conf.5.html]
 
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