[arch-general] Is 'network' daemon needed when using netcfg?

[Tom Gundersen]

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 2:12 PM, XeCycle <xecycle at gmail.com> wrote:
> I recently tried netcfg, and have setup automatic connection at boot.
> However during the startup, it says something like "This functionality
> is deprecated".  In my /etc/rc.conf, I have these for networking:
>
>> HOSTNAME="XeCycle"
>> NETWORK_PERSIST="no"
>> NETWORKS=(profile)
>> DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus network net-profiles netfs crond sensors \
>> sshd hddtemp dictd cdemud)
>
> So, should I remove 'network' from the 'DAEMONS'?

Yes, netcfg is a replacement for the network daemon.

> PS. Is the process of starting daemons logged?  When I ran into problems
> about daemons, usually I can't know exactly what had happened, because
> before I could read the error messages, they disappeared.

/var/log/boot.log

Cheers,

Tom