Cryptic error message

[fred260571]

When I run dhcpcd-gtk in a console I get this error message / maybe make it a bit more explicit , because I have not figured yet how to solve the problem

dhcpcd-gtk version: 0.7.8-1 on an uptodate linux mint

dhcpcd-gtk
** Message: 19:53:54.820: Connecting ...
** Message: 19:53:54.820: Status changed to down

** (dhcpcd-gtk:5144): CRITICAL **: 19:53:54.820: dhcpcd_open: No such file or directory
^C

[rsmarples]

dhcpcd_open: No such file or directory

Looks pretty clear to me - dhcpcd-gtk cannot open a connection to dhcpcd because the socket does not exist.
This means a few things:

• dhcpcd is not running
• dhcpcd is running for a specific interface
• dhcpcd is running for a specific family

For dhcpcd-gtk, dhcpcd-qt, etc to work, dhcpcd needs to be running in manager mode without any interface or family specified on the command line. Or, putting it another way, started as a service rather than part of an interface.

Does this help?