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After Installation Configuration

check contents of /var/service and remove uncessary ones. If running with static IP (Static Networking) then remove dhcpcd.

uncomment wheel line in /etc/sudoers using visudo to enable

NOTE: Locale does not exist on Musl libc editions of void.

Timezone and Clock Configuration

edit /etc/rc.conf as root (sudo doesn’t work) and change the following lines:

HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
TIMEZONE="America/Denver" # or appropriate timezone
KEYMAP="us"

enable NTP:

sudo ln -s /etc/sv/ntpd /var/service/

Network Configuration

Static Networking

edit /etc/rc.local and add following commands. Verify interface names are correct from ip link.

ip link set dev eth0 up
ip addr add 10.0.1.12/24 brd + dev eth0
ip route add default via 10.0.1.1

DHCP

enable dhcpcd with

sudo ln -s /etc/sv/dhcpcd /var/service/
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