Re: [gentoo-laptop] Abort network startup when cable not connected

[Henrik Brix Andersen]

On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 18:12 -0400, Zander Z365 wrote:
> How can I configure the startup script so that networking will not be
> started if the cable is not connected?

I have the following preup() function in my /etc/conf.d/net file:

preup() {
    case ${IFACE} in
        eth0)
            ebegin "Checking link on ${IFACE}"
            mii-tool ${IFACE} 2> /dev/null | grep -q 'link ok'
            eend $?
            ;;

        *)
            ;;
    esac
}

Note: this is for use with baselayout-1.11.x.

Sincerely,
Brix
-- 
Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@g.o>
Gentoo Linux