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I fetch my mail using a user cron job, as recommended for security. |
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I also start my Internet connection by hand after logging in: |
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this is to avoid the jam which arises if it is included in the runlevel |
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but for some reason the physical Net connection isn't functioning, |
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when Dhcpcd sits there & can't be killed via Control-C. |
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Usually, this works very well, but occasionally the cron job runs |
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before the Dhcpcd command has made the necessary connection |
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-- it depends on when the start-of-minute falls -- , |
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which results in a file ~/dead.letter , which has to be deleted |
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(the sequence of commands is clear from the Syslog file). |
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Is there a way to fix this ? -- I could perhaps write a 2-line script |
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which would run 'dhcpcd eth0 ; /etc/init.d/vixie-cron', |
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while removing Vixie-cron from the Default runlevel. |
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Does anyone have useful suggestions ? |
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