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On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 09:27:23 -0500, Devon Miller wrote: |
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> > I saw somewhere in portage a daemon that manages |
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> > connection/disconnection from the network. I think it was for |
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> > laptops. But now I don't know what it is called or where it is in |
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> > portage. |
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> That would be ifplugd. It listens for a variety of state changes such as |
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> insertion of a pcmcia/cardbus/usb NIC or presense/absence of carrier on |
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> the ethernet device. When a device becomes available, it runs |
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> "/etc/init.d/net. device start" and when the device goes away/loses |
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> carrier, it runs "/etc/init.d/net.device stop". |
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I don't think ifplugd will help here. it only checks the link beat on the |
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ethernet connection. As long as the computer is connected to the cable |
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modem, it will report the link as up, even if the connection from the |
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modem to the Internet is down. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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I doubt therefore I might be. |
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