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On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 06:58:11 +0800, W.Kenworthy wrote: |
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> Also, is there an integrated way to plug in a network cable and have a |
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> config RELIABLY recognised and trigger the necessary actions? Its not a |
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> good look to arrive at lecture in front of 30-50 people and struggle to |
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> connect to the local network, which seems par for the course for gentoo! |
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emerge ifplugd, but don't try to configure it, Gentoo's networking |
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scripts handle that automatically. |
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Set your wired interface to use DHCP and it should set itself up |
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automatically. If you want something else done when connecting or |
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disconnecting the cable, such as shutting down wireless or restarting |
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services, look at the preup/postup/predown/postdown functions |
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in /etc/conf.d/net.example. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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I'd prefer the non-smoking lifeboat, please. |
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