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From: Ian Lee <ian@×××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What is starting net.eth1 [not in rc-update]
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:22:01
Message-Id: 4959158C.6070508@leehouse.eclipse.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What is starting net.eth1 [not in rc-update] by Dale
1 Dale wrote:
2 > Harry Putnam wrote:
3 >> Ian Lee <ian@×××××××××××××××××××.uk> writes:
4 >>
5 >>
6 >>> Ian Lee wrote:
7 >>>
8 >>>> Neil Bothwick wrote:
9 >>>>
10 >>>>> On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:04:23 -0600, Dale wrote:
11 >>>>>
12 >>>>>
13 >>>>>>> Probably hotplug, add !net.eth0 to rc_hotplug in /etc/rc.conf
14 >>>>>>>
15 >>>>>
16 >>>>>> That's in /etc/conf.d/rc on mine. Has it moved?
17 >>>>>>
18 >>>>> It moved in the switch from baselayout1 to baselayout2/openrc.
19 >>>>>
20 >>>>>
21 >>>>>
22 >>>> This could be what four looking for
23 >>>>
24 >>>> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206518
25 >>>>
26 >>>>
27 >>>>
28 >>>> Ian
29 >>>>
30 >>>>
31 >>> try putting rc_coldplug="no" in conf.d/udev or /etc/rc.conf i would
32 >>> assume the udev init script checks both places
33 >>>
34 >> I can tell you from trying that just now... that is not a good
35 >> solution.
36 >>
37 >> First setting rc_coldplug="no" has some very bad effects:
38 >> 1) caused my KVM switch setup to be ignored completely, where as with
39 >> with the default "yes" the kvm is recognized soon as I get past
40 >> grub
41 >>
42 >> 2) Very strange behavior with the `screen' tool. I call screen and
43 >> get started but if I do `C-a c' (which should start another screen)
44 >> Instead it prompts me to login and then takes the original screen
45 >> so I can only get one screen, completely defeating the purpose of
46 >> `screen'.
47 >>
48 >>
49 >> I'm also wondering about the wisdom introduciing some esoteric places
50 >> to control services. If someone needs sophisticated controls they can
51 >> set that up, but for the rest of us /etc/conf.d and rc-update should
52 >> be THE central tools to have basic services started at boot.
53 >>
54 >> There should be nothing scrolling thru the network softlinks
55 >> attempting to start anything it finds.
56 >>
57 >>
58 >>
59 >>
60 >
61 > If you check mine and Neils post, one of ours will do just what you want
62 > and still allow you to have hotplug set to yes. It just tells hotplug
63 > not to start networks itself and leave it to your own settings with
64 > rc-update. There may also be other things that you can set in there as
65 > well.
66 >
67 > Dale
68 >
69 > :-) :-)
70 >
71
72 According to the comments hotplugging of services is not allowed by
73 default, so why do the net.* services get started?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What is starting net.eth1 [not in rc-update] Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>