Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Daniel da Veiga <danieldaveiga@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Networking broke after update: We only hotplug for ethernet interfaces
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:37:15
Message-Id: 342e1090810140737i1b3fd825h16d5bea5197e6a0d@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Networking broke after update: We only hotplug for ethernet interfaces by Alan McKinnon
1 On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:13, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On Tuesday 14 October 2008 15:59:54 Grant Edwards wrote:
3 >
4 >> > from 'cat /etc/rc.conf'
5 >> >
6 >> > # Some people want a finer grain over hotplug/coldplug. rc_plug_services
7 >> > is a # list of services that are matched in order, either allowing or
8 >> > not. By # default we allow services through as rc_coldplug/rc_hotplug has
9 >> > to be YES # anyway.
10 >> > # Example - rc_plug_services="net.wlan !net.*"
11 >> > # This allows net.wlan and any service not matching net.* to be plugged.
12 >> > rc_plug_services=""
13 >>
14 >> 1) None of that text appears in my /etc/rc.conf
15 >
16 > Oops, slipped my mind - that text shows up in openrc and baselayout-2 which
17 > you might not be using yet
18 >
19 >> 2) I don't understand how the above applies.
20 >>
21 >> 3) Has that changed recently thus breaking support for bridge
22 >> interfaces?
23 >
24 > Inferred from the error message - if you prevent any hotplugging from
25 > occurring for a virtual interface, the problem ought to be solved.
26 >
27 > I'm not sure about recent thinks breaking the bridge, my only recent
28 > experience is that bridges tend to break themselves in frustrating ways, ably
29 > helped along by virtualization software <bang head><bang head>
30
31 I have a working setup with bridging and qemu for about 3 years, so, I
32 guess the code is pretty stable. Probably just a DHCP problem, try
33 setting a static IP and see how it goes.
34
35 --
36 Daniel da Veiga