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From: Peter Gille <farfargoth@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] network services break fbsplash silent mode
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 17:28:02
Message-Id: 5e5428ed0610141016s6a981ebfjffb13b390f96422a@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] network services break fbsplash silent mode by Qiangning Hong
1 On 10/14/06, Qiangning Hong <hongqn@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On my laptop, I am using silent mode of fbsplash during boot.
3 > However, as I have wireless access in my office and wired access in my
4 > home (both dhcp), there is always one of the network services, either
5 > net.lan or net.wlan, will fail. This will take fbsplash into verbose
6 > mode when the service fails. It is a bit annoying. Is there any
7 > advice to keep the silent mode on and still can auto detect the
8 > network access?
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15 install ifplugd. It will automaticly detect when a cable is plugged
16 into your network card and initialise your network. I think it will
17 work similarily for your wlan as well. You may want to configure the
18 wlan so it doesn't autoconnect to any rouge APs, but that is a minor
19 annoyance. The process is described near the bottom of
20 /etc/conf.d/net.example
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