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On Tuesday 30 Sep 2014 11:12:34 meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> For a device (beaglebone black) I am looking for a solution |
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> of the following problem: |
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> This little computer boots a fully blown Gentoo linux. It is |
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> used mostly as headless device (capturing data from attached |
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> sensors). |
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> From time to time I want access it via LAN. |
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> If the device was booted without LAN attached, the configured |
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> ethernet was not found and dhcpd fails. |
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> So Gentoo goes into "no LAN"-mode (or something like that). |
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> Is there a less "waiting for the timeout"-prone way to refresh |
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> the status of the LAN beside putting the accoring init-script |
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> into a cron job ??? |
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> Is there a way to check, whether a RJ45 was plugged into the |
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> device and if so to start init-script then? |
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> Thank you very much in advance for any help! |
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> Best regards, |
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> mcc |
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Typically used on laptops: |
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[I] sys-apps/ifplugd |
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Available versions: |
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0.28-r9 [doc selinux] |
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Installed versions: 0.28-r9(11:14:57 12/18/10)(-doc) |
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Homepage: http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ |
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Description: Brings up/down ethernet ports automatically with |
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cable detection |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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