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Re: guessnet with ifplugd during boot fails



On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 18:40:10 +0100, Olaf Conradi wrote:
> This is my configuration:
> 
> I have NET_AGENT_POLICY=auto in /etc/default/hotplug
>
> and my /etc/default/ifplugd contains:
> INTERFACES="" with 
> HOTPLUG_INTERFACES="all"
> ARGS="-q -f -d10 -w -I"
> SUSPEND_ACTION="stop"
> 
> This is what my /etc/network/interfaces looks like:
> 
> # The loopback network interface.
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> 
> # Allow hotplug to bring up interfaces.
> mapping hotplug
>         script echo


The mapping hotplug stanza is not required if you have 
NET_AGENT_POLICY is set to "auto"


> # Find out if the interface is wired or wireless.
> mapping eth*
>         script /usr/local/bin/interfacetype
> 
> mapping wired
>         script /usr/sbin/guessnet-ifupdown
>         map home
>         map timeout: 10
>         map verbose: true
> 
> #mapping wireless
>         # empty for now
> 
> iface home inet dhcp
>         dns-search student.utwente.nl
>         # We are at home, my server is recognised.
>         test peer address 192.168.1.1 mac 00:40:95:1B:3A:56
> 
> The script /usr/local/bin/interfacetype just checks for the existance
> of /sys/class/net/$IFACE/wireless and outputs either wireless or wired
> on the standard output.
> 
> For now I don't do anything with the wireless stanze. I first want to
> get my onboard lan card working.
> 
> Does anyone know why guessnet does not detect my server during boot?
> Is it guessnet where the problem lies?


The problem is probably #245651.

Don't hold your breath waiting for this to be fixed.  Hot plugging of
network cards isn't supported in sarge.

-- 
Thomas Hood



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