Amy Templeton wrote: > I have a (hopefully) quick question...is it possible to > create a runlevel nearly identical to the default runlevel > (this is 2, correct? Also, do 3-5 have different > characteristics?) or else use one of the other runlevels in > order to start different programs at boot? If I choose use > an existing runlevel and to boot to, say, runlevel 3 instead > of 2, would it go *through* runlevel 2 and then into 3, or > would it jump straight to 3 and skip 2? 3-5 are the same as 2 by default in Debian and are available for local modification. init should perform the minimal steps when changing between similar runlevels. > The reason I would like to do this is so that if my laptop > isn't directly hooked up to the Internet, I can choose > whether to have it try to connect to a wireless network or > just not connect at all (the current behavior is to try to > connect via the wired connection even if it's not hooked > in). Again, if there is a more graceful way of implementing > this, I am open to suggestions. It's just sometimes > irritating to have to remember to go in and hit C-c to make > it stop polling for a nonexistant connection so it doesn't > hang for a couple of minutes. ifplugd seems like a much better solution for this. > Also, on the topic of the Internet, is there any daemon-type > program I could run which would watch for my unplugging the > computer from the network and then maybe poll for a wireless > connection if there's one around? network-manager can do this, although how daemon-like it is is open for debate. I personally just always have my wireless connection up, if the wired connection is plugged in ifplugd will bring it up and it will also be used, which is good enough. -- see shy jo
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