Re: [gentoo-user] Why is dhcpcd starting by itself?

[Willie WY Wong <wongwwy@member.ams.org>]

On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 07:32:43AM -0600, Penguin Lover Dale squawked:
> This may not be it but worth taking a look at.  /etc/rc.conf  From that
> file:
> 
> # rc_hotplug is a list of services that we allow to be hotplugged.
> # By default we do not allow hotplugging.
> # A hotplugged service is one started by a dynamic dev manager when a
> matching
> # hardware device is found.
> # This service is intrinsically included in the boot runlevel.
> # To disable services, prefix with a !
> # Example - rc_hotplug="net.wlan !net.*"
> # This allows net.wlan and any service not matching net.* to be plugged.
> # Example - rc_hotplug="*"
> # This allows all services to be hotplugged
> #rc_hotplug="*"
> 
> I think that should be off by default but maybe try disabling them all
> manually just in case.
> 

Hotplug has never been turned on in my case. 

I've always had

rc_hotplug="!net.*" 

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