Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Networking broke after update: We only hotplug for ethernet interfaces

["Daniel da Veiga" <danieldaveiga@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:13, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 14 October 2008 15:59:54 Grant Edwards wrote:
>
>> > from 'cat /etc/rc.conf'
>> >
>> > # Some people want a finer grain over hotplug/coldplug. rc_plug_services
>> > is a # list of services that are matched in order, either allowing or
>> > not. By # default we allow services through as rc_coldplug/rc_hotplug has
>> > to be YES # anyway.
>> > # Example - rc_plug_services="net.wlan !net.*"
>> > # This allows net.wlan and any service not matching net.* to be plugged.
>> > rc_plug_services=""
>>
>> 1) None of that text appears in my /etc/rc.conf
>
> Oops, slipped my mind - that text shows up in openrc and baselayout-2 which
> you might not be using yet
>
>> 2) I don't understand how the above applies.
>>
>> 3) Has that changed recently thus breaking support for bridge
>>    interfaces?
>
> Inferred from the error message - if you prevent any hotplugging from
> occurring for a virtual interface, the problem ought to be solved.
>
> I'm not sure about recent thinks breaking the bridge, my only recent
> experience is that bridges tend to break themselves in frustrating ways, ably
> helped along by virtualization software <bang head><bang head>

I have a working setup with bridging and qemu for about 3 years, so, I
guess the code is pretty stable. Probably just a DHCP problem, try
setting a static IP and see how it goes.

-- 
Daniel da Veiga