From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GbgoC-0006ee-JY for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 22 Oct 2006 17:08:25 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k9MH466i008713; Sun, 22 Oct 2006 17:04:06 GMT Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.169]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9MH1p0W012935 for ; Sun, 22 Oct 2006 17:01:51 GMT Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id p27so937369ugc for ; Sun, 22 Oct 2006 10:01:51 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Dj7TLHO9l4PARv4UhD1u7DdJTFOuHksGfVxzkJVKhmdCDXPSekM55IjSg9rVFJoEiSdUEQqmzJoRB2SkhKfRfLYtb9WNBzZlRYNoA40BEysHcBYGx93r4W3njXFzt54iXkGrQPBrwy95mVwsp9AyT6CWXDKMvQ1BaMEdIecUvGk= Received: by 10.78.160.2 with SMTP id i2mr5894635hue; Sun, 22 Oct 2006 10:01:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.128.3 with HTTP; Sun, 22 Oct 2006 10:01:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49bf44f10610221001h56e43782gb1a31f686582ab68@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 10:01:50 -0700 From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Disabling net.ath0 backgrounding In-Reply-To: <200610041445.34046.bss03@volumehost.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <49bf44f10610040938k8813062nadf9b4a4af8425cf@mail.gmail.com> <200610041445.34046.bss03@volumehost.net> X-Archives-Salt: 085fd6fe-d5e9-4665-a2c7-9c1c68485943 X-Archives-Hash: b3d70326555da65cd31ff76e46566998 > > How can I keep net.ath0 from "backgrounding" at boot? > > This is ifplugd or netplug waiting until link is established before > configuring the device. They are also responsible for bring the device up > and down is response to link failure and reestablishment. Normally, this > is a desired behavior because it, for example, only brings up your > laptop's wired connection if it is actually plugged in and automatically > brings it down when you unplug. > > If you want to disable one or the other for a particular device, you can > add !netplug or !ifplugd to the modules list of that interface > (see /etc/conf.d/net.example for details). You can also disable link > detection entirely by adding !plug to the modules list of that interface. > > An alternative that may be closer to what you want, is to let > ifplugd/netplug wait for some period of time before backgrounding. This > still allows the interface to be started and stopped in response to link > status, but when explicitly started, it will perform configuration in the > foreground if link is detecting before timeout. To establish such a > timeout add:plug_timeout="" to your network configuration I tried the following in /etc/conf.d/net : modules_ath0=( "!plug" ) but it still goes into "backgrounding". When ath0 won't connect to the wireless network I need to be able to see more about what is happening when it's trying to connect. Is that still possible? - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list