Package: dhcp3-client Version: 3.0.3-6 Severity: normal If I remove a network device under control of dhclient (e.g. a wifi adapter that supports being turned off by ACPI), dhclient will complain but it will not die. As I move around a lot and turn wifi on and off as needed, I end up with dozens of dhclient processes for the wifi device, which tend to like to get into each others way.
I think it would make sense for dhclient to exit when its device disappears. lapse:/etc/ifplugd/action.d# dhclient wifi Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.3 Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP Listening on LPF/wifi/00:14:a4:04:ea:dc Sending on LPF/wifi/00:14:a4:04:ea:dc Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPDISCOVER on wifi to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 *** i turned the device off here *** receive_packet failed on wifi: Network is down DHCPDISCOVER on wifi to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9 send_packet: No such device DHCPDISCOVER on wifi to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 send_packet: No such device DHCPDISCOVER on wifi to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 send_packet: No such device DHCPDISCOVER on wifi to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 send_packet: No such device DHCPDISCOVER on wifi to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12 send_packet: No such device No DHCPOFFERS received. No working leases in persistent database - sleeping. lapse:/etc/ifplugd/action.d# ps aux | grep [d]hc root 23599 0.0 0.0 2164 508 ? Ss 11:31 0:00 dhclient wifi -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers stable APT policy: (700, 'stable'), (600, 'testing'), (98, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686 Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages dhcp3-client depends on: ii debianutils 2.15.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dhcp3-common 3.0.3-6 Common files used by all the dhcp3 ii libc6 2.3.5-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an dhcp3-client recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP (sub)keys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver! in seattle, washington, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon that is over six feet in length.
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