Hello, some further inspection reveals the following code segment (line 468, ifplugd.c):
if (select(FD_SETSIZE, &qfds, NULL, NULL, &tv) < 0) { if (errno == EINTR) continue; daemon_log(LOG_ERR, "select(): %s", strerror(errno)); goto finish; } This means that error conditions are checked, but a timeout (return value 0) is not treated differently from a select() returning a specific file descriptor. In this case, link beat has been logged to daemon.log as not detected (the interface does not even exist, actually), so the select() always times out. Since -M was not specified (waiting via netlink API on appearance of the interface), ifplugd should even fail before that: daemon_log(LOG_INFO, "Initialization complete, link beat %sdetected%s.", status == IFSTATUS_UP ? "" : "not ", use_ifmonitor ? (disabled ? ", interface disabled" : ", interface enabled") : ""); beep(status == IFSTATUS_UP ? 0 : 1); if (status == IFSTATUS_UP || initial_down) if (action(status) < 0) goto finish; This should probably be the place where ifplugd bails out since interface is not there. Hope this helps, -Malte -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]