How can I set things up so that, if the eth0 interface can't be upped (for example, the cable modem is unplugged, or something is broken on the remote end), diald is started? I guess I could put an "if ifconfig eth0; then ..." in /etc/init.d/diald. But is this the best way? Just now my cable modem was unplugged, and the machine seemed to hang at boot. I don't want it to hang. I want it to say, "OK, looks like we can't up eth0, let's try diald instead", or something like that. Whatever. Any suggestion must be better than my current method, which is
cd /etc/init.d su mv diald-renamed diald ./diald start -chris
