On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 8:39 AM, Vincent Lefevre <vinc...@vinc17.net> wrote: > On 2015-07-09 14:19:48 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: >> Am 09.07.2015 um 12:21 schrieb Vincent Lefevre: >> > Remove the "allow-hotplug eth0" line and have eth0 be brought up >> > automatically when there's an Ethernet signal? I haven't seen any >> > drawback yet. >> >> The drawback is, that you might have (broken) software which depends on >> $network. >> /etc/init.d/networking provides $network and blocks until interfaces >> marked auto (and interfaces marked allow-hotpug which exist at the time >> the script is run) have been brought up. >> If you bring up your interfaces via other means, /etc/init.d/networking >> will simply do nothing (but still provide $network), so the boot >> continues and software which requires $network will likely be started >> too early and probably fail/behave incorrectly since they have no >> network access. > > Wouldn't the right thing be to fix broken software? Software shouldn't > just require $network, but something more precise and/or handle error > conditions. > > The problem is that users without software really needing network > (at least at boot time), typically laptop users, would be annoyed. > This is the case with this machine. > > But if one of the goals of allow-hotplug is to do link detection > (see my other message about that), then this is fine for laptops.
Just as a matter of interest, what network manager are you using? I'm using Network Manager (on a couple of laptops) and have never observed the problem you've been having. In my /e/n/i file I have (re: eth0) this: # The primary network interface allow-hotplug eth0 #NetworkManager#iface eth0 inet dhcp Network Manager only manages the eth0 interface if the dhcp line is removed/commented. My laptops behave exactly as they should on boot up - no hanging, and automatic connection to the appropriate WiFi network. Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cajvvkspauxffs_sf8bjkhjwv_yvbjq_21zay4rwyuo9deh8...@mail.gmail.com
