On Sat 11 Jun 2011 at 02:46:04 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> Re-inserted text (referring to an active cable being plugged and unplugged:-
What is an 'active' cable?
> --
> If you change the static settings to dhcp it should change - provided
> network manager is not installed of course.
On 11/06/11 00:43, Brian wrote:
> On Fri 10 Jun 2011 at 23:40:35 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote:
>
>> On 10/06/11 22:20, Brian wrote:
>>>
>>> Remove cable.
>>>
>>>root@dektop3:~# dmesg | tail -n 1
>>>[ 158.220270] via-rhine :00:12.0: eth0: link down
>>>
>>
>>>
>>> eth0 is not brought do
On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:25:40 +0100, Brian wrote:
> On Fri 10 Jun 2011 at 11:25:25 +, Camaleón wrote:
>
>> Now we have to extract some conclusions which is what I tried to do.
>
> The premise is false: plugging in a cable does not bring up the
> interface with ifconfig. This would make the co
On Fri 10 Jun 2011 at 23:40:35 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> On 10/06/11 22:20, Brian wrote:
> >
> > Remove cable.
> >
> >root@dektop3:~# dmesg | tail -n 1
> >[ 158.220270] via-rhine :00:12.0: eth0: link down
> >
>
> >
> > eth0 is not brought down
>
> Yes it is ---
On Fri 10 Jun 2011 at 11:25:25 +, Camaleón wrote:
> Now we have to extract some conclusions which is what I tried to do.
The premise is false: plugging in a cable does not bring up the
interface with ifconfig. This would make the conclusions suspect.
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On 10/06/11 22:20, Brian wrote:
> On Thu 09 Jun 2011 at 21:24:40 -0400, Tom H wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Brian wrote:
>>>
>>> Why would plugging or unplugging the ethernet cable be expected to
>>> bring the interface up or down?
>>
>> That's the whole point of "allow-hotplug".
>
On Fri 10 Jun 2011 at 18:51:06 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> e100: eth0 NIC Link is Down
> e100: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
Shows the cable was initially unplugged and then connected. The machine
was booted/woke up before the connection was made? You're using dhcp?
> And ifconfig
On Thu 09 Jun 2011 at 21:24:40 -0400, Tom H wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Brian wrote:
>>
> > Why would plugging or unplugging the ethernet cable be expected to
> > bring the interface up or down?
>
> That's the whole point of "allow-hotplug".
In which case it is not working here.
On Thu 09 Jun 2011 at 22:55:38 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote:
> #allow-hotplug eth0
> auto eth1
> iface eth1 inet static
The device name changed?
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On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:29:39 +0100, Brian wrote:
> On Thu 09 Jun 2011 at 19:11:48 +, Camaleón wrote:
(...)
>> > The question remains - Why would plugging or unplugging the ethernet
>> > cable be expected to bring the interface up or down?
>>
>> It does not have to be an isolated event.
>>
On 10/06/11 08:46, Brian wrote:
> On Thu 09 Jun 2011 at 21:07:07 +0100, Dom wrote:
>
>> On 09/06/11 19:35, Brian wrote:
>>>
>>> The question remains - Why would plugging or unplugging the ethernet
>>> cable be expected to bring the interface up or down?
>>
>> This sounds like a job for ifplugd
>
I hope that
you all realize I am not replying to this correspondent, but rather following
up the thread.
I am __not__ using dhcp. This is not a dhcp problem.
I use static IP addresses on all of my ethernet cabled networks.
I have approximately 100 different debian machines in multiple locat
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Brian wrote:
> On Wed 08 Jun 2011 at 19:02:43 +, Camaleón wrote:
>>
>> Hum... I don't rebember nothing about dhcp or static addressing but
>> something about plugging/unplugging the ethernet cable and after that no
>> interface coming up.
>
> Why would plugging
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Mitchell Laks wrote:
> On 11:39 Tue 07 Jun , Camaleón wrote:
>> On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:10:48 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote:
>>
>> > The following is a problem I have on all laptops, I dont know how to
>> > configure to connect when the ethernet cable is attached.
>
On Thu 09 Jun 2011 at 21:07:07 +0100, Dom wrote:
> On 09/06/11 19:35, Brian wrote:
>>
>> The question remains - Why would plugging or unplugging the ethernet
>> cable be expected to bring the interface up or down?
>
> This sounds like a job for ifplugd
It is, because manipulating a cable does no
On Thu 09 Jun 2011 at 19:11:48 +, Camaleón wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:35:48 +0100, Brian wrote:
>
> > You are talking about *devices* here.
>
> AFAIK, network devices (NICs) are also managed by udev.
Maybe - but the cable is not a device. With a static address stanza in
/e/n/i the inte
On 09/06/11 19:35, Brian wrote:
On Thu 09 Jun 2011 at 17:55:50 +, Camaleón wrote:
Hum... what happens when you attach a USB device to the computer? Kernel
detects it and DE mounts it based on user's settings. And what happens
when you dettach the key? Kernel (or udev, or both) remove/umount
On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:35:48 +0100, Brian wrote:
> On Thu 09 Jun 2011 at 17:55:50 +, Camaleón wrote:
>
>> Hum... what happens when you attach a USB device to the computer?
>> Kernel detects it and DE mounts it based on user's settings. And what
>> happens when you dettach the key? Kernel (or
On Thu 09 Jun 2011 at 17:55:50 +, Camaleón wrote:
> Hum... what happens when you attach a USB device to the computer? Kernel
> detects it and DE mounts it based on user's settings. And what happens
> when you dettach the key? Kernel (or udev, or both) remove/umount the
> device.
You are ta
On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:48:00 +0100, Brian wrote:
> On Wed 08 Jun 2011 at 19:02:43 +, Camaleón wrote:
>
>> I can't tell for sure, but many users are experincing the same problem,
>> and not only from Debian but also from Ubuntu and Mint, so... casualty?
>> :-)
>
> I'm always more comfortable
On Wed 08 Jun 2011 at 19:02:43 +, Camaleón wrote:
> I can't tell for sure, but many users are experincing the same problem,
> and not only from Debian but also from Ubuntu and Mint, so...
> casualty? :-)
I'm always more comfortable with specifics.
> Hum... I don't rebember nothing about dh
On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:27:44 +0100, Brian wrote:
> On Wed 08 Jun 2011 at 16:06:34 +, Camaleón wrote:
>
>> It seems it can fail, at least under some scenarios ;-)
>>
>> ifupdown: /etc/init.d/networking should support allow-hotplug
>> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=550014
>
On Wed 08 Jun 2011 at 16:06:34 +, Camaleón wrote:
> It seems it can fail, at least under some scenarios ;-)
>
> ifupdown: /etc/init.d/networking should support allow-hotplug
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=550014
This isn't a failure of allow-hotplug but a perceived defect
On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:09:41 +0100, Brian wrote:
> On Tue 07 Jun 2011 at 19:03:28 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote:
>
>> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch05.en.html#list-of-
stanzas-in-eni
>>
>> refers to man 5 interfaces which doesn't seem to explain what software
>> is doing the work af
On Tue 07 Jun 2011 at 19:03:28 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote:
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch05.en.html#list-of-stanzas-in-eni
>
> refers to man 5 interfaces which doesn't seem to explain what software
> is doing the work after the plugin of the ethernet cord... and only
> if auto
On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:03:28 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote:
> On 11:39 Tue 07 Jun , Camaleón wrote:
>> On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:10:48 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote:
>>
>> > The following is a problem I have on all laptops, I dont know how to
>> > configure to connect when the ethernet cable is attach
On 11:39 Tue 07 Jun , Camaleón wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:10:48 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote:
>
> > The following is a problem I have on all laptops, I dont know how to
> > configure to connect when the ethernet cable is attached.
>
> (...)
>
> Maybe you just need to tweak some options in
On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:10:48 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote:
> The following is a problem I have on all laptops, I dont know how to
> configure to connect when the ethernet cable is attached.
(...)
Maybe you just need to tweak some options in your "interfaces" file
(e.g., "allow-hotplug"?):
http:/
On Tue 07 Jun 2011 at 00:10:48 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote:
> I have a stanza in the /etc/network/interfaces that configures the eth0.
Seeing /etc/network/interfaces wouldn't do any harm.
> This is on laptops I try that I have this problem.
You're not running Network Manager on the laptop?
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On 06/07/11 at 12:10am, Mitchell Laks wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The following is a problem I have on all laptops, I dont know how to
> configure to connect when the ethernet cable is attached.
>
> I have an ibook laptop (it is a powerpc system running squeeze) and when i
> plug in the ethernet cord I find
Hi,
The following is a problem I have on all laptops, I dont know how to configure
to connect when the ethernet cable is attached.
I have an ibook laptop (it is a powerpc system running squeeze) and when i plug
in the ethernet cord I find that I have to log into a terminal or console
and become
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