On Friday 15 November 2002 6:49 am, Dave Thayer wrote: > On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 03:27:43PM -0800, Expert User wrote: > > > If they don't already have something to go and look, you can make one > > > (and maybe submit it to update the package). But I think you can have > > > it trigger other events too, so it can become your pcmcia/event.d/ > > > equivalent. > > > > How do I make the cable plug/unplug trigger an event? > > If you don't mind dipping into testing/unstable... > > $ apt-cache show ifplugd
how does this differ from the package laptop-net? Thanks, d > Package: ifplugd > Priority: optional > Section: net > Installed-Size: 144 > Maintainer: Oliver Kurth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Architecture: i386 > Version: 0.9-2 > Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1) > Recommends: ifupdown > Filename: pool/main/i/ifplugd/ifplugd_0.9-2_i386.deb > Size: 20642 > MD5sum: a78ebda25590f48fa32bfc4a0ff45f31 > Description: A configuration daemon for ethernet devices > ifplugd is a daemon which will automatically configure your > ethernet device when a cable is plugged in and automatically > unconfigure it if the cable is pulled. This is useful on laptops with > onboard network adapters, since it will only configure the interface > when a cable is really connected. > > should do everything you want. > > HTH > > dt > > -- > Dave Thayer | If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier > about Denver, Colorado USA | cutting them down? We might, if they screamed > all [EMAIL PROTECTED] | the time, for no good reason. - Jack Handey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
