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 after the plugin of the ethernet cord... and only if >> auto and not allow-hotplug eth0 > > I strongly suspect neither the auto nor the allow-hotplug line have > anything to do with your problem. In fact, I cannot see how they could > have any bearing on it. auto eth0 simply allows eth0 to be brought up by > ifup -a whereas allow-hotplug eth0 doesn't.
(...) 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 If you add to this udev events and system restoration from a suspended state, the mess can be royal. There must be another similiar bugs out there because this is not the first time I've read problems with the "*-hotplug" stanza. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.06.08.16.06...@gmail.com
