There's certainly a pause when boot, if my modem hasn't quite connected. And if I start the modem first, so it's connected properly, then it just boots.
:( Ozi On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 6:07 AM, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Steve, > > Oh come on Steve, > > Every modern computer user should know terminals are past their era: > beautiful, appealing to the eye desktops is the way to go. Terminals > are like using a handtool where a powertool can be used effortlessly > and more efficiently. > [/sarcasm] > > Yes, I agree with you, the cancer continues to spread unabated. > > Edward > > > > On 18/01/2016, Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I still monitor debian-user. Today on that mailing list a guy asked how > > to get network connectivity while using Openbox, and guesses (I have a > > feeling correctly) that it's a dhcp problem. He wants to know how to > > get dhcp running with Openbox --- it ran with Xfce. > > > > Yes indeedee, I'm pretty sure that now Debian is one of those distros > > that doesn't network connect until the desktop environment is running. > > > > Which is some of the worst perversion I've heard to date. Last time I > > heard, network connectivity is part of the core OS, not part of the > > user interface. > > > > By the way, if any of you just wants to connect to a specific IP > > address, here's my always-works, distro-agnostic script to do it: > > > > =========================================== > > #!/bin/bash > > ip link set dev enp3s0 down > > ip addr add 192.168.100.2/24 dev enp3s0 > > ip link set dev enp3s0 up > > ip route add default via 192.168.100.96 > > =========================================== > > > > Obviously, change enp3s0 to the interface of choice (which can be > > deduced by a shellscript calling ip link), and change the ip address > > and route to what you want. This script can be run very early in the > > boot. With this script, you can forget about every distro's > > idiosyncratic way of specifying network connections, and just get it > > done. > > > > SteveT > > > > Steve Litt > > January 2016 featured book: Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting > > http://www.troubleshooters.com/28 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dng mailing list > > Dng@lists.dyne.org > > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > > > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng >
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