On Sat, 2004-06-12 at 17:26 +0200, Thomas Hood wrote:
>
> It's a Debian issue. The hotplug and ifupdown maintainers are inactive.
> However, I don't know of any other distros that have better support for
> automatic dynamic configuration of laptops. Do you?
Of course if we could all agree that
On Sat, 2004-06-12 at 17:26 +0200, Thomas Hood wrote:
>
> It's a Debian issue. The hotplug and ifupdown maintainers are inactive.
> However, I don't know of any other distros that have better support for
> automatic dynamic configuration of laptops. Do you?
Of course if we could all agree that
> So, what's the advantage of using hotplug for bringing up the interface
> over cardmgr running /etc/pcmcai/network(.opts)?
Hotplug is the buggy work-in-progress standard mechanism of the future
whereas cardmgr is the debugged bloated obsolete mechanism of the past.
Take your pick.
> I tried tha
On Sat, Jun 12, 2004 at 01:18:34PM +0200, Thomas Hood wrote:
> cardmgr manages PCMCIA cards via /etc/pcmcia/network.
>
> Hotplug can do the same thing but it is disabled by default. If you
> enable the hotplug mechanism by adding
>
> mapping hotplug
> script echo
Ok, so hotplug then doe
> So, what's the advantage of using hotplug for bringing up the interface
> over cardmgr running /etc/pcmcai/network(.opts)?
Hotplug is the buggy work-in-progress standard mechanism of the future
whereas cardmgr is the debugged bloated obsolete mechanism of the past.
Take your pick.
> I tried tha
On Sat, Jun 12, 2004 at 01:18:34PM +0200, Thomas Hood wrote:
> cardmgr manages PCMCIA cards via /etc/pcmcia/network.
>
> Hotplug can do the same thing but it is disabled by default. If you
> enable the hotplug mechanism by adding
>
> mapping hotplug
> script echo
Ok, so hotplug then doe
> Ok, now I'm confused. In the pcmcia-cs package there's the cardmgr
> program that, if I understand correctly, reads /etc/pcmcia/config* files
> on startup. Then when a card is inserted cardmgr matches the card to a
> device id (from the config file(s)) and load modules. It then loads the
> ass
> Ok, now I'm confused. In the pcmcia-cs package there's the cardmgr
> program that, if I understand correctly, reads /etc/pcmcia/config* files
> on startup. Then when a card is inserted cardmgr matches the card to a
> device id (from the config file(s)) and load modules. It then loads the
> ass
On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 05:48:53PM -0700, Jim McCloskey wrote:
> iface eth1 inet dhcp
> mapping hotplug
> script echo
Ok, now I'm confused. In the pcmcia-cs package there's the cardmgr
program that, if I understand correctly, reads /etc/pcmcia/config* files
on startup. Then when a card is inse
On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 05:48:53PM -0700, Jim McCloskey wrote:
> iface eth1 inet dhcp
> mapping hotplug
> script echo
Ok, now I'm confused. In the pcmcia-cs package there's the cardmgr
program that, if I understand correctly, reads /etc/pcmcia/config* files
on startup. Then when a card is inse
Alexander May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|> When inserting the card sarge loaded also the hermes and orinoco modules
|> but no device (eth1) was assigned.
I believe that the file /etc/pcmcia/network.opts has a final stanza
which is supposed to use the Debian network interfaces file
/etc/network
Alexander May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|> When inserting the card sarge loaded also the hermes and orinoco modules
|> but no device (eth1) was assigned.
I believe that the file /etc/pcmcia/network.opts has a final stanza
which is supposed to use the Debian network interfaces file
/etc/network
Hello,
I just installed Sarge on my Laptop (Amilo EL) and am now trying to get
my PCMCIA WLAN-card working. It is a noname card and it ran under
mandrake using the orinoco module.
When inserting the card sarge loaded also the hermes and orinoco modules
but no device (eth1) was assigned. Thus i s
Hello,
I just installed Sarge on my Laptop (Amilo EL) and am now trying to get
my PCMCIA WLAN-card working. It is a noname card and it ran under
mandrake using the orinoco module.
When inserting the card sarge loaded also the hermes and orinoco modules
but no device (eth1) was assigned. Thus i s
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