On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 10:47, Florin wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Fox) writes: > > > Reposted from Mandrake Forum - I agree with this one (if it's not too > > late!!) It is VERY annoying on a notebook when starting without a > > network connection to wait for the dhcp timeout . . . > > > > > > > Tired and very incoherent when I submitted this feature request last time. Here >it is again. > > > > > > Could we have the ethX devices checked for an actual link before trying to bring >up the interface? Using 'mii-tool' you can check the link status of an ethernet port >to determine things like whether or not you have a live network drop hooked up to it. >This would help laptop users that have built in ethernet devices but choose not to >hook them up one time or another. Basically, if there isn't a link, skip the >interface to avoid dhcpcd timing out. :) > > > > > > Please comment folks, would there ever be a time this was a bad idea? > > Hello there, > > > so you would suggest to add some sort of mii-tool test in the /sbin/ifup > script ? > That's exactly the suggestion!
> have a nice day, > -- > Florin http://www.mandrakesoft.com > http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~florin/ > Have a nice weekend! -- Robert
