Duncan Groenewald wrote: > I believe it does. inetmenu pops up a list of network names > sometimes.
If inetmenu detects multiple network intefaces, it will pop up a listbox asking you to select one. >I have uninstalled inetmenu because it seems to mess with > things during boot which breaks sybase and some other servers. Seems > they don't like host names and ip addresses changing. > I'd expect that. The inetmenu is designed for "mobile" computing. i.e. it sets everything up so that the machine can safely boot and start gnome without any problems such as nameservice timeout delays etc. Once X has started, you just run it to configure your networking based on where you are and what you want. Given that you've got a bunch of network sensitive things starting up, I assume you've got a static network address, which means that inetmenu might ot be for you. (although there are ways of making it work for you, but it won't do it straight out of the box. > Without inetmenu should the network automatically reconnect to the > last configuration(SSID) during boot ? I'm not sure that it will. You still need to run wificonfig connect at some point, which isn't currently in the boot sequence. Again, the later version of intemenu will allow interfaces to be configured on boot. > Maybe I should try again now > that inetmenu is removed. seems it kindly deleted hosts and > resolv.conf for me. It would be useful to keep copies somewhere. > Well it does that because it's initially configuring your machine as non-networked before inetmenu is run. > Where can I find an explanation of what actually happens during boot > up. Is there a script for DHCP that sets thins up, if so what is it > called and does it setup other setting obtained from the DHCP server > as well, like the DNS server name. > It varies. Static addresses, it reads the /etc/hostname.<interface> files. Dhcp, having a file called dhcp.<interface> configures the interface as a dhcp interface during bootup. It's smart enough to do NIS and DNS if the DHCP server provides this info (I think), but if you create an eventhook file and put it in /etc/dhcp/eventhook, it'll do more stuff for you. (inetmenu has an eventhook file). (check man dhcp and man dhcpagent for details) Mike > Thanks This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ laptop-discuss > mailing list laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org
