I'm having trouble with my network card it fails to work when I plug in a
USB device. The USB device seems to function but restarting the network
doesn't start it working again.
I think this is a well known bug but is there a work around that anyone
knows about? If, for example, I compiled my network card into the
kernel instead of as a module would the bug still occur?
Can anyone give me a rough idea of what the problem actually is?

On Thursday 13 October 2005 20:59, Andrew Walker stood up and spoke the
following words to the masses in /alt.os.linux.gentoo...:/

> I'm having trouble with my network card it fails to work when I plug
> in a USB device. The USB device seems to function but restarting the
> network doesn't start it working again.
> I think this is a well known bug but is there a work around that
> anyone knows about? If, for example, I compiled my network card into
> the kernel instead of as a module would the bug still occur?
> Can anyone give me a rough idea of what the problem actually is?

As far as I can tell, the phenomenon is such that /ifplugd/ gets
confused when you plug in a USB device and then brings the /eth*/
devices off-line.

The simplest workaround is to disable /ifplugd/ from running in the
default runlevel. If your machine is a server or a workstation, you
don't need /ifplugd/ anyway.

It's intended for laptops that aren't always connected to the Internet
or LAN.

--
With kind regards,

*Aragorn*
(Registered Gnu/Linux user # 223157)

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 22:27:13 +0000, Aragorn wrote:

> On Thursday 13 October 2005 20:59, Andrew Walker stood up and spoke the
> following words to the masses in /alt.os.linux.gentoo...:/
>
>> I'm having trouble with my network card it fails to work when I plug
>> in a USB device. The USB device seems to function but restarting the
>> network doesn't start it working again.
>> I think this is a well known bug but is there a work around that
>> anyone knows about? If, for example, I compiled my network card into
>> the kernel instead of as a module would the bug still occur?
>> Can anyone give me a rough idea of what the problem actually is?
>
> As far as I can tell, the phenomenon is such that /ifplugd/ gets
> confused when you plug in a USB device and then brings the /eth*/
> devices off-line.
>
> The simplest workaround is to disable /ifplugd/ from running in the
> default runlevel. If your machine is a server or a workstation, you
> don't need /ifplugd/ anyway.
>
> It's intended for laptops that aren't always connected to the Internet
> or LAN.

Many thanks for the info but I'm not quite sure how to disable ifplugd.
It's not in the list when I try

rc-update show

so how do I disable it without breaking my system!

On Friday 14 October 2005 01:21, Andrew Walker stood up and spoke the
following words to the masses in /alt.os.linux.gentoo...:/

> On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 22:27:13 +0000, Aragorn wrote:
>
>> On Thursday 13 October 2005 20:59, Andrew Walker stood up and spoke
>> the following words to the masses in /alt.os.linux.gentoo...:/
>>
>>> I'm having trouble with my network card it fails to work when I plug
>>> in a USB device. The USB device seems to function but restarting the
>>> network doesn't start it working again.
>>> I think this is a well known bug but is there a work around that
>>> anyone knows about? If, for example, I compiled my network card into
>>> the kernel instead of as a module would the bug still occur?
>>> Can anyone give me a rough idea of what the problem actually is?
>>
>> As far as I can tell, the phenomenon is such that /ifplugd/ gets
>> confused when you plug in a USB device and then brings the /eth*/
>> devices off-line.
>>
>> The simplest workaround is to disable /ifplugd/ from running in the
>> default runlevel. If your machine is a server or a workstation, you
>> don't need /ifplugd/ anyway.
>>
>> It's intended for laptops that aren't always connected to the
>> Internet or LAN.
>
> Many thanks for the info but I'm not quite sure how to disable
> ifplugd. It's not in the list when I try
>
> rc-update show
>
> so how do I disable it without breaking my system!

I'm not on Gentoo myself (yet), but there should normally be
configuration files for /ifplugd/ in */etc.*

There also are /man/ pages on the subject. My guess is that you should
edit the configuration files, with the instructions from the /man/
pages.

--
With kind regards,

*Aragorn*
(Registered Gnu/Linux user # 223157)