Re: possibly found a BUG in NM 3.3.1 cvs 20050112.3

[Paul Ionescu <i_p_a_u_l yahoo com>]

Hi Dan,

My card is not set to be configured at boot.
But of course cardmgr does its part of ifup/ifdown it
when hotplugged, I almost forgot it.
What intrigues me is that cardmgr does it for both
static and dhcp, and NM is affected only when is
static.
I just put a blank /etc/pcmcia/network instead of
default, and now it Just Works (TM)  :)
Thansk for the tip.
But I think this should be taken care of in more
places, not only PCMCIA but also USB, maybe hotplug,
etc.


Paul


--- Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com> wrote:

> On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 14:01 +0200, Paul Ionescu
> wrote:
> > Hi Dan,
> > 
> > I have a notebook with 2 wired lan cards, one
> onboard and one PCMCIA.
> > Both cards have static IP addresses and static
> default gateways.
> > NM is active by default.
> > If I start the computer with both cards, it
> behaves as expected, choosing
> > one card as preferred and using it.
> > If I start with only the onboard card, then NM
> detects it and properly
> > configure the net, and everything is working until
> I plug the second card
> > (PCMCIA). 
> > When I plug this PCMCIA card, I loose the default
> gateway already set up
> > for the onboard connection. So the primary link is
> still on onboard card
> > but I have no more default gw.
> > If this PCMCIA card is not configured with statics
> (IP/GW/a.s.o) but with
> > DHCP, it works just fine.
> 
> Paul,
> 
> Are you sure you haven't got something on the system
> set up to bring up
> that second device automatically?  On fedora core 3,
> for example you
> would have to make sure the
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth[x]
> file doesn't have "ONBOOT=yes", or uncheck the
> "Activate on boot"
> checkbox in system-config-network.
> 
> If your system isn't set to activate these on boot,
> then its most
> probably a NetworkManager bug.  (remember though
> that stuff like cardmgr
> may call ifup/ifdown scripts as well, which don't
> play well with
> NetworkManager at all).
> 
> Dan
> 
> 



		
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