Re: Use interfaces not connected at boottime

["Thomas Hecker" <thomas hecker gmail com>]

oh, it works now.
nm did not restart correctly. now fixed :)
Thank you

On 12/06/06, Thomas Hecker <thomas hecker gmail com> wrote:
> I'm using the ndiswrapper driver.
> What do I have to do to reload the gnome-networkmanager applet, which
> has been disappeared since nm restart?
> typing "nm-applet" on the console does nothing, never even giving back
> the control to me...
>
> On 12/06/06, Michael Biebl <biebl teco edu> wrote:
> > Thomas Hecker wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I have an extern USB network adapter that's not connected at boottime
> > > so I connect it on demand only.
> > > That's why networkmanager doesn't know the interface. How can I change
> > > this behaviour to use networkmanager to configure my interface?
> >
> > You probably encountered the same bug as in [1]. NM does not seem to
> > properly detect hotplugged devices. I'm not sure if its a bug in NM or
> > rather hal resp. the driver which does not generate the correct hotplug
> > event. I already discussed that briefly with Dan but we didn't find the
> > real culprit yet.
> > As a workaround you can restart NM (depending on your disto
> > /etc/init.d/NetworkManager restart or
> > /etc/dbus-1/event.d/25NetworkManager restart) after attaching your usb
> > adapter.
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=355785
> > --
> > Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the
> > universe are pointed away from Earth?
> >
> >
> >
> >