Now I'm using sys-apps/openrc-0.9.8.4 together with sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.2.1-r2 kernel. Network connect with PCI Wi-Fi card: 04:02.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8185 IEEE 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 20) Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8185 IEEE 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Controller Kernel driver in use: rtl8180 Kernel modules: rtl8180 Started automatically system-wide via sys-apps/ifplugd. /etc/conf.d/net: config_wlan0="null" dhcp_wlan0="release nodns nontp nonis nogateway nosendhost" wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext" associate_timeout_wlan0=32 config_mywifiname="192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 brd 192.168.1.255" routes_mywifiname="default gw 192.168.1.1" ifplugd_wlan0="-m wlan" The issue is in that sometimes (with current kernel always) network fails to auto-start. I'm not shure about reproduceability this issue with different Wi-Fi card. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.2.1-r2 kernel; 2. Configure system-wide wireless interface; 3. Check network operability; 4. Add created interface to autostart; 5. Reboot. Actual Results: Find interface 'started but inactive'. Expected Results: After manual restart (i.e. /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 restart) interface becomes operable. The same result was with autostart with previous kernel sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.1.6. And the same (active interface after autostart) result is expected with current kernel (sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.2.1-r2). This issue looks particularly similiar (but the same time different) with bug #396173 $ emerge --info Portage 2.1.10.44 (default/linux/amd64/10.0, gcc-4.5.3, glibc-2.13-r4, 3.2.1-gentoo-r2 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.2.1-gentoo-r2-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i5_CPU_661_@_3.33GHz-with-gentoo-2.0.3 Timestamp of tree: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:45:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.1_p9 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r3 dev-lang/python: 2.7.2-r3, 3.1.4-r3 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.6-r4 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.26 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.3 sys-apps/openrc: 0.9.8.4 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r3, 1.10.3, 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.21.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.5.3-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r1 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r1 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.1 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.13-r4 Repositories: gentoo location: /usr/portage sync: 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Not kernel-version specific bug. Appeared sometimes withdifferent kernels. Today with 3.2.1-r2 network comes up successfuly.
3.2.1-gentoo-r2 kernel If bringing up network interface completely failes (wi-fi router was power down) ifplugd correctly switches it up.
After update to sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.6.11 I've find interface boot-time switching up function working correctly. Now interface is completely handled by net-wireless/wpa_supplicant (including auto-up depending on access point state). I'm not enough familiar with kernel hacking, so don't guess about how/why issue was gone away. So, I want to continue monitoring for one or two kernel updates before marking this bug fixed. Currently I use: [I] sys-apps/openrc Installed versions: 0.11.8(12:36:55 12.01.2013)(elibc_glibc kernel_linux ncurses pam unicode -debug -kernel_FreeBSD -newnet -prefix -selinux -static-libs) [I] net-wireless/wpa_supplicant Installed versions: 0.7.3-r5(19:23:06 30.12.2011)(dbus eap-sim gnutls kernel_linux readline ssl wimax wps -debug -fasteap -kernel_FreeBSD -madwifi -ps3 -qt4)
Update to =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.7.9 I've missed. =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.7.10 works fine.
In that case this seems to be an issue with the kernel you were using at the time. If you disagree with closing this as worksforme, please feel free to reopen.
