Bug 251791

Summary:	ifplugd malfunction after sys-apps/openrc-0.4.0 upgrade
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	cyrillic <cyrilmaley>
Component:	[OLD] baselayout	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	bugs, denys.duchier, dsd, eugene.shalygin, galtgendo, haavardw, m.debruijne, roy, z23
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.marples.name/projects/openrc/ticket/131
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description cyrillic 2008-12-20 20:05:15 UTC

ifplugd does not invoke dhcpcd during boot sequence with network cable plugged-in.
Same problem exists if I use netplug instead of ifplugd.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Plug-in network cable
2. Boot machine
3. Check for IP address

Actual Results:  
rc-status shows net.ethN as "inactive".
No IP address is obtained.

Expected Results:  
rc-status shows net.ethN as "started".
IP address is obtained.
(this is what happens with openrc-0.3.0)

According to /var/log/messages ifplugd does run, but it exits successfully without actually running dhcpcd.

This problem only happens during initial system startup.  If the network cable is plugged or unplugged after the machine is started, then ifplugd works as expected, and dhcpcd is invoked.

Comment 1 Michiel de Bruijne 2008-12-21 00:10:41 UTC

Same with wpa_supplicant. System doesn't get an IP-address during boot.

Comment 2 Xavier Miller (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-12-22 12:20:49 UTC

Same for me. I have to restart /etc/inet.d/net.eth0 to get the network to work.

Comment 3 Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-12-22 21:41:05 UTC

Daniel, I believe you were having an issue similar to this.

This is probably related to the issue with netplug as well.

Comment 4 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-12-22 22:05:02 UTC

thanks, yeah, this sounds like the same thing

Comment 5 Håvard Wall 2008-12-24 13:10:52 UTC

I have to manually work around this by doing:
 sudo ifconfig eth0 down
 Unplug ethernet cable
 Replug ethernet cable

ifconfig will then correctly run dhcp

Comment 6 Rafał Mużyło 2008-12-24 14:02:34 UTC

This seems to be fixed in 0.4.1 with netplug,
so it may be also for the others.

Comment 7 Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-12-24 14:27:51 UTC

This is fixed in 0.4.1, which is available in the tree.

Comment 8 Xavier Miller (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-12-26 13:42:47 UTC

(In reply to comment #7)
> This is fixed in 0.4.1, which is available in the tree.
> 

Yes, thank you, it works fine on my config!

Best wishes,
Xavier Miller.