Bug 335494

Summary:	sys-apps/openrc-0.6.3: does not run ifplugd for wireless interfaces
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Eugene Shalygin <eugene.shalygin>
Component:	[OLD] baselayout	Assignee:	OpenRC Team <openrc>
Status:	RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST
Severity:	normal	CC:	xmw
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Eugene Shalygin 2010-09-01 10:42:43 UTC

In /lib/rc/ifplugd.sh there is a check for diffeerent types of interfaces for which ifplugd does not work and wireless is in that list. But ifplug perfectly works if I run it manually. man ifplugd says that it works with wireless. So, why it is disable in openrc?

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Configure ifplugd for wireless interface in /etc/conf.d/net
2. Restart wireless interface via /etc/init.d/net.xxxx
Actual Results:  
ifplugd does not run on wireless interfaces. If --verbose option is used, init script reports "ifplugd does not work with wireless"

Expected Results:  
ifplugd started on wireless interfaces

Comment 1 Michael Weber (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-09-01 12:57:36 UTC

Which version of openrc do you use? (`emerge -pv openrc`)

Comment 2 Eugene Shalygin 2010-09-01 13:01:09 UTC

[ebuild   R   ] sys-apps/openrc-0.6.2  USE="ncurses pam unicode -debug"

Comment 3 Eugene Shalygin 2010-09-02 18:52:21 UTC

Same in 0.6.3

Comment 4 William Hubbs gentoo-dev

2010-09-04 15:05:21 UTC

I looked at ifplugd briefly (I do not use it myself), and it is described as a daemon which will stop and start ethernet interfaces when the cable is plugged in or unplugged.

Since you don't  plug a cable into a wireless interface, I'm not sure why you want to run ifplugd on wireless interfaces?  Can you give me more information?

Thanks,

William

Comment 5 Eugene Shalygin 2010-09-05 04:52:26 UTC

ifplug reacts also on radio killswitch on/off state. For me this is useful because on my laptop button which turns wifi on/off is close to keyboard and I easyly push it by mistake. 
Now, if I run ifplugd -i wlan0, it restarts net service after I turn wifi on

Comment 6 William Hubbs gentoo-dev

2010-09-15 00:45:27 UTC

This is fixed in the overlay and will be included in the next release.

Comment 7 William Hubbs gentoo-dev

2010-11-18 21:18:59 UTC

I had to revert the fix for this bug, see bug #345795.

Comment 8 William Hubbs gentoo-dev

2010-11-18 21:20:45 UTC

Please try using sys-apps/netplug instead of sys-apps/ifplugd and report back if that doesn't work for you.

Thanks,

William