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Nathan P

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Registered: 2008-01-30

Posts: 93

auto detect internet/usb

I am running Arch on my laptop and I love it.  I was wondering if there was a way to make the computer automatically run dhcpcd on eth0 when a cable is plugged in (Sometimes I have to move the computer and having to restart or manually run dhcpcd eth0 when I plug back in is a pain.  Also, if I unplug my mouse for any reason, I have to restart the computer to get it back.  How can I fix this?

Thanks,
Nathan

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Registered: 2006-11-27

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Re: auto detect internet/usb

I am running Arch on my laptop and I love it.  I was wondering if there was a way to make the computer automatically run dhcpcd on eth0 when a cable is plugged in (Sometimes I have to move the computer and having to restart or manually run dhcpcd eth0 when I plug back in is a pain.

Install ifplugd

pacman -S ifplugd

add ifplugd to DAEMONS= array in rc.conf.

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Nathan P

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Registered: 2008-01-30

Posts: 93

Re: auto detect internet/usb

thanks man!

Nathan P

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Registered: 2008-01-30

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Re: auto detect internet/usb

Should that work for the mouse too or just the internet?

neotuli

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Registered: 2004-07-06

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Re: auto detect internet/usb

Should that work for the mouse too or just the internet?

Read about it. As a general rule, don't just blindly do things people tell you to do on the forums, you won't learn anything that way.
Anyhow, if you'd read the description of what you installed on your system you'd know the answer to that question.

Here's how you could have done that:

$pacman -Ss ifplugd
extra/ifplugd 0.28-3
    A daemon which brings up/down network interfaces upon cable
    insertion/removal.

$ pacman -Qi ifplugd
Name           : ifplugd
Version        : 0.28-3
URL            : http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd
.........
Description    : A daemon which brings up/down network interfaces upon cable
                 insertion/removal.

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