Version
+0.18 released, changes include: Some bugs fixed
+
Fri Sep 13 2003:
Version
0.17b released, changes include: typo and date fix
@@ -70,10 +74,10 @@ suspending/resuming, many fixes
configure your ethernet device when a cable is plugged in and
automatically unconfigure it if the cable is pulled. This is useful on
laptops with onboard network adapters, since it will only configure
-the interface when a cable is really connected.
+the interface when a cable is really connected.
-
ifplugd is a rather simplistic approach to this target since it relies
-on your distribution's native interface configuration system.
+
ifplugd ifplugd interfaces with your distribution's native network
+ configuration utilities.
Some features:
@@ -89,11 +93,12 @@ on your distribution's native interface configuration system.
Syslog support
-
Simplistic C source code, just 19k binary (+11k for libdaemon)
+
Small program - the binary is just 19 KB (plus 11 KB for libdaemon).
Multiple ethernet interface support
-
May ignore short unplugged whiles (-d option) or plugged whiles (-u
+
Can be configured to ignore short "unplugged" periods
+ (-d option) or short "plugged" periods(-u
option)
Support for wireless networking. Whenever an AP is detected the
@@ -104,17 +109,17 @@ network is configured.
Edit /etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.conf for configuration
changes. This file is a bourne shell script sourced by the init script
-and used to generate a suiting command line. You may specify more than
+and used to start ifplugd with appropriate arguments. You may specify more than
one ethernet interface in INTERFACES. For each interface a
seperate instance of ifplugd is spawned. The arguments specified in
ARGS are append to ifplugd's command line. Have a look on
@@ -123,10 +128,11 @@ about the available options.
The network interface which is controlled by ifplugd
should not be configured automatically by your distribution's network
-subsystem, since ifplugd will do this for you if needed. On
-Debian remove interface names beginning with eth or
-wlan from the auto option line in
-/etc/network/interfaces.
+subsystem, since ifplugd will do this for you if needed.
+
+
On Debian systems, any interfaces named in ifplugd's
+INTERFACES environment variable should not also be listed in
+an "auto" stanza in /etc/network/interfaces.
Troubleshooting
@@ -147,11 +153,11 @@ detect the network cable for a short period of time before and after
the suspend. When using the -f switch, this will be treated
as "no link beat", thus the network is shutdown after a
timeout. During this timeout the machine changes to suspended
-state. When it is resumed again, the timeout will be run out, the
-network is deconfigured, however, as the next cable detection
-succeeds, the network is configured again immediately. To fix this
-problem, ifplugd should be disabled before the APM suspend
-and enabled back after the suspend. This may be done by using
+state. When it is resumed again, the timeout period will have expired
+and so the network is deconfigured, however, as the next cable
+detection succeeds, the network is configured again immediately. To
+fix this problem, ifplugd should be disabled before the APM
+suspend and enabled back after the suspend. This may be done by using
apmd and adding a script to
/etc/apm/{suspend,resume}.d which simply calls
/etc/init.d/ifplugd suspend, resp. /etc/init.d/ifplugd
@@ -213,8 +219,13 @@ exist on
Q: There are already laptop-net's ifd and miid, why did you write
your own daemon?
-
A:laptop-net simply sucks and I didn't know of miid when I wrote
- ifplugd. However, ifplugd is far better than miid. For a
+
A:laptop-net was too integrated with its profile
+system and didn't work on my hardware when I had a look on it. It
+seemed easier to me to write a simple but feature complete replacement
+than using laptop-net without most of the special features disabled. I
+didn't know about miid when I wrote
+ ifplugd, but in any case ifplugd is much better
+than miid. For a
comparison of miid and ifplugd, have a look on
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=162763&repeatmerged=yes
@@ -260,7 +271,7 @@ on their source codes for learning how to use the link beat ioctls.
Oliver Kurth for packaging ifplugd for Debian and ifplugd's
manpage
-
Asgeir Nilsen, Sean Reifschneider, R. Steve McKown, David Mitchell for patches
+
Thomas Hood, Asgeir Nilsen, Sean Reifschneider, R. Steve McKown, David Mitchell for patches
Frederic Lepied for integrating ifplugd into Mandrake Linux
@@ -277,7 +288,7 @@ manpage
Packages for Mandrake Linux may be found in the Cooker distribution; Gentoo packages are available as well
-Lennart Poettering <@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@>, July 2003
+Lennart Poettering <@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@>, October 2003
$Id$
diff --git a/man/Makefile.am b/man/Makefile.am
index 742e3bf..b6e4c3a 100644
--- a/man/Makefile.am
+++ b/man/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: Makefile.am 22 2003-06-15 16:36:33Z lennart $
+# $Id$
# This file is part of ifplugd.
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ man_MANS = ifplugd.8 ifplugd.conf.5 ifstatus.8
noinst_DATA = ifplugd.8.xml ifplugd.conf.5.xml ifstatus.8.xml
-EXTRA_DIST = $(man_MANS) ifplugd.8.xml.in ifplugd.conf.5.xml.in ifstatus.8.xml.in man.css man.xsl
+EXTRA_DIST = $(man_MANS) ifplugd.8.xml.in ifplugd.conf.5.xml.in ifstatus.8.xml.in xmltoman.css xmltoman.xsl
CLEANFILES = ifplugd.8.xml ifplugd.conf.5.xml ifstatus.8.xml
diff --git a/man/ifplugd.8.xml.in b/man/ifplugd.8.xml.in
index d259608..dbb2255 100644
--- a/man/ifplugd.8.xml.in
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index 563a489..0728701 100644
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diff --git a/man/ifstatus.8.xml.in b/man/ifstatus.8.xml.in
index 61b246a..bbcf14b 100644
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diff --git a/man/man.css b/man/man.css
deleted file mode 100644
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-/* $Id$ */
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-/***
- This file is part of ifplugd.
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- ifplugd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
- the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
- Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
- option) any later version.
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- ifplugd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
- ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
- FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
- for more details.
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- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with ifplugd; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
- Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0892e4f
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@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/* $Id$ */
+
+/***
+ This file is part of ifplugd.
+
+ ifplugd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+ Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
+ option) any later version.
+
+ ifplugd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
+ for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with ifplugd; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
+***/
+
+body { color: black; background-color: white; margin: 0.5cm; }
+a:link, a:visited { color: #900000; }
+h1 { text-transform:uppercase; font-size: 18pt; color: #00009F; }
+p { margin-left:1cm; margin-right:1cm; }
+.cmd { font-family:monospace; }
+.file { font-family:monospace; }
+.arg { text-transform:uppercase; font-family:monospace; font-style: italic; }
+.opt { font-family:monospace; font-weight: bold; }
+.manref { font-family:monospace; }
+.option .optdesc { margin-left:2cm; }
diff --git a/man/xmltoman.xsl b/man/xmltoman.xsl
new file mode 100644
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