Am 12.10.2012 18:41, schrieb José Romildo Malaquias:
> Hello.
> 
> There are some init scripts that provide network connection on my gentoo
> system: net.eth0, net.wlan0, net.wlan1, NetworkManager and connman. All
> of them provide the "net" service. (connman init script has been edited
> to provide "net", as the original installed one does not provide it -
> see bug https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=438142)
> 
> I want connman chosen to provide "net".
> 
> The init system first tries the net.* scripts. So I removed them (they
> are symlinks to net.lo, which should not be removed).
> 
> Then the init system tries NetworkManager. I do not want to remove it
> because it is installed as a dependence to some other packages.
> 
> I have tried adding a 'before "NetworkManager"' clause in the connman
> init script, but it did not help.
> 
> How can I tell the init system to try connman before all other init
> scripts providing "net"?
> 
> Any clues?
> 
> Romildo
> 

I don't know how to force openrc to use a specific net provider but you
can try to toggle the rc_depend_strict setting in /etc/rc.conf.

You can also try to add a line like
rc_networkmanager_provide="!net"

Regards,
Florian Philipp

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