Hi Mikael, NetworkManager uses hal to discover the network interfaces. So, if your network driver is written properly and generates a correct hotplug event upon plug in, hal will discover this change and forward the information to NetworkManager. Reloading NetworkManager is not necessary in this case. You can monitor hal with "lshal -m net". Hal is usually very picky and needs a properly written driver. So if it does not work for you, the correct and final solution is to fix the driver. You could check with the hal maintainer and ask if the orinoco driver is fully hal compliant/supported by hal.
Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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