On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 03:27:43PM -0800, Expert User wrote: > > If they don't already have something to go and look, you can make one > > (and maybe submit it to update the package). But I think you can have > > it trigger other events too, so it can become your pcmcia/event.d/ > > equivalent. > > > How do I make the cable plug/unplug trigger an event?
If you don't mind dipping into testing/unstable... $ apt-cache show ifplugd Package: ifplugd Priority: optional Section: net Installed-Size: 144 Maintainer: Oliver Kurth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Version: 0.9-2 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1) Recommends: ifupdown Filename: pool/main/i/ifplugd/ifplugd_0.9-2_i386.deb Size: 20642 MD5sum: a78ebda25590f48fa32bfc4a0ff45f31 Description: A configuration daemon for ethernet devices ifplugd is a daemon which will automatically 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. should do everything you want. HTH dt -- Dave Thayer | If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about Denver, Colorado USA | cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all [EMAIL PROTECTED] | the time, for no good reason. - Jack Handey
