This may not be the most elegant way, but you could edit
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 and change the ONBOOT parameter to
no.
Then when you want to bring up eth1, type:
ifup eth1
When you want to undock the laptop, you can bring down eth1 first with:
ifdown eth1
On Friday 11 October 2002 08:45 pm, John O'Shaughnessy wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I've got a Dell Latitude C400 with mandrake 9.0.
>
> There is:
> 1. Inboard Ethernet (always present)
> 2. Dock Ethernet (present only when docked)
> 3. Wireless Ethernet PC Card (present only when inserted -- could be either
> docked or undocked.
>
> When I installed the system, eth0 was the internal interface, eth1 was the
> dock, and wireless was added later, showing up as eth2.
>
> Now, when I try to book undocked, the system freezes trying to bring up
> eth1, which, I'm assuming, means it is looking for the Dock Ethernet, which
> isn't there. I need to power down, or CTRL-ALT-DEL to get out of the
> situation.
>
> Is there a way to make the system understand that the interfaces may or may
> not be present, or at the very least, not to hang when not docked?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
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