On Tuesday 25 Nov 2003 10:22, MAL wrote:
> Matthieu Amiguet wrote:
> > I finally found what was starting my network interface: hotplug.
> > If I remove hotplug from the default bootlevel, net.eth0 isn't
> > started. So this is not due to service dependencies in the sense of
> > the gentoo init system.
>
> Look in /etc/hotplug/net.agent
>
> Hotplug is detecting the presence of your network adapter and
> starting it.  You probably don't need hotplug ;)
>
> Personally, I like having control over when things are
> loaded/started.
>
Matthieu could add his network device to /etc/hotplug/blacklist to 
prevent it from being detected.  You don't have to disable a service if 
you can disable a troublesome part of it.

Peter
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