From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Brownell Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 15:11:33 +0000 Subject: Re: Advice on hotplug problem Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org Probably you just have an old verion of the hotplug scripts, or don't have "/sbin/ifup" in your distro. Don't worry; there's nothing the hotplug code can do for ppp anyway, since those interfaces are initialized curiously. (Nobody does an "ifconfig ppp0 up".) - Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren Paxton" To: Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 5:52 AM Subject: Advice on hotplug problem > Hello, > > I'm trying to use an Alcatel USB ADSL modem to connect to my Internet > Provider here in the UK. I've recompiled the kernel, added the modules and > am using the correct pppd daemon to support transport. The whole thing is > ALMOST working, but not quite. Whenever I try to bring up the ppp0 > interface, hotplug seems to fail with an /etc/hotplug/net. error, > "Register Event not handled" > > I was wondering if anyone could possibly shed any light on what could be > causing this? > > If oyu need any more information pls just give me a shout > > Thanks in advance > > Darren > -- > Darren Paxton > IT & Network Support > Leonardo & Company > +44 141 400 9032 > > _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel