There's certainly a pause when boot, if my modem hasn't quite connected.

And if I start the modem first, so it's connected properly, then it just
boots.

:(

Ozi

On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 6:07 AM, Edward Bartolo <edbarx@???> wrote:

> Hi Steve,
>
> Oh come on Steve,
>
> Every modern computer user should know terminals are past their era:
> beautiful, appealing to the eye desktops is the way to go. Terminals
> are like using a handtool where a powertool can be used effortlessly
> and more efficiently.
> [/sarcasm]
>
> Yes, I agree with you, the cancer continues to spread unabated.
>
> Edward
>
>
>
> On 18/01/2016, Steve Litt <slitt@???> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I still monitor debian-user. Today on that mailing list a guy asked how
> > to get network connectivity while using Openbox, and guesses (I have a
> > feeling correctly) that it's a dhcp problem. He wants to know how to
> > get dhcp running with Openbox --- it ran with Xfce.
> >
> > Yes indeedee, I'm pretty sure that now Debian is one of those distros
> > that doesn't network connect until the desktop environment is running.
> >
> > Which is some of the worst perversion I've heard to date. Last time I
> > heard, network connectivity is part of the core OS, not part of the
> > user interface.
> >
> > By the way, if any of you just wants to connect to a specific IP
> > address, here's my always-works, distro-agnostic script to do it:
> >
> > ===========================================
> > #!/bin/bash
> > ip link set dev enp3s0 down
> > ip addr add 192.168.100.2/24 dev enp3s0
> > ip link set dev enp3s0 up
> > ip route add default via 192.168.100.96
> > ===========================================
> >
> > Obviously, change enp3s0 to the interface of choice (which can be
> > deduced by a shellscript calling ip link), and change the ip address
> > and route to what you want. This script can be run very early in the
> > boot. With this script, you can forget about every distro's
> > idiosyncratic way of specifying network connections, and just get it
> > done.
> >
> > SteveT
> >
> > Steve Litt
> > January 2016 featured book: Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting
> > http://www.troubleshooters.com/28
> >
> >
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