[Debian-eeepc-devel] Wifi toggling on '901 (again...)

[Phil Endecott]

oz wrote:
> But instead of 'allow-hotplug ra0', I have 'auto ra0' in
> my /etc/network/interfaces - and it works also perfectly (?!).
>
> I decided to choose 'auto ra0', because I use network-manager and this
> is written in its /usr/share/doc/network-manager/README.Debian:
>
> "Only devices that are *not* listed in /etc/network/interfaces or which
> have been configured "auto" and "dhcp" (with no other options) are
> managed by NM."
>
> After reading your mail, Phil, I'm unsure now, which allow-class should
> be preferred.

I'm not using network manager.  So it will all work differently for 
you.  Do what its docs tell you to do.

My guess is that network manager also listens for uevents.


Phil.