Comments on Alan's blog of rants: pppd persist not so persist with udev

It seems to me that this is still an issue in Intr...

2009-06-08T05:08:32.740+10:00

It seems to me that this is still an issue in Intrepid (8.10) and Jaunty (9.04).

I don't see a reference to your bug report on Launchpad for Ubuntu, so I'm linking to it here: # 78043.

See also: My Ubuntu Linux Router Upgrade Project for some related issues and solutions.

Thank you for this workaround. My built-in wireles...

2008-05-20T19:43:48.471+10:00

Thank you for this workaround. My built-in wireless is up and connected during boot. However, my second wifi card (static ip)does not work with the allow-hotplug option. Actually she appears in ifconfig but has no ip. It worked though, with the auto option. It seems that udev does not read the network configuration from /etc/network/interfaces. My system is Ubuntu Hardy.
Silly syntax question: Is hotplug=allow correct?

I hope this fixes my exact same problem in Ubuntu ...

2007-03-30T02:23:22.855+10:00

I hope this fixes my exact same problem in Ubuntu Dapper :)

Sometimes it's not easy to test every little feature, so I don't blame the original developer (who knows, he may not even have a ppp connection).

However you submitted a bug report almost 3 months ago, so you are right, this simple bug should have already been fixed..

Your post was very helpful, thanks!