Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel@suse.de> writes:
Andreas Jaeger wrote:
Let's look what can be done for ntp - and later look at other services. Note the ntp service is also usefull for machines without network (serial DCF77 clock). Right now the dispatcher script sends a signal to ntp if the IP address changes but during boot ntp starts even if network is not running.
Suggestion: ntp start script should figure out if NetworkManager is running and if it is only start if network is up - otherwise the dispatcher script will start it.
At home my ntpd starts up with no servers defined and the ip-up script adds time servers via ntpdc IIRC. Requires that the local clock is sufficiently exact though. I'm not sure if there is a way to remove time servers from a running ntpd again though.
Yeah, there are some challenges to get all usecases right.
Dial-in support for NetworkManager to support ISDN, Modem, UMTS, 3G cards is beeing worked on and should be ready for openSUSE 10.3.
Whatever that means. Does it use existing config files as created by yast?
Better ask the experts, we didn't go into details, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj@suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126