Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 127184
if line is busy ifdown can not end connection,
Last modified: 2014-03-16 22:46:30 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040510 Description of problem: Using regular external modems (serverals), If I dial and for some reason (for example line is busy), ifdown can not end connection, modem lights show that device is in use I use /sbin/ifup myisp if it connects every thing is ok even /sbin/ifdown for disconnection if for some reason it does not connect, the line will remain in use (I think it will keep lock, because modem will disconect), then I can not disconnect or reconnect or anything using /sbin/ifup or ifdown, Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.set your isp in system-config-network 2.connect to your isp and hope line be busy, 3.to try to disconnect in any way and call again, Actual Results: The device will remian busy, Expected Results: The device become free or it redial itself, Additional info:
ifdown is part of initscripts -> assinging to initscripts.
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