How to remove the "a network cable is unplugged"?

Hi there,

I have just updated Risc OS on my Raspberry Pi, and now I am seeing this message “A network cable is unplugged” everytime I boot (unless I connect a network cable, of course).

Since I have eyes and can see if I have connected a network cable or not, how can I remove this message, please?

Thanks!

iit sounds like you didn’t get this message using a previous version of RISC OS, and it started appearing with a leter version. Can you supply the versions involved please?

I got the impression from somewhere that 5.29, being a development version, had some diagnostic code that isn’t present in stable versions. I could be wrong though.

Have you upgraded to the RISC OS Developments RISC OS & software bundle? You can just click on the message and it goes away.

This is a feature of the Risc Os -Direct version only

I suppose that the message “A network cable is unplugged” is displayed in a small white borderless window in the bottom right corner of the screen. I can assure you that it also keeps popping up when a network cable is connected – at least, that’s what happened on my Pi4. The message is generated by an application called !AutoUSBnet, that was part of the boot sequence. Removing that app stopped displaying the messages, obviously, but without any noticeable further effect (actually, it was Andrew Rawnsley who suggested to remove it).

@Andrew Conroy: Yes, I upgraded to the “RISC OS Developments” version… Thought it was better for compatibility with PI 400.

@Paul Sprangers: How can I see what apps are in my boot sequence and eliminate that one?

I have been looking in Boot→Choices→Boot… but I can’t find that !AutoUSBnet thing.

How can I see what apps are in my boot sequence and eliminate that one?

Use configure, launched from menu button on the Raspberry icon. Go to Boot, and then to Run at Startup.

In addition to things run directly from there, it is possible to put an Obey file in there, which runs things in turn, so check any of those too.

Then go to !Boot.choices.boot.tasks and !boot.choices.boot.predesk

@Alan Adams Thanks a lot! :)

@Alan Adam: I can’t see that !AutoUSBnet thing in Configure→Boot→Run.

All I can see in Configure→Boot→Run is:
Choices.Boot.Tasks
SDFS::RISCOSpi.$.Network.!ReDHCP

And I can’t see it in !Boot.choices.boot.tasks and !boot.choices.boot.predesk either.

So, I removed “SDFS::RISCOSpi.$.Network.!ReDHCP”, and now I don’t see that warning/whatever anymore!
PS: Please don’t make these kind of “warnings” a thing in Risc OS. Keep things simple and clean, don’t try to look like Windows :)

All I can see in Configure→Boot→Run is:
Choices.Boot.Tasks
SDFS::RISCOSpi.$.Network.!ReDHCP

Yep, that’s the R-Comp funded re-initialise utility for DHCP.
Probably needs a Configure plug-in to allow it to be turned off

Please don’t make these kind of “warnings” a thing in Risc OS. Keep things simple and clean, don’t try to look like Windows :)

Actually what you describe is covered by …“like every other OS that actually senses when a connection is made or removed” and I’m sure everyone using the utility thinks it’s a BIG improvement.
Perfection is obviously when it has an easy turn-off to deal with the unusual situation where people use an installation targeted at network users in a non-networked way.