[Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq tries to start up before eth0 is ready, how to fix?

[Chris Green]

I have the following in my dnsmasq.conf file:-

    listen-address=192.168.1.4
    listen-address=127.0.0.1

In syslog when I reboot I'm seeing:-

    May 25 18:45:07 chris dnsmasq[1300]: failed to create listening socket for 192.168.1.4: Cannot assign requested address
    May 25 18:45:07 chris dnsmasq[1300]: FAILED to start up

The reason is simple to see, eth0 (which is 192.168.1.4) only comes up
three seconds later:-

    May 25 18:45:10 chris NetworkManager[1305]: <info> (eth0): carrier now ON (device state 20)
    May 25 18:45:10 chris NetworkManager[1305]: <info> (eth0): device state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'carrier-changed') [20 30 40]
    May 25 18:45:10 chris kernel: [   40.576716] r8169 0000:03:00.0 eth0: link up
    May 25 18:45:10 chris kernel: [   40.576730] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready


Is there any way to make dnsmasq wait for eth0 to be ready?  Or,
alternatively, as I originally had (but don't seem to get by default
on this system) how do I get dnsmasq to accept input from anywhere?

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Chris Green