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coplaniuk
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 Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 2:15 pm Post subject: net.eth2 attempting to start prematurely [solved] |
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I'm using the ipw3945 drivers and ipw3945d to get my wireless NIC working (obviously, it's an Intel ipw3945 device). All works well once I get it started. But I want my network interface to load at boot. I have the module (ipw3945) set to autoload in /etc/modules.autoload.d/. The daemon, ipw3945d, is set to load at boot (rc-update add ipw3945d boot), and I have the interface, net.eth2, to load after that. First I tried it as a boot runlevel, then I tried it in the default runlevel. Neither seems to work.
At boot time, when it tries to start net.eth2, it returns an error that interface, eth2, does not exist, then it gives up and drops to the login prompt. Of course after I login, all I have to do is literally type:
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# /etc/init.d/net.eth2 start
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And all works perfectly.
My theory is that the ipw3945d is still trying to finish before net.eth2 starts. Is there a way to delay the start of net.eth2 so that I can test that theory? I really want this stuff to start at boot.
Now, obviously, net.eth2 is a wireless device. Is there a problem starting it at boot?
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Lasneyx Iliah
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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You can specify in your net.eth2 file which it needs to start, after what services it must start, a period of time to wait and so on. Something like this:
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depend() {
need localmount
after bootmisc hostname
}
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preup {
sleep 10 # time in seconds
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I don't know what exactly you need, but I hope this helps you a bit.
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coplaniuk
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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Discovered a better way to handle...I added the following lines to my /etc/conf.d/net file:
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sleep_scan_eth2="1"
iwpriv_scan_pre_eth2="host_roaming 2"
iwpriv_scan_post_eth2="host_roaming 0"
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Note - my device is eth2. You'll need to change that for your own use.
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