On 12/12/2010 03:54 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 18:51 on Sunday 12 December 2010, Valmor de > Almeida did opine thusly: > >> Hello, >> >> I would like to have net.wlan0 started only when the wireless card is >> switched on. I am using ifplugd for starting net.eth0 when an ethernet >> cable is plugged in. Is there a similar utility for net.wlan0? Ideally >> so that it is configurable in conjunction with ifplugd. > > > Chuck all that net.* bullshit out the window and use wicd instead. > > Okay I am new to this wireless stuff. If I do
-> emerge -vp wicd I get These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] net-wireless/wireless-tools-29 USE="nls -multicall" 0 kB [ebuild N ] dev-python/dbus-python-0.83.0-r1 USE="-doc -examples -test" 483 kB [ebuild N ] dev-python/urwid-0.9.9.1 USE="-examples" 233 kB [ebuild N ] x11-misc/ktsuss-1.4 273 kB [ebuild N ] net-misc/wicd-1.7.0 USE="X gtk ncurses nls pm-utils (-ioctl) -libnotify" 402 kB Total: 5 packages (5 new), Size of downloads: 1,390 kB which will install wireless-tools. This does not mean I need to use it to configure my wireless net right? I am asking this because I am using wpa_supplicant and in the /etc/conf.d/net config file, I can only use one or the other. Since wicd deals with both wired and wireless, should I also get rid of ifplugd? Thanks, -- Valmor
