On Monday 13 December 2010 07:05:20 Valmor de Almeida wrote: > On 12/12/2010 04:46 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Apparently, though unproven, at 23:34 on Sunday 12 December 2010, Valmor > > de > > > > Almeida did opine thusly: > >> 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? > > > > You are going to take the entirety of net.* except net.lo as installed by > > baselayout/openrc/whatever and get rid of it. That stuff never worked > > right for anything except servers with fixed IPs > > > >> 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. > > > > Discard /etc/conf.d/net > > > > That's part of the thing you are getting rid of > > > >> Since wicd deals with both wired and wireless, should I also get rid of > >> ifplugd? > > > > Yes. > > > > Just following the wicd docs and it will all work just fine > > Thank you very much. I don't know how this magic is happening since I > had posted another message in this list on problems with wpa_supplicant > and frequent dropouts during connection. I am now sending this e-mail > with a wireless connection. For the record, what I had to do was: > > emerge --unmerge ifplugd wpa_supplicant > rm /etc/wpa_supplicant/*.conf > rm /etc/conf.d/net > touch /etc/conf.d/net > rm /etc/init.d/net.eth0 > rm /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 > emerge -av wicd > > emerge wicd > /etc/init.d/wicd start > rc-update add wicd boot > > reboot and check wired connection. > disconnect, turn on wireless > wicd-client -n
Interesting! Can wicd manage encryption WPA/WPA2 without wpa_supplicant? -- Regards, Mick
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