Dan McGhee wrote: > Mark wrote: > >> I have installed LFS 6.1 on my laptop (Hyperdata no support). Works >> great, really! I installed X and connect to my server through my Dlink >> DWL-G650 wireless card. The problem stated with the fact that I had to >> manually run iwconfig to get the card to connect to my access point. I >> wrote a message about it and started to dig really deep into my system >> to see why. >> >> >> > <snipped the logs> > >> So the question is, is this setup correct? How do I configure the setup >> for my WIFI card if cardmgr isn't used. >> I'm googleing (is that really a word yet) but I haven't found the right >> thing yet. >> >> Like I said before my system loads and works great I just have to run >> iwconfig manually to get connected. How do I do this in a script? >> >> Thanks >> Mark >> >> > I experienced something like this on my laptop. However, it was in > Mandrake 10.1 and not LFS. With LFS, you probably are experiencing > what I did and also something directly related to LFS. > > One of the modules has to be loaded first. I think it's > yenta--there's a Wireless HOWTO somewhere-->try ldp--where this is > described. I discovered that in LFS modprobe-preload or the modprobe > script wouldn't load the modules. I had to list the modules in > /etc/sysconfig/modules. Then the BLFS start-up scripts will load them. > > Hope this at least gets you on the right track. BTW--my wireless card > worked great after I loaded the modules in the right order. > > Dan
Thanks Dan, I don't have the answer yet but I discovered that my problem is that I don't have a net.agent script for hotplug to handle my card. Once I have finished my research I hope to add a hint. Mark -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
