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PostPosted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:21 pm    Post subject: PCMCIA wireless card activation at boot Reply with quote

Hello guys,

I'm trying to make my Atheros PCMCIA wlan adapter working at boot stage.

Following the handbook, I did the following:

1) create a link to /etc/init.d/net.lo as net.wlan0:
Code:
egeo ~ # ls -l /etc/init.d/net.wlan0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Jan 19 13:04 /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 -> ./net.lo

2) add the service net.wlan0 to the default runlevel:
Code:
rc-update add net.wlan0 default

3) this is my /etc/conf.d/net:
Code:
# FQDN
dns_domain_lo="atlantide.net"

# Prefer wpa_supplicant over wireless-tools
modules=( "wpa_supplicant" )

# Wired LAN (ifplugd is automatically started on wired i/f)
#config_eth0="dhcp"

# Wireless LAN
config_wlan0="dhcp"
modules_wlan0=( "!iwconfig wpa_supplicant" )
wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext"


but at startup I have the following behavior:

- a "strange" warning message:
Code:
* WARNING: net.lo has already been started

- all the services which depend on the net are not started:
Code:
* netmount: waiting for net.wlan0 (50 seconds)
 * netmount: waiting for net.wlan0 (41 seconds)
[...]
 * netmount: timed out waiting for net.wlan0
 * ERROR: cannot start netmount as net.wlan0 would not start

Code:
 * sshd: waiting for net.wlan0 (50 seconds)
 [...]
 * sshd: timed out waiting for net.wlan0
 * ERROR: cannot start sshd as net.wlan0 would not start


and the interface is of course not working after logging in.

I also tryed to add the "yenta_socket" module to /etc/conf.d/modules:
egeo ~ # tail /etc/conf.d/modules
Code:
# You should consult your kernel documentation and configuration
# for a list of modules and their options.
modules="yenta_socket"

but nothing changed.
I worked around this problem doing the following:
- net.wlan0 service removed from the default runlevel
- wpa_supplicant and dhcpcd services added to the default runlevel
which is probably a dirty trick.

Where am I wrong? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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