Two madwifi problems

[gentoonewb39]

Hi I have the following two problems

1) net.ath0 dosn't start at boot but net.eth0 does even though it shouldn't (device initiaded service)

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 lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
snd_pcm_oss            40800  0
snd_mixer_oss          15552  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_oss            31616  0
snd_seq_midi_event      7232  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                49856  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          7636  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
nvidia               7726968  22
tuner                  52332  0
saa7134               114728  0
video_buf              21188  1 saa7134
compat_ioctl32          8384  1 saa7134
v4l2_common            15744  3 tuner,saa7134,compat_ioctl32
v4l1_compat            11460  1 saa7134
ir_kbd_i2c              8016  1 saa7134
ir_common              25604  2 saa7134,ir_kbd_i2c
i2c_core               18432  4 nvidia,tuner,saa7134,ir_kbd_i2c
videodev                9600  1 saa7134
wlan_scan_sta          12416  1
ath_pci                83568  0
ath_rate_sample        13632  1 ath_pci
wlan                  175536  4 wlan_scan_sta,ath_pci,ath_rate_sample
ath_hal               216560  3 ath_pci,ath_rate_sample
snd_intel8x0           31784  0
snd_ac97_codec        104792  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus            3072  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm                73608  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer              20168  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    52200  9 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc          8976  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
dm_mod                 48272  3
tux gr # /etc/init.d/net.ath0 restart
 * WARNING:  you are stopping a boot service.
 * Stopping ath0
 *   Bringing down ath0
 *     Shutting down ath0 ...                                             [ ok ]
 * Starting ath0
 *   Configuring wireless network for ath0
 *     ath0 connected to ESSID "Home[Open]" at 00:00:00:00:00:00
 *     in managed mode on channel 6 (WEP disabled)
 *   Bringing up ath0
 *     192.168.1.23/24                                                    [ ok ]
 *   Adding routes
 *     default via 192.168.1.1 ...                                        [ ok ]
tux gr # /etc/init.d/net.ath0 restart
 * WARNING:  you are stopping a boot service.
 * Stopping ath0
 *   Bringing down ath0
 *     Shutting down ath0 ...                                             [ ok ]
 * Starting ath0
 *   Configuring wireless network for ath0
 *     ath0 connected to ESSID "Home[Open]" at 00:13:10:15:47:B4
 *     in managed mode on channel 11 (WEP disabled)
 *   Bringing up ath0
 *     192.168.1.23/24                                                    [ ok ]
 *   Adding routes
 *     default via 192.168.1.1 ...                                        [ ok ]
tux gr # rc-update show
           alsasound | boot default
                 atd |      default
            bootmisc | boot
             checkfs | boot
           checkroot | boot
               clock | boot
            coldplug | boot
         consolefont | boot
               cupsd |      default
                dbus |      default
                hald |      default
            hostname | boot
               ivman |      default
             keymaps | boot
               local |      default nonetwork
          localmount | boot
             modules | boot
            net.ath0 | boot
              net.lo | boot
          ntp-client |      default
             numlock |      default
           rmnologin | boot
              serial | boot
              splash |      default
           syslog-ng |      default
             urandom | boot
          vixie-cron |      default
                 xdm |      default

2) after boot I do /etc/init.d/net.ath0 restart and it tries to connect to 00:00:00:00:00:00 I then do it again and it works. This thread says they solved it but I don't understand how (I have 0.9.2 which is the latest version)
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-51 ... -ath0.html
http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=madwifi-ng

[System_Failure]

Try having it start in the default level instead of the boot level, those drivers are testy

EDIT: I believe when you solve a) you'll solve b)

[gentoonewb39]

Solved one problem and created a new one ath0 starts at boot now and shows the right mac adress but it connects to the wrong channel, also eth0 still starts at boot.

[4rturr]

You should put something like this in /etc/conf.d/rc:

RC_PLUG_SERVICES="!net.*"