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Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org> writes: |
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> yes, it's finally that time ... after months of hearing us say 'we want to get |
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> new baselayout stable asap', we're serious |
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> so can people please try out baselayout-1.11.12-r2+ and see if they notice any |
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> regressions ? the 'best' tests are simply rebooting and seeing if your |
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> system comes up :) |
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I've been running the 1.11.x series since .8 with no problems (except the |
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parallel thing that was mentioned before). Good work! |
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I just wanted to share some of the coolness of the new scripts: |
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Let's say you have a wireless network that uses BlueSocket login. It's rather |
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annoying to have to load a web browser before you can start using the |
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connection. I wrote a little perl script to submit the form and call it from |
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postup(). (Email me if you want the script.) |
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A second bit of logic I added to postup() was to merge the settings from my |
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wireless card into the bonding interface. This works as follows: |
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local ESSID=$( wireless_get_essid eth1 ) |
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if [ "${IFACE}" == "bond0" ] ; then |
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echo "ESSID: $ESSID" |
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if [ -z "$(eval echo \${config_${ESSID}})" ] || |
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[ "$(eval echo \${config_${ESSID}})" == "dhcp" ] ; then |
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dhcpcd -t 5 bond0 |
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else |
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echo $(eval echo "\${config_${ESSID}}") |
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ifconfig ${IFACE} $(eval echo "\${config_${ESSID}}") |
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(route -n | grep -q "^0.0.0.0") && route del default |
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route add $(eval echo "\${routes_${ESSID}}") |
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fi |
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fi |
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Note that I also have these lines for the bond0 interface: |
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slaves_bond0="eth0 eth1" |
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config_bond0=( "null" ) # I'll configure this later |
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The astute reader will notice that I got a little lazy and didn't use the |
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dhcpcd_xxx variables for that condition, but that wouldn't be too hard to hack |
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in there. |
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The end result of this is I can seemlessly go back and forth between the wired |
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and wireless worlds without losing network connections. It's great to be on |
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wireless, start a download, plug into the wired, and then get an immediate speed |
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boost! |
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Here's another hint for wireless users: Test your card's ability to respond to |
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iwconfig <card> txpower <val> commands. Then put whatever the max value is into |
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the /etc/conf.d/wireless preassociate() function. This should have a noticable |
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effect on your ability to connect to networks. |
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Thanks for making this all this possible! |
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--Kevin |
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