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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/conf.d/net woes with baselayout2
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:13:19
Message-Id: 20080423231316.79fd292b@loonquawl.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] /etc/conf.d/net woes with baselayout2 by Alan McKinnon
1 On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:38:30 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
2
3 > Does baselayout-2 use /etc/conf.d/net? It seems not from this:
4
5 Yes, and with no changes needed here apart from the removal of Bash
6 arrays.
7
8 > alan@nazgul ~ $ sudo /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 restart
9 > * Bringing up interface wlan0
10 > * Configuring wireless network for wlan0
11 > * Scanning for access points
12 > * Found "tania" at 00:60:B3:30:8D:AB, managed, encrypted
13 > * Found "belkin54g" at 00:30:BD:99:D3:8B, managed
14 > * Connecting to "tania" in managed mode (WEP enabled -
15 > open) ... [ ok ]
16 > * wlan0 connected to SSID "tania" at **************
17 > * in managed mode (WEP enabled - open)
18 > * No configuration specified; defaulting to DHCP
19 > * dhcp ...
20 > * Running
21 > dhcpcd ... [ ok ]
22 > * received address
23 > 10.0.0.3/24 [ ok ]
24 >
25 > Note the "no configuration specified". However:
26 >
27 > alan@nazgul ~ $ egrep -v '^#|^$' /etc/conf.d/net
28 > iface_eth0="dhcp"
29 > iface_wlan0="dhcp"
30
31 Those should be config_xxx="dhcp"
32
33 > modules=( "iwconfig" )
34
35 And this should now be modules="iwconfig", although I inadvertently left
36 a couple of Bash arrays in mine and it still worked (and I think iwconfig
37 is the default for wireless anyway).
38
39 > Has the location of the net init scripts changed?
40
41 Not unless you count an earlier baselayout2 ebuild sometimes deleting /etc/conf.d/net when it shouldn't :(
42
43
44 --
45 Neil Bothwick
46
47 Programming just with goto's is like swatting flies with a sledgehammer.

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