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From: "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03@××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Disabling net.ath0 backgrounding
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 18:43:19
Message-Id: 200610221335.46790.bss03@volumehost.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Disabling net.ath0 backgrounding by Grant
1 On Sunday 22 October 2006 12:01, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote
2 about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Disabling net.ath0 backgrounding':
3 > I tried the following in /etc/conf.d/net :
4 >
5 > modules_ath0=( "!plug" )
6 >
7 > but it still goes into "backgrounding".
8
9 That shouldn't happen.
10
11 Please post the output of:
12 equery b /etc/init.d/net.lo
13 equery l baselayout
14 equery k baselayout
15 ls -ld /etc/init.d/net.*
16 grep -Ev '^[[:space:]]*(#.*)?$' /etc/conf.d/net
17 grep -Ev '^[[:space:]]*(#.*)?$' /etc/conf.d/net
18 if /etc/init.d/net.ath0 status | grep -q started; then
19 /etc/init.d/net.ath0 restart
20 else
21 /etc/init.d/net.ath0 start
22 fi
23
24 > When ath0 won't connect to
25 > the wireless network I need to be able to see more about what is
26 > happening when it's trying to connect. Is that still possible?
27
28 Should be, unless it is something peculiar about wireless (don't use
29 wireless much) or atheros cards specifically.
30
31 --
32 "If there's one thing we've established over the years,
33 it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest
34 clue what's best for them in terms of package stability."
35 -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh

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