tags 467654 moreinfo thanks -=| Eric Cooper, Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 01:09:23PM -0500 |=- > Package: eeepc-acpi-scripts > Version: 1.0
> To: Debian Eee PC Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> From: leandro noferini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:01:58 +0100
> Subject: Re: [Debian-eeepc-devel] eeepc-acpi-scripts_1.0_i386.changes
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> > eeepc-acpi-scripts_1.0.dsc - extra utils
> > eeepc-acpi-scripts_1.0_all.deb - extra utils
>
> I am trying this package also installed within apt and I have a little
> trouble with wireless:
>
> In /etc/acpi/actions/wireless there is the line
>
> if ! ifconfig ath0 up;....
>
> so when I switch on the wireless also the interfaces switch on.
>
> This gives me the trouble because I have yet configured the ath0
> interface in /etc/network/interfaces so the command 'ifup ath0' does not
> work.
>
> More, I have configured this interface to use roaming with
> wpa-supplicant so this program fails always until I configure properly
> the interface using before 'ifconfig ath0 down' and then 'ifup ath0'.
>
> Commenting out the line in /etc/acpi/action/wireless everything works
> fine.
This line is needed for the iwlist command to work after it for
example.
I have a setup similar to yours (roaming wpa_supplicant) and I never
had any trouble because of tha ifconfig up. Moreover, I don't need ti
ifup the interface manually -- the network hotplugging handles it
gracefully.
Here's th relevant part of my interfaces file:
allow-hotplug ra0
iface ra0 inet manual
wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
(ra0 is the network card found oon 901 models, but I am certain this
same snippet worked with ath0)
With this config, enabling the wireless makes it run wpa_supplicant
automatically and everithing 'just works'.
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