[TriLUG] Wireless init.d script not finishing

[OlsonE at aosa.army.mil]

If you're not using IPV6, its best to have -ipv6 in your /etc/make.conf.

Also, check this article out:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Wireless_Configuration_and_Startup

...it provides some specifics for the 2200 card.

/eric


-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
Behalf Of Randy Barlow
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 2:01 PM
To: trilug at trilug.org
Subject: [TriLUG] Wireless init.d script not finishing

Hi all, I'm working on a new install of Gentoo on my laptop, and I'm
running into a funny issue with my wireless card.  It's the Intel
2200bg, and I am using the in-kernel driver and the firmware from
portage.  All that seems to work just fine.  The trouble though is that
the init script doesn't finish bringing up the device, most notably in
the form of not getting an IP address using DHCP and not finishing so
other scripts (such as sshd) can run.  I am using wpa_supplicant for
WPA_PSK, and the contents of my /etc/conf.d/net are:

modules=( "wpa_supplicant" )
config_eth1=( "dhcp" )
wpa_supplicant_eth1="-Dwext"

After the init scipt is called, ifconfig will show eth1 configured with
an
IPv6 address!  /var/log/messages isn't helpful, except to point out that
there are no ipv6 routers on my network (duh!).  When I manually run
dhcpcd eth1, then the ip address is obtained correctly and wireless
works, but I still can't start the other services because they think
that
net.eth1 isn't up yet.

rpbarlow at lappy786 ~ $ sudo rc
 * Caching service dependencies ...
[ ok ]
 * WARNING:  netmount is scheduled to start when net.eth1 has started.
 * WARNING:  sshd is scheduled to start when net.eth1 has started.
 * WARNING:  backuppcApache2 is scheduled to start when net.eth1 has
started.
rpbarlow at lappy786 ~ $ sudo /etc/init.d/net.eth1 start
 * WARNING:  net.eth1 has already been started.
rpbarlow at lappy786 ~ $ sudo /etc/init.d/net.eth1 status
 * status:  inactive

How can I determine why the script is getting stuck?  Thanks for any
help you can offer!

--
Randy Barlow
http://www.electronsweatshop.com
"Oh me of little faith..."
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