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On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:38:30 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> Does baselayout-2 use /etc/conf.d/net? It seems not from this:
Yes, and with no changes needed here apart from the removal of Bash
arrays.
> alan@(protected)
> * Bringing up interface wlan0
> * Configuring wireless network for wlan0
> * Scanning for access points
> * Found "tania" at 00:60:B3:30:8D:AB, managed, encrypted
> * Found "belkin54g" at 00:30:BD:99:D3:8B, managed
> * Connecting to "tania" in managed mode (WEP enabled -
> open) ... [ ok ]
> * wlan0 connected to SSID "tania" at **************
> * in managed mode (WEP enabled - open)
> * No configuration specified; defaulting to DHCP
> * dhcp ...
> * Running
> dhcpcd ... [ ok ]
> * received address
> 10.0.0.3/24 [ ok ]
>
> Note the "no configuration specified". However:
>
> alan@(protected)
> iface_eth0="dhcp"
> iface_wlan0="dhcp"
Those should be config_xxx="dhcp"
> modules=( "iwconfig" )
And this should now be modules="iwconfig", although I inadvertently left
a couple of Bash arrays in mine and it still worked (and I think iwconfig
is the default for wireless anyway).
> Has the location of the net init scripts changed?
Not unless you count an earlier baselayout2 ebuild sometimes deleting /etc/conf.d/net when it shouldn't :(
--
Neil Bothwick
Programming just with goto's is like swatting flies with a sledgehammer.

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