module load at start-up
Hey everyone! I have just recently added wifi to my suse 10 laptop with ndiswrapper, no problem. Pretty easy considering the trouble I had in the past... Anyway, I'm trying to get the ndiswrapper loaded during start-up so I don't have to modprobe it every time. I'm at the point that I have to click on the network connections applet and select wlan0 and it works. (MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT lets me do this) I have tried editing various files I got from google, like /etc/init.d/boot.local and added MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT="ndiswrapper" to /etc/sysconfig/kernel. I remember in debian, all I had to do was add ndiswrapper to /etc/modules. Unfortunately I can't seem to find it. ;) I would like to think Im doing it the Suse way, but it turns out not to be it. Hope anyone can help! Thanks! -- - radioact1ve radioact1ve@gmail.com http://radioact1ve.blogspot.com/
On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 22:57 -0400, radioact1ve wrote:
Hey everyone!
I have just recently added wifi to my suse 10 laptop with ndiswrapper, no problem. Pretty easy considering the trouble I had in the past...
Anyway, I'm trying to get the ndiswrapper loaded during start-up so I don't have to modprobe it every time. I'm at the point that I have to click on the network connections applet and select wlan0 and it works. (MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT lets me do this)
I have tried editing various files I got from google, like /etc/init.d/boot.local and added MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT="ndiswrapper" to /etc/sysconfig/kernel.
I remember in debian, all I had to do was add ndiswrapper to /etc/modules. Unfortunately I can't seem to find it. ;)
I would like to think Im doing it the Suse way, but it turns out not to be it. Hope anyone can help! Thanks!
Working on this same thing having just reloaded my laptop. Did you use ndiswrapper -m to save the configuration? Also make sure that you specify ndiswrapper as the module in YaST setup. Take a look at /usr/share/doc/packages/ndiswraper/README.SUSE for more info. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
Hey Ken! thanks for the reply.
Did you use ndiswrapper -m to save the configuration? Yup, I did that.
Also make sure that you specify ndiswrapper as the module in YaST setup. Check.
Take a look at /usr/share/doc/packages/ndiswraper/README.SUSE for more info. hmm... I installed ndiswrapper from source, so I don't think I'll have that. I checked and nope don't have it 8)
I'm guessing that Suse is loading the module b/c I don't see any error messages during boot up and wlan0 is recognised as a Broadcom chip. Just that I have to select it from the Network Manager for it to be active. -- - radioact1ve radioact1ve@gmail.com http://radioact1ve.blogspot.com/
On Sat, 2005-10-29 at 00:37 -0400, radioact1ve wrote:
Hey Ken! thanks for the reply.
Did you use ndiswrapper -m to save the configuration? Yup, I did that.
Also make sure that you specify ndiswrapper as the module in YaST setup. Check.
Take a look at /usr/share/doc/packages/ndiswraper/README.SUSE for more info. hmm... I installed ndiswrapper from source, so I don't think I'll have that. I checked and nope don't have it 8)
I'm guessing that Suse is loading the module b/c I don't see any error messages during boot up and wlan0 is recognised as a Broadcom chip. Just that I have to select it from the Network Manager for it to be active.
Sorry for the delay in my response. I just now finished setting up the wireless on my laptop, rebooted and came up with an address without further action on my part. I setup mine (PCMCIA card) using YaST and went into Advanced-->Detailed Settings to set mine for activation "On Hotplug", user controlled and setup my wired connection, eth0, to "On Cable Connection". You mention using "Network Manager", what software are you using for this. I have found NetGo to be quite good when using different wireless setups when roaming. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
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