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Problem starting WiFi network adapter
Posted: Thu 14 Feb 2013, 16:30
by edwin.evans
Hi,
I want to start my WiFi adapter without using the connect wizard. I have a script to do this now using ifconfig and iwconfig. The script works fine but the problem is that if I put the script in /etc/init.d it doesn't work. I can put it in /root/Startup and it is OK, but I need to load it as part of my daemon startup flow.
Any idea why it won't work when I put it in /etc/init.d and how to make this work?
Thanks!
-Ed
Posted: Thu 14 Feb 2013, 16:33
by rcrsn51
The scripts in /etc/init.d must have a very specific structure.
Instead, try putting the code from the script in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
Posted: Thu 14 Feb 2013, 16:42
by edwin.evans
rcrsn51 wrote:The scripts in /etc/init.d must have a very specific structure.
Instead, try putting the code from the script in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
Thanks! I will try this. What do you mean by a specific structure?
Posted: Thu 14 Feb 2013, 16:45
by rcrsn51
edwin.evans wrote: What do you mean by a specific structure?
Have you looked at any of them? They all have a "case" structure with a "start" and a "stop" section.
Posted: Thu 14 Feb 2013, 16:50
by edwin.evans
rcrsn51 wrote:edwin.evans wrote: What do you mean by a specific structure?
Have you looked at any of them? They all have a "case" structure with a "start" and a "stop" section.
Yes, I see that. I am putting the code to start the adapter in the start function. It seems like it only works if it runs after rc.network.
I see the README in the directory you pointed me to mentions that rc.network is run as a parallel process. Perhaps that is the issue then.
Thanks!
Posted: Thu 14 Feb 2013, 16:53
by edwin.evans
edwin.evans wrote:rcrsn51 wrote:edwin.evans wrote: What do you mean by a specific structure?
Have you looked at any of them? They all have a "case" structure with a "start" and a "stop" section.
Yes, I see that. I am putting the code to start the adapter in the start function. It seems like it only works if it runs after rc.network.
I see the README in the directory you pointed me to mentions that rc.network is run as a parallel process. Perhaps that is the issue then.
Thanks!
Though I'm having a weird problem that I moved rc.network out of rc.d to be sure that the setup wizard wouldn't do anything but now I can't get it back. It seems to get deleted whenever I restart but I can't figure out why that is happening. I copy it there and then when I reboot it is gone.