Re: Debian startup problem

	I'm running testing.  At least we know it isn't something between the two branches.  I think the way to work around it would be to have the /etc/init.d/networking script run after the device is initialized, but I've no idea how to go about that really.  If a solution (that seems to work for more than one person) is found I'll update the Debian specific documentation.


You wrote:

> Saturday 13 March 2004 23:38 skrev CE:
> > 	I have not been able to get it working without the ifup wlan0
> > either.  I believe the problem is Debian tries to bring up the
> > device before the module is fully registered and therefore it
> > fails.  I've seen two people on the list say they got it working
> > but neither method has worked when I tried.  Are you running
> > testing by any chance?
> 
> I think your are right. Debian tries to bring up the interface before 
> the module is fully registered. Btw. I am running unstable.
> 
> >
> > You wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I got a debian specific problem with the at76c503 driver.
> > > It somehow seems that the correct parameters aren't set on
> > > bootup. I get this:
> > > $ iwconfig
> > > lo        no wireless extensions.
> > >
> > > eth0      no wireless extensions.
> > >
> > > wlan0     IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"okuwlan"  Nickname:"okuwlan"
> > >           Mode:Ad-Hoc  Channel:10  Cell: 00:00:00:00:00:00
> > >           Bit Rate:11Mb/s
> > >           RTS thr=1536 B   Fragment thr=1536 B
> > >           Power Management:off
> > >           Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
> > >           Rx invalid nwid:0  invalid crypt:0  invalid misc:0
> > >
> > > My /etc/network/interfaces lokks like this:
> > > ----------
> > > auto lo
> > > iface lo inet loopback
> > > auto wlan0
> > > iface wlan0 inet static
> > >         address 192.168.0.3
> > >         network 192.168.0.0
> > >         netmask 255.255.255.0
> > >         broadcast 192.168.0.255
> > >         gateway 192.168.0.1
> > >         wireless_mode managed
> > >         wireless_essid XXXXXXXXXX
> > >         wireless_channel 10
> > >         wireless_nick nickname
> > > auto eth0
> > > iface eth0 inet static
> > >         address 192.168.1.254
> > >         network 192.168.1.0
> > >         netmask 255.255.255.0
> > >         broadcast 192.168.1.255
> > > ----------
> > >
> > > If I after bootup makes a:
> > > ifup wlan0
> > > then everything works. It does seem that something goes wrong
> > > during bootup, but I can't find the traces in dmesg or
> > > /var/log/messages. Any good ideas?
> > >
> > > Regards,