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suppos

Member

Registered: 2006-01-26

Posts: 3

Modem auto connection

Hi,

I have a SpeedTouch 330 modem (I know it sucks, but it came free with my broadband). I can get it working with Arch using the SpeedTouchConf script.

How can I get it to connect automatically at every Arch startup?

I could do it I Debian by putting a small script into /etc/rc2.d or with hotplug. Arch doesn't have an /etc/rc2.d directory; and because hotplug conflicted with udev I have replaced it with hwd. Then I tried to put an exec comand into /etc/rc.local, it also didn't work... I am a relative newcome to linux so I can't think of enything else =/

Tnx,
       Paul

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tomk

Forum Fellow

From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Modem auto connection

I could do it I Debian by putting a small script into /etc/rc2.d

In Arch, you can put your small script into /etc/rc.d - just check out some of the other init scripts, and follow the format.

If udev creates a node for the device, there's another possibility - set up a rule to run your script, using ACTION=="add" and RUN+="<your_script>".