wicd + dell mini 10v:a sad tale

trishtren18 · 2010-03-11 19:19:19

Hello all. I have a dell mini 10v. While doing a fresh install of arch over windows i seem to have hit a annoying problem. My networking interfaces seem to be switching back and forth every other boot. I have a broadcom wireless driver and got it up and running using this:http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Broadcom_BCM4312. After i got it installed and ran a iwconfig to see if the wireless came up it was a success. I then installed wicd and followed all of the steps here:http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wicd. I blacklisted eth0 and eth1 like it suggests. So now when i boot up it swaps back and forth forcing me to go into wicd's pref. to change the interfaces around. I even tried the script and the bottom of the broadcom wl wiki to try to stop the change but to no avail. *shrugs* idk maybe im not doing it right. Anyone want to clue me in on how to make this stop? thanks in advanced.

arxx · 2010-03-11 19:48:04

ahh i have the same wireless card as you do. you are using the wl driver correct?

there is a fix and its is on the wiki page for the bcm4312

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Broadcom_BCM4312

you said you tried it? you should post the file you pasted the script to

arxx · 2010-03-11 19:51:04

i believe you can load the modules in order in rc.conf and it should fix it.

load the ethernet module and the the wl driver after that and it should work

trishtren18 · 2010-03-11 20:40:37

i tried the this:

SUBSYSTEM=="net", ATTR{address}=="aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff", NAME="eth0"
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ATTR{address}=="ff:ee:dd:cc:bb:aa", NAME="eth1"

of course i put in my mac addresses and named them. and i already put lib80211_crypt_tkip and wl in the modules array in rc.conf.

arxx · 2010-03-12 02:57:31

put your ethernet modules before lib80211 and wl in rc.conf

pseudonomous · 2010-03-12 05:21:10

Just use ifrename or udev rules. I use ifrename

install ifrename

setup /etc/iftab

example:

wireless mac 00:25:56:2D:55:55
wired     mac 00:25:56:2D:55:56

If you use this method, though, you have to modify /etc/rc.sysinit to cal ifrename before you bring up your network interfaces, personally, I add it right after you bring up loopback:

# bring up the loopback interface
if [ -d /sys/class/net/lo ]; then
        stat_busy "Bringing up loopback interface"
        /sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up
        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
                stat_fail
        else
                stat_done
        fi
fi

# rename network interfaces
/usr/sbin/ifrename

unfortunately, whenever you update the initscripts package this gets overwritten, so the udev method might be better.

But I know how to use this method and I don't know how to use the udev method.

Bahumat · 2010-03-12 20:10:04

I've got a Mini 10v and I am using wicd and it's running perfectly. At the beginning I also had the problem with name changes of my network devices, but with the following settings everything is fine now:

1. I use the broadcom-wl package from the aur.

2. My 10-network.rules file in /etc/udev/rules.d/ looks like this:

SUBSYSTEM=="net", ATTRS{address}=="00:24:e8:xx:xx:xx", NAME="eth0"
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ATTRS{address}=="00:25:56:xx:xx:xx", NAME="wlan0"

(of course, the mac addresses, that are shown here, were made anonymous)

3. The modules array in /etc/rc.conf looks like this

MODULES=(lib80211 wl !b43)

And that's all! No problems here...

Last edited by Bahumat (2010-03-12 20:10:51)

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#1 2010-03-11 19:19:19

wicd + dell mini 10v:a sad tale

#2 2010-03-11 19:48:04

Re: wicd + dell mini 10v:a sad tale

#3 2010-03-11 19:51:04

Re: wicd + dell mini 10v:a sad tale

#4 2010-03-11 20:40:37

Re: wicd + dell mini 10v:a sad tale

#5 2010-03-12 02:57:31

Re: wicd + dell mini 10v:a sad tale

#6 2010-03-12 05:21:10

Re: wicd + dell mini 10v:a sad tale

#7 2010-03-12 20:10:04

Re: wicd + dell mini 10v:a sad tale

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