Arch Linux

doorknob60

Member

Registered: 2008-09-29

Posts: 404

[solved] Making stuff run during boot (wifi connect script)

In Ubuntu, I used some commands to add a script to init.d for a wireless connect script, but Arch is differnet. How would I go about putting a script to connect to wireless during startup? (GUI network managers don't like me, and if they don't connect quick enough, then Kopete complains )

Last edited by doorknob60 (2008-09-30 01:11:18)

Endperform

Member

From: Atlanta GA, USA

Registered: 2007-09-04

Posts: 94

Website

Re: [solved] Making stuff run during boot (wifi connect script)

Make sure your script is executable, then add a call to it in /etc/rc.local.  That should take care of it

doorknob60

Member

Registered: 2008-09-29

Posts: 404

Re: [solved] Making stuff run during boot (wifi connect script)

Nice, it worked perfectly, and I didn't even notice it boot slower I was getting tired of manually connecting after logging in.

cjpembo

Member

Registered: 2008-08-06

Posts: 105

Re: [solved] Making stuff run during boot (wifi connect script)

If you have multiple wireless access points, you may want to look into wicd.  It loads at startup, finds a known wireless access point, and connects.