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kdar

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From: Sweet home Alabama!

Registered: 2009-06-27

Posts: 356

Start network connection during boot [KDE4]

I want to able to connect to a network (with key) during boot.

Right now, when my arch is booting, it is trying to connect to a dhcpcd during boot, but fails (after several seconds). Then knetworkmanager and even wicd doesn't seem to work correctly. Knetworkmanager (from KDEmod) seems like doesn't work at all.

What can I do to make it connect during boot? (I usually connect only to one network).

BinkyTheClown

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From: The Circus

Registered: 2008-06-11

Posts: 85

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Re: Start network connection during boot [KDE4]

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

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kdar

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From: Sweet home Alabama!

Registered: 2009-06-27

Posts: 356

Re: Start network connection during boot [KDE4]

I got it working.. however, I am wondering if I have everything right in my rc.config file, in DAEMONS section (maybe I have there something extra, which I can turn off).

#Static IP example
#eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
#eth0="dhcp"
#INTERFACES=(eth0)

# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)

# Enable these network profiles at boot-up.  These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
#
# This now requires the netcfg package
#
NETWORKS=(wireless-wep)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs net-profiles hal !networkmanager crond alsa kdm)

Which one do I need? network, netfs? net-profiles?

Last edited by kdar (2009-12-16 02:17:01)

tavianator

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From: Waterloo, ON, Canada

Registered: 2007-08-21

Posts: 858

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Re: Start network connection during boot [KDE4]

You only need net-profiles; remove network and netfs.