[driverloader] I lose the configuration after the reboot

Becky Bositampen becky.bositampen at tele2.ch
Sat May 14 14:14:18 EDT 2005


I have this file  /etc/sysconfig/network

NETWORKING=yes

My Linux : RedHat9  kernel 2.4.20-31.9   i686

Thanks
Bky 


-----Message d'origine-----
De : James Sparenberg [mailto:james at linuxrebel.us] 
Envoyé : samedi, 14. mai 2005 03:59
À : Becky Bositampen
Objet : RE: [driverloader] I lose the configuration after the reboot

On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 20:34 +0200, Becky Bositampen wrote:
> After the reboot, I lose the wireless configuration.  I check with the
> network configuration tool of my Linux, the wireless is deactivated.  To
> reactivate it, I run "cardctl insert": the wireless card is on then I
launch
> the Web Configurator, I upload the Windows XP driver. The wireless is
> activated, the connection is established. I must make this handling with
> each reboot.  How to avoid that? 

If you have this file (I don't know your distro)  

/etc/sysconfig/network  

Does it say 

NETWORKING=yes  or no?

James

> 
> I'm using the latest version of DriverLoader 2.27. I installed it with
> "dldrinstall.run".
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> Bky 
> 
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Linuxant support (Jonathan) [mailto:support at linuxant.com] 
> Envoyé : vendredi, 13. mai 2005 12:18
> À : Becky Bositampen
> Cc : driverloader at lists.linuxant.com
> Objet : Re: [driverloader] I lose the configuration after the reboot
> 
> Hi,
> 
> for the configuration problem, if you use low level tools such as 
> 'iwconfig' and 'ifconfig' to configure the wireless interface, it is 
> normal that these settings are not remembered after a reboot. We 
> recommend that you use the network configuration tool provided in your 
> Linux distribution to configure the wireless interface.
> 
> Since you are using a CardBus (32-bit PCMCIA) wireless card, please make 
> sure that you are using the latest version of DriverLoader (currently 
> 2.27) as in this version we have introduced a workaround for a problem 
> to start on boot the wireless interface on some machines with CardBus 
> wireless cards.
> 
> If the 'device is busy' error message is generated because of 
> DriverLoader, then please try with different versions of the Windows XP 
> driver, it is possible that one of them will fix the problem. 
> Alternatively, you could try to run the 'dldrstop' command in a root 
> shell just before you reboot the machine.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Jonathan
> Technical specialist / Linuxant
> www.linuxant.com
> support at linuxant.com
> 
> 
> 
> Becky Bositampen wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I installed and configured the " DriverLoader " the Trial version under 
> > Redhat 9 Kernel 2.4.20-31.9 i686 for my CardBus Wireless Linksys 802.11G

> > Broadcom.  Everything works well.  I have connection.  But when I reboot

> > machine, I lose the configuration.  I must again reconfigure the 
> > driver.  At the machine shutdown, the filesystem  /usr is not 
> > dismounted, I have the message " device is busy ". 
> > 
> > What must I make to maintain the configuration of the driver and well to

> > dismount the /usr during the shutdown ?
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Bky
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 
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