Computer boots too fast

rjkfsm · 04-12-2009, 12:41 PM

You wouldn't think it'd be a problem, but it is....

I am installing a 64bit Gentoo on an AMD64 arch. My wireless network card has the rt73usb chipset which is supported by the Kernel. rt73usb is compiled into the kernel and not as a module.

My problem is that init starts to boot before all the device drivers are loaded. As a result, the init scripts try to bring up the wireless interface before it exists. As a result, my network services don't start and I have to start them manually.

Is there anyone out there who knows a way to stop the init process long enough for all the hardware to be loaded???

RK

tredegar · 04-12-2009, 01:09 PM

I had the same / a similar (?) problem with kubuntu 8.04.2.
Rather than re-write the init scripts, I just bring up my wireless with these lines in /etc/rc.local just before the final exit 0 in that file:

Code:

# restart wireless networking, or it doesn't work
ifdown eth1
ifup eth1

replace eth1 with whatever the name of your wireless interface is.
Now the wireless interface comes up at boot (if I am in range).

rjkfsm · 04-12-2009, 01:33 PM

Gentoo uses OpenRC which is a C compiled init. What you propose won't work. For one, there is no /etc/rc.local directory.

Thanks for the input, though....

tredegar · 04-13-2009, 04:14 AM

Quote:

What you propose won't work. For one, there is no /etc/rc.local directory.

Different distros put rc.local in different places and I am not familiar with Gentoo, but a quick search shows that Gentoo may use the file /etc/conf.d/local.start instead:

http://marjanjeffry.blogspot.com/200...too-linux.html

Otherwise, check your Gentoo documentation.