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"WLAN interface" [FAILED] @ boot

every time i boot up , it takes ages .
How can i (replace,disable,repair) "wlan interface"

thnx

Putting your distro in the User CP would help. You may have your wireless configured for "on boot" and booting doesn't finish until it times out. Post the entry for "sudo /sbin/lspci" for your wireless device. That info is needed to find out which controller you wireless device uses. This will determine the driver you need. "sudo /sbin/lsmod" will show the modules loaded, one or more of which are related to wireless. If the device is configured and working "/usr/sbin/iwlist scan" should list APs that are in range. If you see a list of Access Points, then you may just need to configure the wpa_psk encryption. But your error message indicates a problem with the device.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jschiwal (Post 3004724)

sudo /sbin/lspci

Code:

sudo: /sbin/lspci: command not found

sudo /sbin/lsmod

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by

parport_pc            27652  0

ppdev                  9380  0

parport                36392  2 parport_pc,ppdev

nls_iso8859_1          4288  1

nls_cp437              5952  1

vfat                  13280  1

fat                    53148  1 vfat

fuse                  44404  1

ndiswrapper          190384  0

forcedeth              41220  0

snd_seq_dummy          3908  0

snd_seq_oss            32512  0

snd_seq_midi_event      7616  1 snd_seq_oss

snd_seq                52272  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event

snd_seq_device          8268  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq

af_packet              22120  2

snd_pcm_oss            43072  0

ipv6                  257888  12

snd_mixer_oss          16608  1 snd_pcm_oss

snd_hda_intel          19320  2

snd_hda_codec        163072  1 snd_hda_intel

snd_pcm                76868  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec

snd_timer              22884  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm

snd_page_alloc        10152  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm

snd                    52708  13 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,

snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer

soundcore              9824  1 snd

video                  15108  0

thermal                13544  0

sbs                    14372  0

i2c_ec                  5120  1 sbs

fan                    4804  0

container              4448  0

button                  6640  0

battery                9636  0

ac                      5188  0

ide_cd                39712  0

cdrom                  36928  1 ide_cd

binfmt_misc            11912  1

loop                  16328  0

dm_mirror              21616  0

dm_mod                56440  1 dm_mirror

cpufreq_ondemand        6956  0

cpufreq_conservative    7592  0

cpufreq_powersave      1920  0

powernow_k8            14880  0

freq_table              4960  1 powernow_k8

processor              28776  2 thermal,powernow_k8

amd64_agp              12644  0

agpgart                32424  1 amd64_agp

nvram                  9000  0

martian_dev            19156  0

mmc_block              8136  0

sdhci                  18476  0

mmc_core              24448  2 mmc_block,sdhci

8250_pci              21120  0

ohci1394              35152  0

ieee1394              297848  1 ohci1394

bttv                  172308  0

video_buf              25220  1 bttv

ir_common              28196  1 bttv

compat_ioctl32          1472  1 bttv

i2c_algo_bit            9288  1 bttv

btcx_risc              5096  1 bttv

tveeprom              15056  1 bttv

i2c_core              21376  4 i2c_ec,bttv,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom

videodev              24960  1 bttv

v4l1_compat            14148  1 videodev

v4l2_common            23328  2 bttv,videodev

usbmouse                5696  0

usbhid                51712  0

pcmcia                37580  0

firmware_class        10112  2 bttv,pcmcia

yenta_socket          26700  1

rsrc_nonstatic        13792  1 yenta_socket

pcmcia_core            40244  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic

capability              5000  0

commoncap              7360  1 capability

ehci_hcd              32488  0

ohci_hcd              20516  0

usbcore              127364  6 ndiswrapper,usbmouse,usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd

evdev                  9888  2

joydev                  9920  0

sd_mod                21024  4

sata_nv                11172  3

libata                100468  1 sata_nv

scsi_mod              133928  2 sd_mod,libata

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and my internet works fine ... its just the booting that takes too long ...

Could i change the timeout time to 15sec ?
(that should be long enough for the other processes)

I don't know which distro you are using. Look in the "man ifcfg" manpage under startmode.

Code:

      STARTMODE {manual*|auto|hotplug|ifplugd|nfsroot|off}

              Choose when the interface should be set up.

              manual Interface will be set up if ifup is called manually (without option boot or hotplug)

              auto  Interface will be set up as soon as it is available (and service network was started).  This  either  happens  at

                    boot  time when network is starting or via hotplug when a interface is added to the system (by adding a device or

                    loading a driver). To be backward compliant onboot, on and boot are aliases for auto.

              hotplug

                    This mode is nearly the same as auto.  The difference between auto and hotplug is that the latter does  not  make

                    rcnetwork fail if the interface cannot be brought up.

              ifplugd

                    The  interface  will  be controlled from ifplugd. At initial ifup only iflugd will be started for this interface.

                    Then if ifplugd detects a link if calls ifup again which  finally  sets  the  interface  up.  See  also  variable

                    IFPLUGD_PRIORITY below.

              nfsroot

                    Nearly  like auto, but interfaces with this startmode will never be shut down via rcnetwork stop.  ifdown <inter‐

                    face> still works. Use this when you use a root filesystem via network.

              off    Will never be activated.

Also, if you have a network mount in /etc/fstab, add the _netdev option to defer an attempt to mount it until after the network is started. I don't know how you would change the timeout. Maybe study your ifup script.