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Distribution: Knoppix 3.6 as Debian Sid, Fedora Core 1
Posts: 11
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Configuring the startup process
I've got a small problem. I want my wireless card to come up at startup, and I want it to use DHCP to get an IP address at startup, instead of having to do that once I'm logged in. How do I go about doing this?
But in this thread http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=234997 comp12345 suggests that you'll also need to have "wireless-tools" package installed before you can actually get your wireless connection working. Once you are connected, you can do "apt-cache search wireless" to see what other utilities there are for wireless cards.
Distribution: Knoppix 3.6 as Debian Sid, Fedora Core 1
Posts: 11
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Many thanks! I found the problem: it wasn't checking for DHCP because the config had been set to static. When I set it up, I was nowhere near a wireless network.
The problem wasn't that the wireless card wasn't working, it was just that I was manually having to request DHCP information. As I'm using the same protocols when I'm logged in, it worked perfectly.
Now, could you tell me how to load an xmodmap file automatically?
Last edited by thephotoman; 09-29-2004 at 12:52 PM.
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