Distribution:Arch Linux 2010.05
Kernal:2.6.33.4

System Info:
Intel
Core2Duo 1.8GHz
2GB Crucial DDR2 667MHZ RAM
ASrock 775-DualVSTA Motherboard
NVIDIA
8800GT 512MB PCI-Express Graphics Card
500GB SATA Western Digital Caviar Blue (MAIN SYSTEM DRIVE)
250GB IDE Western Digital Caviar
300GB SATA WEstern Digital Caviar RE16
160GB IDE Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 9
500W Casecom power supply


Hi All,

I'm having a problem getting my wlan0 interface to auto load at startup.

I am using ndiswrapper for my Zoom Wireless-G USB card because there are no linux drivers for it. I have also decided to use Wicd for managing my wireless connections, as opposed to using netcfg like I used to use.

The problem i'm having is that arch automatically starts my ethernet interface (eth0) on startup, yet it won't auto start my wireless interface (wlan0). Therefore I can't see any wireless connections. However, if I bring up the interface manually (ifconfig wlan0 up), then the wireless works fine.

During the setup of Wicd the manual told me to comment out the eth0 and wlan0 interfaces in /etc/rc.conf, im assuming this is because Wicd carries out these options instead. I have tried uncommenting the wlan0 interface in /etc/rc.conf and still no success. Does anyone have any idea why its starting my eth0 interface, but not my wlan0 interface?.

*note* in my deamons array I have the following:

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
Scott.

Hi Colonel-1990, Welcome to LQ. I don't think you need ndiswrapper in DAEMONS array as it's a module not a daemon. Try adding it to /etc/rc.conf and removing it from DAEMONS array.

There is more here and here.

Good luck. ;-)

Hey Peacedog,

Stupid mistake by me. I don't know why I added it to the Deamons array. Just changed it and added it to the Modules array and its working fine now. Moment of stupidy on my behalf lol.

I had read both the Wiki's beforehand but for some reason I still added it to the deamons array when it clearly says modules section lol.


Thanks so much,
Scott.

You're welcome, any time. It never hurts to get another pair of eyes looking at a problem. I've needed an extra set on many occasions. Glad you got it sorted.

Good luck. ;-)