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Old 07-17-2005, 12:52 PM   #1
Shwiing
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Some newbish slackware questions...


Ok...So I havent used slackware in a while, only for servers.

I installed v 10.1 with the full install.

Here are my questions:

1) How would I go about having linux auto startx ?
2) How can I change my res to 1440 x 900 ?
3) How can I get my wireless network card to work ?
4) Can I get my wireless card and lan card to auto switch depending on whether lan cable is connected ? Like is there a program because in windows I have this program that auto switches for me like when I dont have an ethernet cord plugged in it switches to wireless and when I do have it plugged in, it switches to lan card.

Thanks
 
Old 07-17-2005, 01:05 PM   #2
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1)
Edit /etc/inittab. Change this line:
id:3:initdefault:
to:
id:4:initdefault:

2)
As root, run "xorgconfig". You can manually enter a resolution there, but it may or may not work. My laptop's resolution is a standard 4:3 aspect ratio.

3)
What's the WLAN card? For some cards, all you need to do is edit /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless.conf and input the right values. For others, you'll need to write a startup script that sets it up properly.

4)
I'm not aware of such a program. But presumably, the wireless SSID and key will be different at different locations. Why not just not configure it with the appropriate SSID for where you have ethernet connectivity?
 
Old 07-18-2005, 03:51 PM   #3
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The wireless card is...

Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter

Sorry I'm still not sure how to set it up.

Also if you dont mind me asking a random question...Which windows environment do you prefer? I want something simple but maybe not as complex as kde.

Thanks
 
Old 07-18-2005, 04:05 PM   #4
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try xfce (www.xfce.org) which is not resource hungry as KDE but not as simplistic at Flux Box...

also with the xfce-goodies available you can add additional functionality to the taskbar as required...
 
Old 07-18-2005, 05:19 PM   #5
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Atheros cards usually get installed as ath0 if you're using madwifi. Sometimes, they get installed as wlan0 or wi0. None of those will work with Pat's rc.inet1 script that comes with Slack, so I wrote this script and saved it as /sbin/wlan. Then I call it from rc.local. It asks which wlan you want to connect to, and then sets the card as needed.

You'll need to edit it for your network(s). You can also modify it so that it doesn't ask if you have one network. Somebody here can tell you how to do that if you have trouble, and it'll allow you to start up the wlan on boot.

Code:
#!/bin/bash
# New wlan-up script, prompt for which wireless LAN AP we want to use.
# At some point, we will be updating this so that there's a timeout of 10 seconds or so that I
# can put it at system startup. This will have to do for now.

# I am deliberately not putting in a WHILE loop. I want it to skip the setup of the WLAN if I
# don't tell it to specifically use one of the two lans.

# Global variables:
INTERFACE="eth1"
ESSID="no-essid"
KEY="none"
TIMELIMIT=5

# Show the menu:

echo ""
echo "-=-=-=- Choose a Wireless AP for connection -=-=-=-"
echo "a. Home 54mbit - Bedroom end of house"
echo "b. Home 11mbit - Dining room and Sun Room"
echo "c. University Library"
echo ""
echo "-=-=- Type anything else to cancel connection -=-=-"

read -t ${TIMELIMIT} choice

case $choice in a)
  ESSID="ssid1"
  KEY="key1"
esac

case $choice in b)
  ESSID="ssid2"
  KEY="key2"
esac

case $choice in c)
  ESSID="LIBRARY"
esac

if echo "${ESSID}" | grep -q "no-essid"
then
  echo "*** Exiting without configuring LAN. You can reinvoke it with /sbin/wlan ***"
else
  echo ""
  echo "Enabling ${INTERFACE}"
  ifconfig ${INTERFACE} up
  echo "  Setting ESSID"
  iwconfig ${INTERFACE} essid ${ESSID}
  sleep 2

  if echo "${KEY}" | grep -q "none"
  then
    echo "  Configuring for access without encryption"
  else
    echo "  Setting Network Key"
    iwconfig ${INTERFACE} key ${KEY}
    sleep 2
  fi

  echo "  Obtaining DHCP"
  killall dhcpcd
  sleep 1
  dhcpcd ${INTERFACE}
fi
As for automatically switching between nets, the script can do that. Just run wlan (as root) and choose a different wireless net. If you want to be 100% sure that the wireless is disabled and the wired is up, run /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 to bring up the wired, and then "ifconfig (interface) down" to bring down the wireless.

HTH.
 
Old 07-18-2005, 07:00 PM   #6
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Could I incorporate that into the code? Where it runs /etc/rc.d/rc.init1 to bring it up then ifconfig down to bring it down?

If you could give me a quick example of the syntax for that then ill mess around with it, thanks a bunch!

I also forgot to install madwifi so I'll get on that now.
 
Old 07-18-2005, 07:03 PM   #7
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Sorry for such a newbish question, but do you know of a site where I could learn the syntax?
 
Old 07-18-2005, 08:45 PM   #8
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Nice script, killerbob!
 
Old 07-18-2005, 09:00 PM   #9
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Quote:
Originally posted by Shwiing
Sorry for such a newbish question, but do you know of a site where I could learn the syntax?
Here's one of the best Bash guides out there: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/abs-guide.pdf
or (html version): http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/
 
  


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