Everytime I start up have to activate wireless

[bpazolli]

Everytime I start up I have to type sudo modprobe ndiswrapper into the terminal to activate the wireless. How can I automate this or fix it??

[chickpea]

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need to do a

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sudo echo "ndiswrapper" > /etc/modules.autoload/kernel-2.6

[nebster]

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need to do a

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sudo echo "ndiswrapper" > /etc/modules.autoload/kernel-2.6

Shouldn't that be:

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sudo echo "ndiswrapper" >> /etc/modules.autoload/kernel-2.6

otherwise it will get rid of any currently in there

[chickpea]

my bad, I got those confused, you're right.

[bpazolli]

sudo echo "ndiswrapper" >> /etc/modules.autoload/kernel-2.6

It does not exist either kernel-2.6 or moduldes.autoload so I will create it and see how it goes.

[chickpea]

umm, it should already exist. I may have mistyped it. Use tab complete and the ls command to snoop around in the directory tree to find the file I mentioned.

I think the dir may actually be

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 /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6

sorry think I forgot the ".d" in my previous post.

[WarraWarra]

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# /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6:  kernel modules to load when system boots.
#
# Note that this file is for 2.6 kernels.
#
# Add the names of modules that you'd like to load when the system
# starts into this file, one per line.  Comments begin with # and
# are ignored.  Read man modules.autoload for additional details.

# For example:
# aic7xxx
ndiswrapper


Just copy and save it and reboot.

PS> also check "rc-update -s" , "rc-update add net.wlan0 dafault " if you need the connection to start at boot after ndiswrapper is loaded.

[bpazolli]

Just to update I got it working with the right directory with the .d. Creating the folder & file didn't work.Thanks!