Automatically starting USB wireless adaptor? [Solved]

[godv2]

Hey guys

I had a lot of trouble getting Sabayon (or any other linux distro) to talk to my Zoom Wireless-G USB adaptor.
Finally manged to get it working and after a lot of buggering about trying to get it to connect to the network, finally manged that as well.

However, whenever i reboot Sabayon, the network connection (the adaptor itself) is not active and i have to open konsole as root and use 'modprobe ndiswrapper' to get it running, at which point it all automatically connects and finds the network.

Is there a way of automatically running this command, a suitable alternative or a way to make it happen automatically on boot?

Many thanks,
TJ

[micia]

did you try to do:

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update-modules


after you modprobe ndiswrapper?

After you do this, try to reboot to see if it works.

[Fitzcarraldo]

If no joy with that:

To load modules <module1>, <module2> and so on automatically at boot, add them to the end of the file /etc/conf.d/modules:

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modules="<module1> <module2> <module3> etc."

(If you've already got a line modules="<module1> etc." then just add the extra module to the end of the existing list on that line.)

[godv2]

I'll try that, thanks

[godv2]

Sorry for the stupid questions, but here goes:

I tried update-modules with no joy, so now i'm trying to edit the /etc/conf.d/modules file, which currently looks like this:

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# You can define a list modules for a specific kernel version,
# a released kernel version, a main kernel version or just a list.
#modules_2_6_23_gentoo_r5="ieee1394 ohci1394"
#modules_2_6_23="tun ieee1394"
#modules_2_6="tun"
#modules="ohci1394"

# You can give modules a different name when they load - the new name
# will also be used to pick arguments below.
#modules="dummy:dummy1"

# Give the modules some arguments if needed, per version if necessary.
#module_ieee1394_args="debug"
#module_ieee1394_args_2_6_23_gentoo_r5="ieee1394 ohci1394"
#module_ieee1394_args_2_6_23="tun ieee1394"
#module_ieee1394_args_2_6="tun"

# You should consult your kernel documentation and configuration
# for a list of modules and their options.


how should i edit this to make it run the ndiswrapper command?
modules="????"

also, is this file write-protected, and how do i get around it? (feeling a bit stupid now... )

thanks for your help,
TJ

[micia]

You have to be root in order to modify files that are relevant for the entire system.
To become root open a console and type su:

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su


it will ask for your password, type in the administration password.
Now your console will change and you will have a '#' before the prompt.
This will advise you that are the root user.
Now open up the file with an editor, gedit if you use Gnome, or kwrite if you
use KDE.

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gedit /etc/conf.d/modules


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kwrite /etc/conf.d/modules


You should add "ndiswrapper" to a line that starts with "modules=", this will load ndiswrapper with any kernel you have.
In order to keep the file clean and readable I'd add it after the comment block.
(a comment is a line that begins with '#' and is ignored in the file)

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# You can define a list modules for a specific kernel version,
# a released kernel version, a main kernel version or just a list.
#modules_2_6_23_gentoo_r5="ieee1394 ohci1394"
#modules_2_6_23="tun ieee1394"
#modules_2_6="tun"
#modules="ohci1394"

# You can give modules a different name when they load - the new name
# will also be used to pick arguments below.
#modules="dummy:dummy1"

# Give the modules some arguments if needed, per version if necessary.
#module_ieee1394_args="debug"
#module_ieee1394_args_2_6_23_gentoo_r5="ieee1394 ohci1394"
#module_ieee1394_args_2_6_23="tun ieee1394"
#module_ieee1394_args_2_6="tun"

# You should consult your kernel documentation and configuration
# for a list of modules and their options.

modules="ndiswrapper"


if you define a version after the 'modules' the module will be loaded only if your kernel matches the
specified version, this lets you control better how your modules behave in the system.
Save the file and reboot to see if it works fine.

To return a normal user type:

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exit


(or if you want to feel geek type

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reboot


as root and reboot your machine via command line )

Hope it helps.

[godv2]

Thanks, I'll give it a go

[godv2]

Worked like a charm

Thanks to both of you!

Cheers,
TJ

[micia]

Just being picky, you should add [Solved] after the topic title, not [Resolved] before

I'm happy you got it to work, enjoy Sabayon