can,t save wireless card settings
Forum: DSL Tips and Tricks
Topic: can,t save wireless card settings
started by: maxwin
Posted by maxwin on June 15 2006,18:40
hello to you all,Every time when i reboot dsl, my settings are lost i tried the: dsl mydsl=hda1 restore=hda1 command at starting up < with the cd rom, otherwise i see no command > then do restore in the dsl control panel. but every time i have to put in all my settings including email. and the networkcard settings
after reading and trying and searching a lot still no result.
also my laptop hangs after a minute or 5 when i don,t use anything,
perhaps someone has a idea?
tnx
Posted by doobit on June 16 2006,02:22
The wireless card settings are written to a script that is in /opt You must put the path to that script in /opt/bootlocal.sh to make them reload at boot eveytime.
Posted by starcannon on June 16 2006,02:51
| Quote (doobit @ June 15 2006,22:22) |
| The wireless card settings are written to a script that is in /opt You must put the path to that script in /opt/bootlocal.sh to make them reload at boot eveytime. |
myiwconfig.sh is the name of the file foundin /opt
Here is a sample of mine.
| Code Sample |
| #!/bin/bash # /usr/local/bin/iwconfig.sh ra0 essid My_WIFI_NET key 12345678901234567890123456 mode Managed # # ******************* # ** DEFUALT VALUE ** # ******************* /usr/local/bin/iwconfig.sh ra0 6 My_WIFI_NET 12345678901234567890123456 # |
Posted by maxwin on June 16 2006,15:40
ok thanks i, have to put that in after the boot command with the cd rom loaded?also my emailsettings are lost as wel, same way?
Posted by doobit on June 16 2006,15:49
All of your changes get saved to a file called backup.tar.gz Where are you saving that file?
If you are opening the Backup/Restore button in the DSL panel and just clicking the button then the file are going to the default /tmp directory which is just temporary. You need to change that directory to something permanent, like a pendrive, or a FAT or Linux formatted hard drive partition, or something that will store the file.
Also, what version of DSL are you using, because the latest versions prompt you to save when you shut down.
Posted by maxwin on June 16 2006,18:41
| Quote (doobit @ June 16 2006,11:49) |
| All of your changes get saved to a file called backup.tar.gz Where are you saving that file? If you are opening the Backup/Restore button in the DSL panel and just clicking the button then the file are going to the default /tmp directory which is just temporary. You need to change that directory to something permanent, like a pendrive, or a FAT or Linux formatted hard drive partition, or something that will store the file. Also, what version of DSL are you using, because the latest versions prompt you to save when you shut down. |
Where are you saving that file?
i can,t find that file do i have to make that first?
Posted by doobit on June 16 2006,20:02
I'm sorry, I guess I'm not being clear.When you click the Backup/Restore button in the dsl panel, it makes a file called backup.tar.gz and saves it to the location in the field above the button. You said you were clicking that button right? The default location only backs up for that session because it is in the /tmp folder on the ramdisk when you are using the live CD. You need to change that location to a permanent place (like a hard drive, or a floppy , or a pendrive, etc.) to save the file that will hold your settings.
Posted by macora on June 20 2006,08:00
May be this will help you< http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....t=13471 >
Macora
