Clint Dilks wrote: > Mark Weaver wrote: >> Alain Spineux wrote: >>> On Jan 7, 2008 6:10 PM, Mark Weaver <mdw1982 at mdw1982.com> wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I've got a Dell Inspiron 1501 with a Broadcom 1390 Wlan mini card >>>> (integrated) wireless lan chipset. I've got an init script setup to >>>> activate the wireless connection at boot time, however when the system >>>> boots the adapter doesn't connect. I'm not able to get a connection >>>> until after the desktop is done loading and I run the script from the >>>> command line. >>> >>> what about running your script from the >>> /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit. >>> Start it at the end of it, but be careful if your scrip block the boot >>> process, your systm will block! Be sure to have a rescue CD ready. >>> >>> Regards >>> >> >> well... I've got it starting as a service, however it doesn't make the >> connection. when the system starts to run the script the script runs >> fine but the wireless doesn't make the connection. "Network is down" >> is reported to the console as the system is booting. >> >> Once the desktop loads and I'm logged in, if I issue "service wireless >> restart" (I've got it setup as a sysV init script) the wireless >> connects perfectly every time. >> >> Mark >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > Hi > > This is probably a timing issue. > If your initscript follows the conventions required for chkconfig you > should have a line that looks something like > > # chkconfig: 2345 10 90 > > The first setting representing the levels to start at, second being the > start sequence number, and the third being the kill sequence number. So > in my example the service starts in runlevels 2,3,4, and 5. The order it > started in is determined by S10<service name> The Order it is killed in > is K90<service name> > > You may want to try changing the S Value to 99 Initially so that it is > one of the last things started and if this works then identify what > needs to started before your script will work that wasn't with the > original S Value. > Hope this helps, have a nice day :) > Hi Clint, Thank you for the info. I've been wondering what the second and third numbers are for. I'll give that a try. Mark