Loading module before Network Configuring

[Nano]

Mark Roach Wrote: 
> On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 08:11 -0500, Nano wrote:
> >Noah Dain Wrote: 
> >> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 21:47:07 +0100, "Mariano F.co Bentez Mulet"
> 
> >> > Here is what I have to type to make it work:
> >> > 
> >> > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.10-2-386/kernel/drivers/char/acerhk.ko
> >> > echo 1 > /proc/driver/acerhk/wirelessled
> >> > 
> >> > Is there a way this can be done without having to type it or to
> >> execute
> >> > it after gnome is loaded?
> >> 
> >> you can also define actions to be executed before and after bring an
> >> interface up or down
> >> 
> >> see 'man interfaces', look for 'up', 'pre-up', 'down', and
> 'post-down'
> 
> >Thanks, but what this does is just to turn a led on, which is
> >necessary.
> >Is it just possible to execute that order in the boot sequence?
> 
> Did you try doing what he suggested? In your /etc/network/interfaces
> file you should have something like:
> 
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
> pre-up sh -c "echo 1 > /proc/driver/acerhk/wirelessled"
> 
> This will run the command before bringing up your network card, which
> is
> what you asked for isn't it? If it must occur at some other point, what
> I do is:
> 
> cat > /etc/init.d/local.sh << EOF
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> echo 1 > /proc/driver/acerhk/wirelessled
> 
> : exit 0
> EOF
> 
> ln -s /etc/init.d/local.sh /etc/rcS.d/SXXlocal.sh
> 
> (where XX is the position you want within the other startup files)
> 
> -mark
> 
> 
> 
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You guys are the best. It worked perfectly ;)

THanks a lot


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Nano