On Sunday 22 October 2006 14:12, Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote 
about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Disabling net.ath0 backgrounding':
> > equery b /etc/init.d/net.lo
>
> sys-apps/baselayout-1.13.0_alpha2-r1 (/etc/init.d/net.lo ->
> ../../lib64/rcscripts/sh/net.sh)

Hrm, that's new.
My net.lo is not a symlink.

> > equery l baselayout
>
> sys-apps/baselayout-1.13.0_alpha2-r1

But I'm still on baselayout-1.12

> > equery k baselayout
>
> 113 out of 150 files good, with a list of "has wrong mtime"

You can confirm those are all configuration files?  If not, please provide 
the list...

> > grep -Ev '^[[:space:]]*(#.*)?$' /etc/conf.d/net
>
> modules="wpa_supplicant"
> wpa_supplicant_ath0="-Dmadwifi"
> config_ath0=( "192.168.0.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast
> 192.168.0.255" ) routes_ath0=( "default via 192.168.0.1" )
> essid_ath0="network2"
> modules_ath0=( "!plug" )

It's possible, albeit unlikely, that the two modules lines are conflicting, 
try removing both of them and adding:
modules_ath0=( "wpa_supplicant" "!plug")
above your config_ath0 line.

This may also be some behavior that is wpa_supplicant specific and I've 
never used that particular piece of software.

> > grep -Ev '^[[:space:]]*(#.*)?$' /etc/conf.d/net

Sorry, that should have been:
grep -Ev '^[[:space:]]*(#.*)?$' /etc/conf.d/wireless

> > if /etc/init.d/net.ath0 status | grep -q started; then
> >     /etc/init.d/net.ath0 restart
> > else
> >     /etc/init.d/net.ath0 start
> > fi
>
> How can I execute this from the command line?

You should just be able to type it in or cut/copy and paste from my 
original email.  bash (and indeed most shells) don't interpret the input 
from the command line significantly different than the content of a script 
file.

> Please also let me know if you see anything that looks like it might
> be preventing net.ath0 from connecting.  It's been slowly getting less
> and less reliable, and now it won't connect no matter how many times I
> ask.  net.ath0 on my laptop connects perfectly every time.

:(
Sorry, I'm just not that wireless savvy, but everything looks fine to me.  
Again, keep in mind that I've never used wpa_supplicant so I don't know if 
that changes things.

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