KDE startup and wifi initialization under Feisty

[Leonard Chatagnier]

> 
> > I'd like to hear more about how to do this...even
> if I don't do it I can
> > see definite educational benefits.
> >
> Heh - I knew this would bite me :)
> 
> I am a total newtwork nitwit and I got a lot of help
> from my ISP (this is 
> actually true, he's a cool ISP :) ) in setting-up my
> network connection to 
> his wireless radio thingumies. It has to do with a
> bunch of files in 
> the /etc/ppp directory and a dozen tweaks all over
> the show. I have a VPN 
> connection over a network cable to a wireless
> antenna on the roof. (I do not 
> use that php-pppd horror, because it also relies on
> X running first).
> 
> So, I can't tell you how to connect to your
> particular situation, but I am 
> *sure* that Linux can do so without ever booting
> into X. You just have to 
> find the right questions to ask to get the ball
> rolling.
> If your situation (VPN) sounds similar to mine, I
> wrote a howto on the Ubuntu 
> Wiki a while back and I'll dig up a link for it.
> 
> Sorry that I could not be more helpful Larry, I know
> how that sucks.
> 
> Oh yeah, in the past with dial-up issues, I used
> 'wvdial' in a startup 
> (/etc/.initd -ish) script -- so that was how I
> avoided kppp.
> 
> 
> /d
> 
>
I'm not an network expert and am running Daper, not
Fiesty.  But my DSL starts up on boot well before the
windows sign in screen pops up.  In /etc/ppp I have a
file "pppoe_on_boot" that I think causes that to
happen:
lchata at ubuntu:~$ sudo cat /etc/ppp/pppoe_on_boot
#!/bin/sh

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
export PATH

modprobe -q pppoe

exec pppd call dsl-provider
lchata at ubuntu:~$ 

Maybe not what you are looking for but perhaps it may
inspire some thoughs and a solution.

HTH,


Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net