network problems

[Simon Santoro]

Gerald wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have only two simple questions.
> 
> 1. How can I configure the wireless Lan Card permanently? I don't want 
> to use iwconfig after boot. After every boot I have to change the 
> wireless mode from managed to Ad-Hoc.

you could type
sudo echo iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc>>/etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh
on a terminal (quick and dirty way) or
add your wireless interface to
/etc/network/interfaces
and configure it properly.


> 2. Where I can find the midnight commander package and how can I install 
> this?

add
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary universe
to your apt sources (repositories in synaptic) and then
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mc
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