no wireless after resume on Ubuntu minimal

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Wed, 2/4/09, Justin <eqisow at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Justin <eqisow at gmail.com>
> Subject: no wireless after resume on Ubuntu minimal
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 3:06 PM
> I installed XBMC on Intrepid minimal using
> this<http://xbmc.org/wiki/?title=HOW-TO:_Install_XBMC_for_Linux_on_Ubuntu_8.10_%28Intrepid%29_step-by-step>guide.
> 
> I finally have most of the kinks worked out, except one. I
> have no network
> after resume from RAM.
> 
> I can drop to the command line and issue "sudo
> /etc/init.d/networking
> restart" after it resumes and get networking back.
> This is obviously an
> unacceptable solution for an htpc, so I put a script
> containing
> "/etc/init.d/networking restart" in
> /etc/acpi/resume.d, which doesn't work
> for some reason.
> 
> I tried adding unloading and loading of the wireless module
> to the script -
> no dice. I tested and the stop/start scripts work perfectly
> if I run them
> manually. Surely this isn't a permissions problem?
> 
> Ideas? Suggestions? My wireless card is a ralink 2760 using
> the rt2860
> module compiled from source.
> 
I had the same problem on a ralink chip set on an earlier version of Ubuntu that has been fixed on the latest versions, Hardy and Intrepid.  What worked for me upon advice from the list was to put in /etc/rc.local the following:

ifdown wlan0
ifup wlan0

Don't need sudo as rc.local is run as root.
HTH.
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net