Re: [Thinstation-developer] [Thinstation-general] TS-2.2.1: Wifi [ath0] configuration does not apply (to patch or not to patch?)

[TrevorB <tre...@us...>]

On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 12:53 +0300, Leonid Satanovsky wrote:
> Ok,  thanks for the patch,
> but there was one syntactical mistake ( <...> != ""<NO WHITESPACE>] 
> <...> ), so the corrected patch file is attached to the message. Anyway, 
> it worked (at least, the lamp is blinking)...
> --------------
> And the question is: why isn't the patch applied to the distribution,
> or it is just a matter of time?

Now that it's tested, we'll look at putting it in SVN and putting a
patch up on sourceforge....

Can't do it before it's completed, and we know it works ;-)

Trevor B
> 
> 
> TrevorB wrote:
> > Looking at it a bit harder, the original logic is wrong in calling
> > wireless_config there. It needs to be IN the manual_config section (as
> > it cycles through the devices). suggested patch attached (please test)
> >
> > Trevor B
> > PS. It's definitely a bug in the manual setup (so your boss can back
> > off :-)
> >
> > On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 00:14 +0300, Leonid Satanovsky wrote:
> >   
> >> no, no.
> >> the particular config file that doesn't matter in that case at all.
> >> It is definitely that the script /etc/init.d/network does not set
> >> $device variable before calling wireless_config( );
> >> (i've debugged it inserting my diagnostic "echo_log <...> ")... 
> >> ________________________________________________________________
> >> A shorthand salvation: 
> >> after I set $device  it just set up my ath0 and it was fine... at
> >> least, the lamp started blinking :))) :
> >>
> >> <...>
> >> if [ "$NET_USE_DHCP" = "OFF" ] ; then
> >>     echo_log "Booting with manually configured network..." $debug
> >>     manual_config
> >>     # 
> >>     # I set up the device var this way
> >>     # 
> >>     (cat $DEVICELIST) |
> >>         while read device client_mac
> >>         do
> >>             # 
> >>             # And only than calling the routine.
> >>             #
> >>             wireless_config
> >>         done
> >> else
> >> <...>
> >>
> >> ________________________________________________________________
> >> In original code it looks like this:
> >> <...>
> >> if [ "$NET_USE_DHCP" = "OFF" ] ; then
> >>     echo_log "Booting with manually configured network..." $debug
> >>     manual_config
> >>     wireless_config
> >> else
> >> <...>
> >>
> >> ________________________________________________________________
> >> this is a bug i think.
> >> Anybody, please answer... or my boss'll kill me...
> >> I'm joking.
> >> )
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Mike Eriksen wrote: 
> >>     
> >>> I'd be sceptical, if wifi settings will work from a ts.conf.user file.
> >>> They belong in ts.conf.buildtime I think.
> >>>
> >>> Mike
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Jan 17, 2008 5:05 PM, Leonid Satanovsky <leo...@ar...> wrote:
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >>>> Good time of the day, people!.
> >>>>
> >>>> The problem:
> >>>> I've got the TP-Link's "TL-WN550G/TL-WN551G" card
> >>>> which is based on an Atheros chipset and
> >>>> works fine when I boot the Thinstation-2.2.1 in "debug mode" and
> >>>> configure it manually: doing something like
> >>>> iwconfig ath0 essid "some_essid"
> >>>> ... The green lamp starts blinking and I'm even able to communicate
> >>>> over the  radio wave -
> >>>> so, generally, it works )
> >>>>
> >>>> But.
> >>>> The WiFi settings entered in the
> >>>> /mnt/floppy/thinstation.profile/thinstation.conf.user
> >>>> file for some reason do not apply (there's no problem with reading the
> >>>> file: the name of the station applies successfully, etc.).
> >>>> Here they are:
> >>>>
> >>>> <...>
> >>>> WIRELESS_ESSID="some_ssid"
> >>>> WIRELESS_NWID=""
> >>>> WIRELESS_MODE="Managed"
> >>>> #WIRELESS_FREQ=""
> >>>> #WIRELESS_CHANNEL=""
> >>>> #WIRELESS_SENS=""
> >>>> #WIRELESS_RATE=""
> >>>> #WIRELESS_RTS=""
> >>>> #WIRELESS_FRAG=""
> >>>> WIRELESS_IWCONFIG=""
> >>>> WIRELESS_IWSPY=""
> >>>> WIRELESS_IWPRIV=""
> >>>> #WIRELESS_WPAKEY=""
> >>>> #WIRELESS_KEY=""
> >>>> WIRELESS_DRIVER=madwifi
> >>>> <...>
> >>>> ---------
> >>>>
> >>>> I wonder, what could it b-e-e-e-e ?
> >>>>
> >>>> P.S.
> >>>> I run Thinstation-2.2.1 in with debug package installed (in "debug mode").
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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