[arch-projects] [netcfg] Call for testers: netctl

Curtis Shimamoto sugar.and.scruffy at gmail.com
Mon Dec 31 10:35:39 EST 2012


On 12/31/12 at 02:08pm, Jouke Witteveen wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Curtis Shimamoto
> <sugar.and.scruffy at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 12/30/12 at 06:05pm, Jouke Witteveen wrote:
> >> You don't need to enable them. It takes all profiles on the interface
> >> into account, unless a profile sets ExcludeAuto. The netctl-auto
> >> should work nearly identical to the old net-auto-wireless, so you
> >> should be good.
> >> Indeed, you did spot the first bug: ExcludeAuto was not documentated!
> >> This is fixed in git now.
> >>
> > I cannot get netctl-auto to work.  My interface is wlan0, so I have done:
> > # systemctl enable netctl-auto at wlan0.service
> >
> > as well as:
> > # netctl-auto start wlan0
> >
> > Neither of which have worked.
> >
> > I have but one profile in /etc/network.d which contains the following:
> > Description='Home Network'
> > Interface=wlan0
> > Connection=wireless
> > Security=wpa
> > ESSID=AwesomeNetwork
> > IP='dhcp'
> > Key=<super-secret-password>
> > ExcludeAuto=no
> >
> > This works by starting it via "netctl start" as well as enabling it with
> > netctl at .service.  I tried with and without the ExcludeAuto=no line.
> >
> > Am I missing something?
> >
> > Regards
> > --
> > Curtis Shimamoto
> > sugar.and.scruffy at gmail.com
> 
> You did not miss anything, it was just broken. How about the new git
> version? I am confident that it works now.
> 
> Thanks for testing!
> - Jouke

Indeed it works now!  

After having played with it a bit, I am liking this interface more and
more.  I think I actually now prefer this over netcfg, and I love netcfg
and all its simplicity.

Thanks!

Regards,
-- 
Curtis Shimamoto
sugar.and.scruffy at gmail.com


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