linuxmuster/linuxmuster-linbo7 test-4.3.40-wlan1

4.3.40~wlan1 (test: wait for late wlan0)

on GitHub

Test package, not for production. It exists to verify the fix for #190 and is not in the deb repository.

What it changes

• fix(init.sh): wait for a late wlan0 next to a wired interface (#190, ce4aa45)

On a machine with a wired NIC and a wifi card whose driver registers wlan0 a few seconds late (reported with a MediaTek mt7921e), LINBO took the interface list too early and never tried wifi. With this package LINBO keeps waiting up to netwait seconds (default 10) for wlan0 if

• /etc/linuxmuster/linbo/wpa_supplicant.conf is configured, and
• a PCI wifi card (class 0x0280xx) is present, and
• wlan0 does not exist yet.

Machines without wifi configuration, without a wifi card, or with wlan0 already present are not delayed. USB wifi sticks are not covered.

Side effect

A wifi card for which LINBO has no driver or firmware costs up to netwait seconds per boot when wifi is configured. netwait=<seconds> in KernelOptions changes the wait.

Install on the server

dpkg -i linuxmuster-linbo7_4.3.40.wlan1-0_all.deb
update-linbofs

GitHub shows the file name with a dot instead of the tilde; the package version itself is 4.3.40~wlan1-0.

Remove a workaround hook such as update-linbofs.pre.d/10_warte-wegen-wlan.sh first, otherwise both are active. Then boot a client over wifi and tell us whether wlan0 is found and how long the start takes.

The version 4.3.40~wlan1-0 sorts before the final 4.3.40, so apt upgrade replaces it with the release.