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Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

From David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent
Date 2016-07-05 17:10 +0200
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On Mon 04 Jul 2016 at 09:48:46 (+0200), deloptes wrote:
> Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Sunday 03 July 2016 21:36:58 deloptes wrote:
> >> Lisi Reisz wrote:
> >> > <gulp>.  It would obviously be helpful, but I have always heretofore
> >> > just accepted the interface name I was given!  Google here I come
> >> > again.
> >>
> >> just comment out the eth1 lines from the udev file and reboot. it should
> >> add the proper one after AFAIR
> > 
> > Thanks!  And AFAIR it will then be a random name that I can't remember.
> > :-(
> > Say what you like about wlan0 and eth3 they are easy to remember.  But
> > I'll do it the next time I turn the laptop on, the first thing I do.
> 
> AFAIR it defaults to wlan[n] in jessie. At least when I upgraded this is
> what I observed and I vaguely remember the wlan name was conventionally
> used by other programs, but no even 40% sure.

It would be nice to know what the "it" is that chooses that default.
I have a laptop with the same IPW2200 wireless, and it has always
defaulted to eth1 in the same way as Lisi's did.

If it's a "default", that would imply that there's some way to choose
an alternative like wlan0 (which is indeed what, say, wicd will think
the interface ought to be named). How would I go about making this choice?
The installer displays something like:

Primary network interface:
eth0: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5705 Gigabit Ethernet
eth1: Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection

and you have the choice of selecting one or the other.

This laptop works perfectly well with eth1. It justs needs you
to change wlan0 to eth1 in wicd when you install it (Shift-P and
type eth1 in the appropriate box).

Cheers,
David.

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Laptop wireless problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-02 02:20 +0200
  Re: Laptop wireless problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-02 03:50 +0200
  Re: Laptop wireless problem deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-07-02 15:10 +0200
    Re: Laptop wireless problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-02 18:00 +0200
    Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-04 16:00 +0200
      Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely  was: Re: Laptop wireless problem Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-07-04 16:20 +0200
        Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-04 16:40 +0200
  Re: Laptop wireless problem Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2016-07-02 16:40 +0200
    Re: Laptop wireless problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-02 18:10 +0200
      Re: Laptop wireless problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-02 18:20 +0200
        Re: Laptop wireless problem deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-07-02 20:30 +0200
          Re: Laptop wireless problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 00:20 +0200
            Re: Laptop wireless problem deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 11:30 +0200
              Re: Laptop wireless problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 12:50 +0200
                Re: Laptop wireless problem deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 14:00 +0200
                Re: Laptop wireless problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 14:50 +0200
                Re: Laptop wireless problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 16:00 +0200
                Re: Laptop wireless problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 16:10 +0200
                Re: Laptop wireless problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 18:00 +0200
                Re: Laptop wireless problem Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2016-07-03 19:20 +0200
                Re: Laptop wireless problem deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 16:00 +0200
            Re: Laptop wireless problem deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 11:50 +0200
              Re: Laptop wireless problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 12:50 +0200
        Re: Laptop wireless problem Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2016-07-02 21:20 +0200
          Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 16:00 +0200
            Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 21:10 +0200
              Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 22:30 +0200
                Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 22:50 +0200
                Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 23:50 +0200
                Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-07-04 09:50 +0200
                Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-04 14:10 +0200
                Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-07-04 15:50 +0200
                Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-04 16:10 +0200
                Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-07-05 17:10 +0200
                Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-05 17:20 +0200
                Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-07-05 17:40 +0200
                Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-05 18:00 +0200
                Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-07-05 18:30 +0200
                Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-07-05 18:30 +0200
                Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-07-05 20:50 +0200
              Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2016-07-04 02:30 +0200
                Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-07-04 13:30 +0200
                Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2016-07-04 14:30 +0200
                Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-07-04 16:20 +0200
                Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2016-07-04 16:30 +0200
        Re: Laptop wireless problem deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-07-02 22:20 +0200
  Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-07-04 18:30 +0200
    Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-04 19:00 +0200
      Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-07-04 19:50 +0200
        POSSIBLY SOLVED Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-04 20:20 +0200
      Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-04 19:40 +0200
    Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-04 21:00 +0200
      Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-07-04 22:20 +0200
        Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-04 23:50 +0200
      Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-05 00:10 +0200
  Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely  was: Re: Laptop wireless problem Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-07-04 18:40 +0200
    Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-04 19:40 +0200
      Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely  was: Re: Laptop wireless problem Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-07-04 20:10 +0200
        Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-04 20:40 +0200
          Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely  was: Re: Laptop wireless problem Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-07-04 21:00 +0200
          Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-04 21:00 +0200
      Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely  was: Re: Laptop wireless problem Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-07-05 01:10 +0200
    Re: Success after all!!! - was: Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-05 00:40 +0200
      Re: Success after all!!! - was: Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-05 01:10 +0200
      Re: Success after all!!! - was: Re: Totally non-functioning wifi  card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-07-05 10:30 +0200
        Re: Success after all!!! - was: Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-05 16:00 +0200
          Re: Success after all!!! - was: Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-05 16:10 +0200
            Re: Success after all!!! - was: Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-05 16:20 +0200
              Re: Success after all!!! - was: Re: Totally non-functioning wifi  card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-07-05 17:20 +0200
    Success after all!!! - was: Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-05 00:40 +0200
    Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-05 01:40 +0200
  FIXED - I hope!!  Laptop wireless problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-10 13:20 +0200

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