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Re: 9.1.0 : netinst : installs well, but useless after firstboot

From Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: 9.1.0 : netinst : installs well, but useless after firstboot
Date 2017-10-06 17:40 +0200
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On Fri 06 Oct 2017 at 20:25:51 +0530, Mayuresh Kathe wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 02:07:27PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> > 
> > As for your present issue:
> > 
> >  allow-hotplug wlo1
> >  iface wlo1 inet dhcp
> > 	wpa-ssid <station>
> > 	wpa-psk <passphrase>
> > 
> > in /e/n/i should work.
> 
> tried it, no effect, on close inspection of the boot-up process,
> the problem seems to be with the wifi hardware on my laptop.
> it takes more time to initialize and hence when "allow-hotplug"
> based commands are executed it isn't ready for work.

I've not usually encountered any problem with this stanza. I'm also
fairly sure it is what a preseeded installer gives you. You could
try "auto", I suppose.

> after letting the system boot-up, i have to wait a few seconds
> before i can issue "ifup wlo1" and that too takes unusually
> long to complete.

It could be dhcp taking its time. Use 'ifup -v wlo1' to find out.

-- 
Brian.

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9.1.0 : netinst : installs well, but useless after firstboot Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh@kathe.in> - 2017-10-06 07:40 +0200
  Re: 9.1.0 : netinst : installs well, but useless after firstboot Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2017-10-06 08:30 +0200
    Re: 9.1.0 : netinst : installs well, but useless after firstboot Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh@kathe.in> - 2017-10-06 08:50 +0200
      Re: 9.1.0 : netinst : installs well, but useless after firstboot Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2017-10-06 09:10 +0200
        Re: 9.1.0 : netinst : installs well, but useless after firstboot Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh@kathe.in> - 2017-10-06 10:10 +0200
          Re: 9.1.0 : netinst : installs well, but useless after firstboot Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-10-06 12:40 +0200
            Re: 9.1.0 : netinst : installs well, but useless after firstboot Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh@kathe.in> - 2017-10-06 14:20 +0200
              Re: 9.1.0 : netinst : installs well, but useless after firstboot Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-10-06 15:10 +0200
                Re: 9.1.0 : netinst : installs well, but useless after firstboot Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh@kathe.in> - 2017-10-06 17:00 +0200
                Re: 9.1.0 : netinst : installs well, but useless after firstboot Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-10-06 17:40 +0200
                Re: 9.1.0 : netinst : installs well, but useless after firstboot David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-10-06 19:00 +0200
                Re: 9.1.0 : netinst : installs well, but useless after firstboot Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-10-06 21:10 +0200
                Re: 9.1.0 : netinst : installs well, but useless after firstboot Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2017-10-06 23:30 +0200
                Re: 9.1.0 : netinst : installs well, but useless after firstboot Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-10-07 00:50 +0200
                Re: 9.1.0 : netinst : installs well, but useless after firstboot David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-10-07 04:40 +0200
                Re: 9.1.0 : netinst : installs well, but useless after firstboot Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-10-07 12:20 +0200
                Re: 9.1.0 : netinst : installs well, but useless after firstboot David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-10-07 21:10 +0200
                Re: 9.1.0 : netinst : installs well, but useless after firstboot Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-10-07 21:30 +0200
                Re: 9.1.0 : netinst : installs well, but useless after firstboot Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2017-10-07 12:20 +0200
                Re: 9.1.0 : netinst : installs well, but useless after firstboot Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-10-07 13:10 +0200
                Re: 9.1.0 : netinst : installs well, but useless after firstboot Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-10-07 16:10 +0200
              Re: 9.1.0 : netinst : installs well, but useless after firstboot Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2017-10-06 15:40 +0200

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