One of the biggest issues i have at the moment is that my network based plasmoids on my KDE desktop load before my wireless network connection is established, so i’m thinking it would be best to start up the wireless connection at boot time. On previous distro’s, I did this with netcfg but I can’t seem to figure out how to do so in OpenSUSE 11.2.
Is this the best way to manage this issue or is it possible to set a delay before the plasmoids load up?
I guess you could disable NM, and select 'Traditional ifup instead. The basic idea would be to create a script that gets executed before or during the desktop startup.
The basics explained here:
On 04/12/2010 12:16 AM, deano ferrari wrote:
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> I guess you could disable NM, and select 'Traditional ifup instead. The
> basic idea would be to create a script that gets executed before or
> during the desktop startup.
>
> The basics explained here:
>
> ‘Connect to a wireless network via command line’
> (http://tinyurl.com/cf73am)
No script will be needed as long as you select “Connect on boot” for
wireless, and “If cable plugged” for wired.
I have a laptop that connect with wireless that does not have X
installed. The network starts while booting.
In a laptop (with KDE4) if I use ifup (Yast method) the wireless will get an address (DHCP) and connect before KDE loads.
If I use networkmanager, the connection is established only after nm loads, which happens after KDE does IINM.
So I think your best bet is to change to ifup, no script needed as lwfinger pointed out.
But nm is good if you keep changing adapter (wired/wireless) or network (work/home/school/etc.), as it manages alternative connections, something you have to do manually with ifup.
No script will be needed as long as you select “Connect on boot” for
wireless, and “If cable plugged” for wired.
Ah yes, I’d forgotten about being able to configure the interface to startup at boot. Thanks Larry. 
If you use ifup and Wicd. Wicd can be set up through runlevels to load at boot, and is available as KDE finishes loading.