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Re: Desktop Linux by Steam Noob 10/18/2017, 4:56am PDT
I'm the Steam Noob from a while back, who wanted to know about steam accounts and the friends and family feature. Although I was running steam on Linux I haven't played in a while and the issues I had using vanilla Debian instead of the recommended Ubuntu may be different now (I had trouble with Ubuntu mostly because of that Plymouth thing.)

However I may be able to help with the wifi thing.

If you're using a Debian based distro that uses the debian network scripts that read /etc/network/interfaces and has the same wpa-supplicant package, then do this:

Some hook scripts or something that debian packages with wpa-supplicant implement a sort of "roaming mode" which users of desktop devices and phones alike might know as "just how wifi is." Your /etc/network/interfaces (or something matching /etc/network/interfaces.d/*) should have something like this, assuming the wifi card on your system shows up as wlan0:


auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
wpa-driver wext
wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

iface home inet dhcp


Here "home" is of course an identifier of your choosing, and is a logical name that will alias wlan0 iff wlan0 is connected to a certain access point. The important thing is the wpa-roam line that makes those hook scripts or whatever they are (I can't remember) do their stuff (whatever that is).

Now if your wpa_supplicant.conf has a network block like this:


network={
ssid="thoughtleader"
# ... thought leaders network conf here ...
}


Add an id_str line:


network={
ssid="thoughtleader"
# ... thought leaders network conf here ...
id_str="home"
}


And make sure that if there isn't already a ctrl_interface line in wpa_supplicant conf that you add one.

e.g.

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant

Now if wifi is lost it should keep trying to connect again.
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Desktop Linux by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/17/2017, 9:10pm PDT NEW
    Re: Desktop Linux by Steam Noob 10/18/2017, 4:56am PDT NEW
        This was GREAT, by the way. by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/10/2017, 9:53pm PST NEW
    Curious why you're using wifi instead of powerline ethernet for a desktop if you NT by need stability? 10/18/2017, 9:44am PDT NEW
        My beautiful wife, friendo. by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/10/2017, 9:57pm PST NEW
            Jonesy, powerline adapters mean you don't have to run cables through walls. by Saltlord 11/10/2017, 11:21pm PST NEW
    I assume mint will just do all of that by default by Entropy Stew 10/18/2017, 5:53pm PDT NEW
        Here's what I learned by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/10/2017, 10:00pm PST NEW
            I assume the config is just wrong? by Entropy Stew 11/11/2017, 3:52pm PST NEW
    Re: Desktop Linux by blackwater 10/19/2017, 9:33pm PDT NEW
 
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