2010-09-21, 06:21
after messing with rc.local scripts and not getting the desired effect, i figured out a way for xbmc to fire off, and have access to WIRELESS network resources every time on boot!
hold shift while booting into dharma, run the recovery console, edit the /usr/bin/runXBMC file in nano
nano /usr/bin/runXBMC
append the following to the top of the file:
ifconfig wlan0 down
sleep 5
dhclient -r wlan0
sleep 5
ifconfig wlan0 up
sleep 5
iwconfig wlan0 essid "homenet"
sleep 5
iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
sleep 5
dhclient wlan0
sleep 30
after that, you will have an additional 1 minute of boot time, but xbmc should boot with network resources every single boot thereafter!!
this is obviously for a very basic wireless network, but you can improvise for your own.
the issue i was having was in regards to rc.local firing off after XBMC had already started, and i wasnt able to access shares.
this resolved that issue.
just wanted to post this incase someone else out there needed it.
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hold shift while booting into dharma, run the recovery console, edit the /usr/bin/runXBMC file in nano
nano /usr/bin/runXBMC
append the following to the top of the file:
ifconfig wlan0 down
sleep 5
dhclient -r wlan0
sleep 5
ifconfig wlan0 up
sleep 5
iwconfig wlan0 essid "homenet"
sleep 5
iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
sleep 5
dhclient wlan0
sleep 30
after that, you will have an additional 1 minute of boot time, but xbmc should boot with network resources every single boot thereafter!!
this is obviously for a very basic wireless network, but you can improvise for your own.
the issue i was having was in regards to rc.local firing off after XBMC had already started, and i wasnt able to access shares.
this resolved that issue.
just wanted to post this incase someone else out there needed it.
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