[SOLVED] Arch Linux install on Dell Inspiron N5110

Hello people!
I`m new to Arch, i installed it a while ago on my desktop PC and it works like a charm, so i want now to install it on my laptop.
I`m wondering if any of you (hopefully) has installed it on a similar laptop, and if he/she can to give me some heads-up before i start the install.
This is my system info:
Product Dell Inspiron N5110
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2450M CPU @ 2.50GHz
Total Physical Memory 6.00 GB
Video Card - Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000
Video Card - GeForce GT 525M
Network Card - Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 1030
Mouse - Dell Touchpad
I really appreciate any info, or suggestions regarding this.
Thanks in advance.
Last edited by bogz (2012-05-15 19:18:18)

The process is very much the same as your desktop install. Just follow the Beginner's Guide and you should be fine. There are, however, a few things you may want to consider (and this applies to laptops in general, not to any specific model): https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Laptop
If it comes with an SSD, you should also read the wiki article on SSD's: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SSD

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Last edited by somedood (2013-06-09 13:23:51)

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cgdisk /dev/sda1
I create 4 Linux filesystem partitions with this, then I run:
mkfs.vfat -32 /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2
mkfs.ex4 /dev/sda3
mkswap /dev/sda4
I then toggle the boot flag of my FAT32 formatted ESP (/dev/sda1):
parted
toggle
1
boot
if it is not turned on according to the output of:
parted
print
After that I mount the drives and turn swap on:
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
mkdir -p /mnt/home
mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/home
mkdir -p /mnt/boot/efi
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot/efi
swapon /dev/sda4
I install my base system (without changing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist) by running:
pacstrap -i /mnt base
Finally I generate my fstab after the Arch installation:
genfstab -U -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
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UUID=264fe719-b816-462d-af5b-1b76c73a875b / ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 1
# /dev/sda3
UUID=824c5b36-6bf3-4c66-8878-5c886dadc9dd /home ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 2
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Alps Touchpad detected as PS2 Generic mouse on Dell Inspiron N5110 15R

I Started this thread 2 months ago , at first I was asking for a solution and I didn't get one , So I repeated that thread on different distros forums but I get the same results because of a simple fact that there is no one have solution !! , So I realized that the best way to solve this problem is to gather our forces here so we can create a solution
The Bug : xinput-list shows PS/2 Generic mouse instead of Alps touchpad so multi-touch gestures is not possible ( Probably an unknown alps protocol )
The Effected Laptops : Dell Inspiron N5110 , Acer Aspire V3-771G-9875 , ......... (You name it)
Update 1- installing kernel 3.5.2 from test repos didn't solve the problem
Update 2- installing psmouse-elantech from AUR (as wiki says ) didn't solve the problem it only made xinput-list identifies it as ps/2 elantech mouse
Update 3- installing psmouse-alps from AUR don't have any impact
Update 4- installing extra/xf86-input-evdev and extra/xf86-input-synaptics don't have any impact
Update 5- Here are bug reports links :
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … bug/606238
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … bug/977063
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45201
Update 6- I contacted Dell ,They says it's Alps responsibility and i contacted alps , They says it's Dell responsibility ( I hate those shitty formal replies )
Update 7- After Some Google-ing I found that a developer managed to brake the unknown alps protocol on dell latitude E6230 which is very similar to our alps protocol , so If any developer owns n5110 please take a look at this http://markmail.org/message/r62dimyqb6f … te:results you might find a clue or a trace to brake that protocol
In the end please keep this thread alive as possible with every new finding , Suggestion ,workaround , possible solution until we solve this F***N bug
Last edited by t-r-e (2012-08-24 03:40:01)

Did you try the 'proto' parameter?
[laloch@uriel ~]$ modinfo psmouse
filename: /lib/modules/3.4.4-2-ARCH/kernel/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.ko.gz
license: GPL
description: PS/2 mouse driver
author: Vojtech Pavlik <[email protected]>
alias: serio:ty05pr*id*ex*
alias: serio:ty01pr*id*ex*
depends:
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The laptop cannot wake up after Sleep or Hibernate either.
I have tried every solution that you advised to all the other people in the forum that have the same issue.
1. The laptop cannot shut down in Safe Mode either.
2. It cannot shut down even after Clean Boot Mode - all non-MS services disabled and all Startups disabled.
3. I tried changing the Advanced Power Options of "Allow Hybrid Sleep" - both ON for "On AC Power" and "Running on battery" - no change.
4. I tried installing the latest video drivers for Nvidia. This did not help either.
5. Running only on battery does not change anything - still cannot shutdown.
6. Running only on AC adapter without battery - still cannot shutdown.
7. I tried removing the AC adapter and battery and holding the POWER button for 30 seconds to RESET the laptop - did not work.
ATTENTION: I've been reading your forums all day and saw at least 10-15 reports of the same problem and not a single fixed case.
8. This is why I have not tried Flashing the BIOS to the latest version - I read other people tried that and it didn't work either.
9. I loaded BIOS default settings (F9) - still cannot shutdown.
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11. I could not locate IEEE 1394 Adapter in Device Manager to change its Power Management settings.
Actually none of the suggestions you may give for changing something in Windows makes sense because I already mentioned that shut down in Ubuntu does not work either.
The issue seems to be either in the BIOS or a hardware problem. But which component? Is it the CD/DVD drive?
This is a new laptop.
Please advice how to proceed. If you know which component fails please tell me.

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Aloha,
This line in the Official Arch Linux Install Guide
Official Arch Linux Install Guide
dd if=archlinux-XXX.img of=/dev/sdX
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Computer freezes before BIOS after arch linux install

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Computer specs:
AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3700+
DFI LANPARTY nf4-d
ATI Radeon x800
2 GB DDR RAM
160 GB SSD
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Try clearing the CMOS settings either by removing the motherboard battery for some minutes or by using the relevant jumper on the motherboard. Check the manual of your motherboard for details.
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[SOLVED] Function Keys Problem On Dell Inspiron N5010

Yesterday I bought a new laptop (Dell Inspiron N5010) and immediately installed Arch Linux on it. But when I launched the installation framework, I needed to use fdisk to partition my drive manually and to open another tty, ctrl + alt + f2 or up to f7, none of them worked. When I use f4 or f5 for example, it changes the brightness of the screen cause these keys have icons on them which represent the brightness control. So I quitted, took care of that fdisk issue and got back, installed Arch Linux successfully. When launched in GNOME 3, nothing was changed. It still uses f1, f2, ... and so on as "just function keys" without using "Fn" key. It's fine somehow cause my system automatically detected those keys, I can use every single function of my keyboard. But without using Fn key, I can't actually use any fx key for my own use. For example, I can't use Tilda anymore cause when I use only f1, it tries to open monitor control stuff.
So... any ideas?
Edit: It seems that this problem is all about Arch Linux. A friend of mine has the same laptop and he has just tried Mint Debian RC and function keys worked properly. So, there's a problem and it seems it's related to Arch Linux (or maybe Xorg version, somehow?).
Last edited by Jeaquares (2011-05-18 13:07:06)

xdunlapx wrote:The function key on my dell laptop was set to the F keys, meaning you have to hit the function key and then an F key to activate the F key. I switched it in the bios so I don't have to hit the function key to activate the F keys. So I would have had to hit Fn+Ctrl-Alt-F1 for example to get to TTY 1. Now since i switched it off in the bios All I have to do is hit Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get to the terminal. But in order to turn off wifi from the F key (for example) I have to hit Fn+F2. It's switched.
I can't tell you how this was helpful. I've never noticed that there was an option in BIOS's Advanced menu for this. I updated it as "Function Key" and it solved my problem, thanks.

Bluetooth Driver for dell(Inspiron N5110(ST: 3v82np1 ) is still not working well.

Hi,
I have tried installing "Dell Wireless 1701
802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v3.0+HS Driver "
But I saw neither wireless nor Bluetooth was defined.
As the drivers listed below are only the driver for wireless and bluetooth, I almost tried all of them, except the last three.
File TitleImportanceRelease DateVersionActions
Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1030 WiFi Driver
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Other Formats
Description
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Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1030/Advanced-N 6230
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Dell Wireless 1701 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v3.0+HS
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Dell Wireless 1702 WiFi + Bluetooth Driver
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Description
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Recommended
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Bluetooth Adapter Driver
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Add to My Download List
Dell Wireless WLAN 1502 Half Mini-Card Driver
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Description
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Intel WiMax Link 6150 Driver
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Description
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Realtek RTL8111E-VB Gigabit and RTL8105E-VB 10/100
Ethernet Controller Driver
(Driver)
Description
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I had to install Dell Wireless 1702 WiFi +
Bluetooth Driver
The wireless adapter was defined by this driver, however, the Bluetooth still has an exclamation mark in front of it, and when the Dell WLAN and Bluetooth client installation finished, a pop up message said that Windows couldn't install the device
well, although there was a folder added in documents folder named 'Bluetooth Folder'
Yes, the Bluetooth was named with 'Generic Bluetooth adapter' before installing 'Driver above'. However, after installing the driver above, the Bluetooth adapter named with ' Dell wireless 1702 Bluetooth v3.0". But as you see it's
still not working will.
The sceen shot shows the device manger before installing Dell
Wireless 1702 WiFi + Bluetooth Driver
These screen shots shows the device manger after installing Dell
Wireless 1702 WiFi + Bluetooth Driver
I've lit windows detect the operating program for this device on the internet, it said "Windows has detected that the operating program of this device is up to date. As this screenshot shows.
What should I do because nothing lift to try? If you have a look at the ninth drivers in my previous message, you will see that no other drivers for Bluetooth lift.
Also, I have tried to install Intel
Centrino Wireless-N 1030 WiFi Driver
But I have been told that "the installation is blocked', This package of installation cannot be installed on your system' I don't know what this
means, is it because Dell Wireless 1702 WiFi +
Bluetooth Driver is being installed
Could you please take some of your preciout time out to read carefully my points below to finish this problem?
first:
Yes, if you had a look at my first post, you would have seen that I really have downloaded and installed the drivers suitable for bluetooth, which was only Dell
Wireless 1702 WiFi + Bluetooth Driver, which made the bluetooth recognized by Windows 7(64Bit). However, the bluetooth in the device manager still has an exclamation mark as it is shown in the device manager.
I don't have any other drviers which can do more than the what Dell
Wireless 1702 WiFi + Bluetooth Driver did because I have tried all the drivers listed under 'Network', exept the what are for Etherent.
Yes, when I have tried adding the bluetooth between two laptops(Mohammad and Nasreen). the bluetooth was added for both laptops as you see in these screenshots below:
The Bluetooth devices of Nasreen's laptop whose bluetooth is having some problems in Device mangage.
The Bluetooth devices of Mohammad's laptop whosse Bluetooh is defined well in device manager.
But there is still problem in the device managre as shown in the screenshot listed before.
Second: (Important) That when I want to send files or recieving between two bluetooth added in either laptop, I could send them. Also, when I open the Mohammad's bluetooth added in Nansreen's laptop( screenshot
below), I can show what is inside it.
However, when I open the the Nasreen's bluetooth addd in Mohammad's laptop, I noticed no reponse at all because as you see that disconnected is written in fornt "Nasreen-Pc" as this screenshot:
Although sometimes Nasreen-Pc gets connected as screenshot below, but I am still not able to open the Bluetooth folder of Nasreen-pc from Mohammad-pc. When trying to do that, no response is there.
In other times, Nasreen-pc gets connected for a while, but it comes back disconnected.
Third:: I noticed that the name of Laptop whose Bluetooth was added listed in 'My computer' for the laptop whose Bluetooth is having some problems in the device manager.(First Screen shot below) However,
the name of the laptop whose Bluetooth is having problems wasn't listed on other laptop's "my computer"(Second Screen shot below)
Finally: : when I clicked "right-click" on "Nasreen-PC" and then clicking on "detecting and troublshooting issues", I found that windows informed me that :
But which driver should I reinstall because I have already installed the Dell
Wireless 1702 WiFi + Bluetooth Driver almost twice?
A man should convert his anger and sadness into strength to continue living in this life.

Certain driver packages contain drivers from some of the essential services only and for additional services, separate drivers must be installed. Additionally, the service is installed only if a compatible device is installed (or paired).
Therefore, you are seeing the error.
If you are using the Bluetooth L2CAP Interface and Bluetooth Remote Control services and not able to install the services, you can try unpairing the device, restart the PC, pair the device and then check. If that too fails, you need to install a suitable
driver, sometimes even other OEM drivers solve the issue. You can Bing/Google about this. You can also contact Dell Support for more information.
Balaji Kundalam
Thanks a lot,
I really didn't understand what you mean with in your first part the service is installed only if a compatible device is installed (or paired).
The Bluetooth is integrated with
the laptop, then where other services will come from, all service are related to Bluetooth.
If there are some additional services not related to Bluetooth,
then how can I either let them functioning well or disable them in order to get rid of the yellow exclamation mark
on the name of my laptop in the Device and printers.
Also, I really have installed a
BCBT7(Broadcom Bluetooth) for HP which really defined the same Bluetooth issue,
Device manager after installing the entire setup of driver BCBT7(Broadcom Bluetooth) on HP laptop
but when trying to install the same
BCBT7(Broadcom Bluetooth) on Dell, I faced the error below, although there is an icon for Bluetooth in
the system tray. Also, the Bluetooth is integrated as
you have seen in the device manager.
You didn't answer me: Third:: I noticed that the name of Laptop whose Bluetooth was added listed in 'My computer' for the laptop whose
Bluetooth is having some problems in the device manager.(First Screen shot below) However, the name of the laptop whose Bluetooth is having problems wasn't listed on other laptop's "my computer"(Second Screen shot below)
A man should convert his anger and sadness into strength to continue living in this life.

Trouble with a wired connection on my fresh Arch Linux Install

I am a new Arch Linux user. I used to use Ubuntu exclusively, but I'm to the point where I can no longer stand a lot of the issues with the new development and Canonical. Anyways....
I have a Dell Inspiron 1440 laptop with an RTL8110SC (Module R8169) Ethernet port. (Pardon me if my terminology is wrong; please correct me if it is so I can learn? ) During the install process with the CD that I made, I had no issues connecting to the Internet. However, whenever I boot into my install, there is no connection. I've tried pinging various web pages and nothing will happen. I know that my hardware is compatible, but I do not know what to do next. I've tried everything under the Wiki's Beginner's Guide and the Network Configuration Guide.
I just realised after I wrote this top portion that it no longer is connecting via CD, either. Pinging is giving me errors about no packets being received.
Please help me with this matter? I would love to start using Arch Linux!

Ping is a very basic command that is fundamental to debugging networks at the lowest levels.
ewaller@odin:~ 1002 %ping 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=42.7 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=2 ttl=50 time=36.7 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=3 ttl=50 time=36.8 ms
^C
--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2003ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 36.721/38.782/42.768/2.819 ms
ewaller@odin:~ 1003 %
What we can tell so far..
You have an Ethernet Interface.
You have an Ethernet Address.
You cannot look up domain names (bad)
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Last edited by ewaller (2012-10-26 22:58:32)

[SOLVED] Arch Linux on encrypted luks partition on USB key

Hi
I've installed Arch Linux on a USB key following this Wiki page: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/In … _a_USB_key
I also used dm-crypt as described in this Wiki page: https://wiki.archlinux.de/title/Festpla … iante_1.29
I installed Arch Linux on the USB key using VirtualBox.
To do that, I created a "rawvmdk":
vboxmanage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename ./usb.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/sdd
Everything works fine when I'm trying to start the system within VirtualBox.
Syslinux loads Arch using the following kernel command:
APPEND cryptdevice=UUID=6aa73872-3755-4bdf-bee3-d1cd7a3fe0bf:main root=/dev/mapper/main-root rw
/etc/mkinitcpio.conf holds the following "HOOKS" configuration:
HOOKS="base udev autodetect modconf block keyboard keymap encrypt lvm2 filesystems fsch resume"
As already mentioned the configuration works within VirtualBox. When I'm trying to boot from the USB key on my real computer, I'm getting an error. Syslinux works fine and loads Linux, but Linux is complaining. Here's the log:
:: running hoock [encrypt]
Waiting 10 seconds for device /dev/disk/by-uuid/6aa73872-3755-4bdf-bee3-d1cd7a3fe0bf ...
ERROR: device '/dev/mapper/main-root' not found. Skipping fschk.
ERROR: Unable to find root device '/dev/mapper/main-root'.
You are being dropped to a recovery shell
I'm not getting prompted for the passphrase since the cryptdevice can not be found. But why? It can be found when I'm booting within VirtualBox. What might be different? I successfully installed other Linux distributions (but without encryption and using GRUB as bootloader) previously within VirtualBox and was able to boot from the USB key on a real machine afterwards.
Some additional information that might help:
Here's the "lsblk -f output" for the stick:
sdd
├─sdd1 ext4 usbboot bb45e84e-842e-4209-8c44-1af3c7933389
└─sdd2 crypto_L 6aa73872-3755-4bdf-bee3-d1cd7a3fe0bf
When I'm running "lsblk" or "blkid" from the recovery shell after the failure, I'm getting no output. "ls /dev/sd*" returns nothing as well. The directory /dev/disk does not even exists in the recovery shell. (I'm not sure if this is normal or not.)
Thanks for helping.
Last edited by The Infinity (2014-08-14 20:26:06)

I still haven't solved the problem:
When starting the system on a machine with NVIDIA GTX 560Ti graphics card:
- X doesn't start using startx or xinit and there are no log entries in /var/log/Xorg.*.log (as I haven't tried to start X).
- I'm getting the message "Waiting for X server to begin accepting connections .. .. .. ..".
- I already tried to uninstall xf86-video-nouveau and nouveau-dri with no effect.
- Additionally: The "default terminals tty1/2/3/..." (which I'm using to start X) from have a poor resolution (I think 640x480 pixel).
When starting the system on a virtual machine or a machine with an ATI Radeon (mobile) graphics card:
- X starts and runs without any trouble the XFCE desktop environment.
- Additionally: The default terminals have a proper resolution (I think the maximal resolution of the display).

[SOLVED] Arch Linux is zombie infested !!!

Sigh !
I don't know what happened but a few minute before when I rebooted my Arch Linux desktop, it started acting weird.
First thing I do is to start my torrent client Deluge, look there was no icon in the tray for it but it was shown in System-monitor.
Then I started Firefox, a few minute later the whole thing logged off. I renter my password and then again it logged of within one minute.
So I rebooted to see if that changes this time, but this time I could see was that firefox was shown as ZOMBIE process and then when I tried to take the screenshot the system hanged
Some thing I did today was
Installed Yaourt
Then installed nautilus-dropbox plugin
Dropboxd service runs in background, so is there something fishy about the dropbox service. I tried to kill it but it again restarts.
Please help me from zombie infestation, I am writing this from Ubuntu
Last edited by visio159 (2008-09-14 08:41:47)

No one replied !!! huh
Well good news is that my RAM module needed a dust cleanup. Probably due to corrupt memory it was behaving bad.
I am impressed that it (linux) logged me off when it detected that there were memory violation and corruptions to prevent any data damage ! Now can anyone explain this to me ? Is it really a feature or was just random occurring ?
Case solved, learned a lesson too.
Last edited by visio159 (2008-09-13 05:44:10)

[SOLVED]Arch Linux running inside GNOME Boxes.

Hello,
I wanted to create a vm using GNOME Boxes to run another Arch Linux installation (to test things and avoid to break my main system).
I did a normal install, then installed gnome-shell and gdm from testing repos. I enabled gdm and NetworkManager and after reboot my box.
The box don't boot. The main display only see early fsck lines (about /), I can see in the thubnail more lines but can't read messages.
What is wrong here ?
Regards,
Fabien
Last edited by fbourigault (2014-10-07 11:22:36)

I can't read it it only show in the thumbnail. I posted here to known if I missed some package installation or if someone already had the problem and solve it !.
EDIT:
I installed a new box, using gnome from stable repositories. I installed the same packages but didn't enable anything. I'm starting services by hand to allow me do configuration in the box
You can find the gdm log here : http://pastebin.com/R5ek3Xwy (full version with multiple failing runs :http://pastebin.com/fCsPxAvb)
EDIT 2 :
Problem solved by installing xf86-video-qxl from AUR ! This package should really be in official repos.
Last edited by fbourigault (2014-10-07 08:41:32)

[solved] Arch linux access point with multiple interfaces for the NAT

Hi, I have a router running Arch linux. It is connected via LAN (let's call it eth0) to the internet. It has a second LAN interface, eth1, and a wireless interface in master mode, wlan0.
Now, Everything works perfectly except providing network connectivity on eth1 and wlan0 simultaneously. I followed the guide in the "Internet share" wiki article and use dnsmasq/hostapd for the AP. It appears as if all traffic from the router is sent to the wlan0 interface, even if it came in through eth1 (for example, dhcp requests). I cannot really find information how to solve this. The words "bonding" and "iptables" are floating around, but there is not really an easy to understand tutorial for this.
What do I need to do to use both the eth1 and wlan0 interface (for different clients!) on my router?
Best regards, and thank you in advance
Jan Oliver
/e: This seems to be my problem: http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7000318 How do I solve this using the usual iptables? (The way described in the article doesn't work: "RTNETLINK answers: No such process" errors.)
Last edited by janoliver (2013-09-25 22:24:53)

Or you could bridge eth1 and wlan0, and make dnsmasq bind/listen on that bridge...

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