wpa_supplicant issues

T.T. · 2013-11-23 01:49:55

I'm currently having some trouble getting wpa_supplicant to work properly. I've followed the WPA supplicant page, and it still fails.
I've tried just about everything that I can find, but I have not been able to fix this problem.

If I run wifi-menu I get:

:: wlan0-linksys down                                                  [ DONE ] 
:: wlan0-linksys up                                                    [ BUSY ]
 Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant

 > WPA Authentication/Association Failed
                                                                       [FAILED]

also, running wpa_cli gives:

wpa_cli v2.0
Copyright (c) 2004-2012, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> and contributors

This software may be distributed under the terms of the BSD license.
See README for more details.



Interactive mode

Could not connect to wpa_supplicant: (null) - re-trying

I'm assuming the card itself works because I'm able to pick up networks.

Thanks in advance.

Trilby · 2013-11-23 02:10:10

What are the results of the commands in the wiki?

Specifically, have you used wpa_passphrase to generate a config file? Have you run wpa_supplicant with the flags in the wiki passing that configuration file? If so, what output does it give you?

T.T. · 2013-11-23 05:30:46

yes. I followed the wiki for the config

wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

gives

Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant

oddly enough though, this time when tried wifi-menu, I get:

:: wlan0-linksys up                                                    [ BUSY ]
 Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
ctrl_iface exists and seems to be in use - cannot override it
Delete '/run/wpa_supplicant/wlan0' manually if it is not used anymore
Failed to initialize control interface '/run/wpa_supplicant'.
You may have another wpa_supplicant process already running or the file was
left by an unclean termination of wpa_supplicant in which case you will need
to manually remove this file before starting wpa_supplicant again.

 > wpa_supplicant did not start, possible configuration error
                                                                                          [FAILED]

Trilby · 2013-11-23 11:57:38

If wpa_supplicant was successful, why did you then run wifi-menu?

T.T. · 2013-11-23 18:00:50

is wpa_supplicant able to handle the connecting of the network? I thought I had to start wpa_suppplicant, then use wifi-menu to connect.
if that is the case, you may have found the issue

T.T. · 2013-11-23 18:09:16

I read through that wiki page again. This time I noticed that after starting wpa_supplicant I needed to run:

dhcpcd wlan0

Sadly that failed. Its output is:

dhcpcd[780]: version 6.1.0 starting
dhcpcd[783]: wlan0: starting wpa_supplicant
dhcpcd[780]: wlan0: waiting for carrier
dhcpcd[780]: timed out
dhcpcd[780]: exited

Not sure how much that tells you. I'm not even sure what the carrier is.

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#1 2013-11-23 01:49:55

wpa_supplicant issues

#2 2013-11-23 02:10:10

Re: wpa_supplicant issues

#3 2013-11-23 05:30:46

Re: wpa_supplicant issues

#4 2013-11-23 11:57:38

Re: wpa_supplicant issues

#5 2013-11-23 18:00:50

Re: wpa_supplicant issues

#6 2013-11-23 18:09:16

Re: wpa_supplicant issues

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