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lokoum

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Registered: 2014-07-22

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[SOLVED] [wpa_gui] could not get status from wpa_supplicant

Hello,

I have a probleme to configure the wifi on my fresh arch install,
I installed wpa_supplicant and wpa_supplicant_gui

the problem is when i run the command: $>wpa_gui

it is showing : "Could not get status from wpa_supplicant"

the only workaround I have found is:
1) $>sudo NetworkManager
2)$>sudo killall NetworkManager
3)$>wifi-menu

then the wpa_gui works well.

So I think I just missed a service to start or something like that.

Thank you.

Last edited by lokoum (2016-01-16 15:57:47)

Head_on_a_Stick

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Registered: 2014-02-20

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Re: [SOLVED] [wpa_gui] could not get status from wpa_supplicant

So I think I just missed a service to start or something like that.

Yes, probably.

Which services have you started?

Describe your configuration in detail please.

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tom.ty89

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Registered: 2012-11-15

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Re: [SOLVED] [wpa_gui] could not get status from wpa_supplicant

Sounds you like should enable/start a wpa_supplicant service?

You should NOT do that if the network agent you use will spawn wpa_supplicant though.

Last edited by tom.ty89 (2016-01-16 14:40:56)

lokoum

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Registered: 2014-07-22

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Re: [SOLVED] [wpa_gui] could not get status from wpa_supplicant

even if I do a:

$ systemctl start wpa_supplicant it does not work

at this moment I disable all services that might be concerned with the wifi : dhcpcd, NetworkManager, wpa_supplicant, I start them manually when system is booted up

tom.ty89

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Re: [SOLVED] [wpa_gui] could not get status from wpa_supplicant

That's probably not the correct way you start it manually.

You need to have a device-specific conf and start a device-specific instance. e.g.

[tom@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-wired-enp3s0.conf 
ctrl_interface=/run/wpa_supplicant
update_config=1
[tom@localhost ~]$ sudo systemctl start wpa_supplicant-wired@enp3s0
[tom@localhost ~]$ systemctl status wpa_supplicant-wired@enp3s0
● wpa_supplicant-wired@enp3s0.service - WPA supplicant daemon (interface- and wired driver-specific version)
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/wpa_supplicant-wired@.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: active (running) since Sat 2016-01-16 23:05:48 HKT; 5s ago
 Main PID: 2421 (wpa_supplicant)
    Tasks: 1 (limit: 512)
   CGroup: /system.slice/system-wpa_supplicant\x2dwired.slice/wpa_supplicant-wired@enp3s0.service
           └─2421 /usr/bin/wpa_supplicant -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-wired-enp3s0.conf -Dwired -ienp3s0

Jan 16 23:05:48 localhost systemd[1]: Started WPA supplicant daemon (interface- and wired driver-specific version).
Jan 16 23:05:48 localhost wpa_supplicant[2421]: Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
[tom@localhost ~]$ wpa_cli
wpa_cli v2.5
Copyright (c) 2004-2015, 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: (nil) - re-trying
^C[tom@localhost ~]$ sudo wpa_cli
wpa_cli v2.5
Copyright (c) 2004-2015, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> and contributors

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


Selected interface 'enp3s0'

Interactive mode

[tom@localhost ~]$ 

By default the permission will be:

[tom@localhost ~]$ ls -ld /run/wpa_supplicant/
drwxr-x--- 2 root root 60 Jan 16 23:05 /run/wpa_supplicant/
[tom@localhost ~]$ 

It should be configurable through the ctrl_interface option in the conf.

P.S. I have no wireless adapter connected to my machine now, so I demo'd with the wired variant.

Last edited by tom.ty89 (2016-01-16 15:10:19)

lokoum

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Re: [SOLVED] [wpa_gui] could not get status from wpa_supplicant

Thank you it works now