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Hi
I'm somewhat new to linux and decided to install the 64-bit version of Arch on my laptop.
I had a working 32-bit install on it and backed up what I thought were all the important config files.
After the installation, I tried to set up my wireless network as it was before and have copied the network profiles etc to their respective locations.
however, now, when I try to start the wireless by typing "netcfg home" (the name of the profile) I get told
: : Starting network profile: home
Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open : no such file or directory
which the repeats ad infinitum or until I hit ctrl+s
I am using the madwifi drivers and wpa_supplicant (obvously) and have not had a problem before.
my network profile looks like this:
#
# Network Profiles
#
Description="Home"
# Network Settings
INTERFACE=ath0
HOSTNAME=localhost
# Interface Settings
IFOPTS="dhcp"
# Wireless Settings
ESSID="HomeNetwork"
IWOPTS"mode managed essid $ESSID"
WIFI_WAIT=5
USEWPA="yes"
WPAOPTS="-Dmadwifi -i$interface -c/etc/wpa_supplicant_home.conf"
and wpa_supplicant_home.conf looks like
#/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
network={
ssid="HomeNetwork"
psk="*******************"
priority=5
}
any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Caillin
:update:
I have also tried using autowpa but also to no effect
in the end, I copied my old profiles from the where I backed them up and now they work.
Last edited by Darkwind (2007-08-14 10:38:44)
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I have the same problem. Could you please paste the profiles that worked?. Thank you.
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This may be a bit late, but I was looking for something to explain the strange "AUTOWPA" parameter and found your post here. I'm just taking a stab at it, but it looks like the "$interface" variable should be capitalized. So it would look like this:
WPAOPTS="-Dmadwifi -i$INTERFACE -c/etc/wpa_supplicant_home.conf"
That way it'll match with the variable declaration up above.
Hope this helps, even if it's over a month later!
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