[SOLVED] netcfg and wpa_supplicant

finferflu · 2008-10-25 17:36:59

After being so frustrated with NetworkManager and Wicd, I decided to come back to netcfg, but this time I have an encrypted WPA.

I have been trying to figure out how to configure netcfg with wpa_supplicant but so far I haven't been able to have any success.
Following this wiki page, I am able to successfully connect to my ESSID, with the following commands:

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

However with the following netcfg profile I am unable to connect:

CONNECTION="wireless"
DESCRIPTION="Home connection"
INTERFACE=wlan0
SCAN="yes"
SECURITY="wpa-config"
ESSID="myessid"
IP="dhcp"
WPA_OPTS="-Dwext"
WPA_CONF="/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf"
DHCP_TIMEOUT=10

Before failing, it spits an error:

Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: Success

If I put SECURITY="wpa" instead, it fails without the above error (and I don't know which one is better ).

My wireless card is an Intel BCM4312, using the ndiswrapper driver.

Thanks for your time

uastasi · 2008-10-25 17:42:46

Did you try to add some tweaks such as prescan and wpaessid into QUIRKS array?
You could also use SECURITY="wpa" instead of "wpa-config" if you don't need particular security settings.

finferflu · 2008-10-25 17:56:54

I tried with those tweaks as you suggested, but it didn't work.
Also, as I said, either wpa or wpa-config do not work... perhaps the only change I could see was this:

Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or directory

uastasi · 2008-10-25 18:06:38

I'd try to change some parameters like this:
SCAN="no"
DHCP_TIMEOUT=20

and finally would check is /var/run/wpa_supplicant is created when netcfg2 is running.

finferflu · 2008-10-25 18:20:33

I did that: if I leave the profile with the QUIRKS enabled, I get this error:

:: home up  - wpa_supplicant did not start, possible configuration err

Else, I get the usual:

Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or directory

> ls /var/run | grep wpa_supplicant

So it's not created (I had created it manually before, noticing the weird behaviour, but what is weirder is that the folder has disappeared now).

my0pic · 2008-10-26 03:04:43

finferflu have you seen moljac024's post? Might be relevant to your issue.

iphitus · 2008-10-26 05:01:02

Finferflu: please post the ENTIRE output, not just the pieces you believe are relevant.

Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or directory

This message is totally harmless.

To check for association netcfg keeps checking wpa_cli status until it get's the state "COMPLETED". Occassionally wpa_supplicant takes a bit longer to start up and isn't ready for wpa_cli, so wpa_cli fails with the above message. The loop ignores this and keeps going as usually the second time around wpa_supplicant is ready to be interrogated by wpa_cli.

Also, WPA_OPTS="-Dwext" is redundant, that's already passed by netcfg, so remove the variable.

Last edited by iphitus (2008-10-26 05:03:04)

finferflu · 2008-10-26 10:54:15

Apparently it was a driver issue. I have ditched ndiswrapper for broadcom-wl, and it worked straight away.

Iphitus, the output I posted was the whole output (I just skipped the prompt).

Thank you all for your support

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#1 2008-10-25 17:36:59

[SOLVED] netcfg and wpa_supplicant

#2 2008-10-25 17:42:46

Re: [SOLVED] netcfg and wpa_supplicant

#3 2008-10-25 17:56:54

Re: [SOLVED] netcfg and wpa_supplicant

#4 2008-10-25 18:06:38

Re: [SOLVED] netcfg and wpa_supplicant

#5 2008-10-25 18:20:33

Re: [SOLVED] netcfg and wpa_supplicant

#6 2008-10-26 03:04:43

Re: [SOLVED] netcfg and wpa_supplicant

#7 2008-10-26 05:01:02

Re: [SOLVED] netcfg and wpa_supplicant

#8 2008-10-26 10:54:15

Re: [SOLVED] netcfg and wpa_supplicant

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