Re: .6.4 on fc5 and doesn't do anything



On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 09:52 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 03:39 -0400, Saikat Guha wrote:
> > On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 21:47 -0500, John H. wrote: 
> > > I just started using networkmanager tonight in gnome, and it sees
> > > local networks, but can't do ANYTHING.
> > 
> > I had the same problem -- it was because of an update to wpa_supplicant.
> > 
> > Rolling back to the older wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-10.fc5.i386.rpm fixed the
> > problem.
> > 
> > The version of supplicant where the problem appears is
> > wpa_supplicant-0.4.9-13.fc5.at
> 
> Where did you get that version of wpa_supplicant from?  It's missing the
> AP_SCAN patch, which is why its failing with NM.  The latest
> wpa_supplicant for FC-5 updates is wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-10.fc5, which
> works.

The version of wpa_supplicant that was causing the problem was from the
ATrpms repository (maintainer CC'ed).

> > The relevant syslog messages are:
> > 
> > Aug 30 03:12:45 seshat NetworkManager: <information>    Activation
> > (eth1) started...
> > Aug 30 03:12:45 seshat NetworkManager: <information>    Activation
> > (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
> > Aug 30 03:12:45 seshat NetworkManager: <information>    Activation
> > (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
> > Aug 30 03:12:45 seshat NetworkManager: <information>    Activation
> > (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
> > Aug 30 03:12:45 seshat NetworkManager: <information>    Activation
> > (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
> > Aug 30 03:12:45 seshat NetworkManager: <information>    Activation
> > (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
> > Aug 30 03:12:45 seshat NetworkManager: <information>    Activation
> > (eth1/wireless): access point 'linksys' is unencrypted, no key needed.
> > Aug 30 03:12:45 seshat NetworkManager: <information>    SUP: sending
> > command 'INTERFACE_ADD eth1
> > wext    /var/run/wpa_supplicant '
> > Aug 30 03:12:45 seshat NetworkManager: <information>    SUP: response
> > was 'OK'
> > Aug 30 03:12:45 seshat NetworkManager: <information>    SUP: sending
> > command 'AP_SCAN 1'
> > Aug 30 03:12:45 seshat NetworkManager: <information>    SUP: response
> > was 'UNKNOWN COMMAND'
> > Aug 30 03:12:45 seshat NetworkManager: <WARNING>
> > nm_utils_supplicant_request_with_check ():
> > supplicant_send_network_config: supplicant error for 'AP_SCAN 1'.
> > Response: 'UNKNOWN COMMAND'
> > Aug 30 03:12:45 seshat NetworkManager: <WARNING>
> > real_act_stage2_config (): Activation (eth1/wireless): couldn't send
> > wireless configuration to the supplicant.
> > Aug 30 03:12:45 seshat NetworkManager: <information>    Activation
> > (eth1) failure scheduled...
> > Aug 30 03:12:45 seshat NetworkManager: <information>    Activation
> > (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
> > Aug 30 03:12:45 seshat NetworkManager: <information>    Activation
> > (eth1) failed for access point (linksys)
> > Aug 30 03:12:45 seshat NetworkManager: <information>    Activation
> > (eth1) failed.
> > Aug 30 03:12:45 seshat NetworkManager: <information>    Deactivating
> > device eth1.
> > Aug 30 03:12:45 seshat dhclient: receive_packet failed on eth1: Network
> > is down
> > 
> > 
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> 
-- 
Saikat

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