Re: Could not connect to the supplicant

["Darren Albers" <dalbers gmail com>]

Sorry I did not see that you stated that starting wpa_supplicant by
hand works earlier.

If you run NetworkManager --no-daemon does any other error kick back
and are you able to connect to an open wireless network?

On 3/12/06, Jeroen Roeper <jeroen roeper xs4all nl> wrote:
> Yes it is. When I dont start NM and start wpa_supplicant by hand its
> working and I can connect to wireless networks. That tells me that its
> not a wpa_supplicant issue.
>
> I suspect its in between NM and wpa_supplicant. NM does see the wireless
> networks available. But as soon as it starts talking to wpa_suppliclant
> it fails.
>
> Jeroen
>
> On Sun, 2006-03-12 at 23:06 -0500, Darren Albers wrote:
> > Stupid question, but when you built wpasupplicant did you set
> > CONFIG_DRIVER_NDISWRAPPER=y in the .config?
> >
> > On 3/12/06, Jeroen Roeper <jeroen roeper xs4all nl> wrote:
> > > Yes, I have applied that. It did not make any difference. It gave me the
> > > same error as before the patch.
> > >
> > > Jeroen
> > >
> > > On Sun, 2006-03-12 at 22:54 -0500, Darren Albers wrote:
> > > > Have you tried the patches posted here:
> > > > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2006-March/msg00068.html
> > > >
> > > > Robert Love posted a patch that contains some driver specific
> > > > workarounds that are needed for a number of drivers that do not
> > > > support WEXT completely or have some other issue.  His post mentions
> > > > NDISWrapper specifically.
> > > >
> > > > On 3/12/06, Jeroen Roeper <jeroen roeper xs4all nl> wrote:
> > > > > Oh, and I forgot to mention that I am using ndiswrapper with a broadcom
> > > > > BCM4318 wireless adapter.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 11:26 +0800, Jeroen Roeper wrote:
> > > > > > Well,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > After a long time trying and tweaking its time for me to post to the
> > > > > > list. I have NetworkManager up and running on my laptop. For my wired
> > > > > > network its doing what its supposed to do but it does not connect to any
> > > > > > wireless network. I keep getting the following line in my logs:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > NetworkManager: <WARNING>  real_act_stage2_config (): Activation
> > > > > > (wlan0/wireless): couldn't connect to the supplicant.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I assume that NM tries to connect to the supplicant using the dirs
> > > > > > in /var/run/ which are all there... wpa_supplicant &
> > > > > > wpa_supplicant-global. Both are empty though.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > When I try to start wpa_supplicant by hand it works fine... via NM it
> > > > > > does not seem to do anything.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am running the following versions although I tried various other
> > > > > > versions and combinations. All the same problem.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > NetworkManager 0.6.0
> > > > > > wpa_supplicant 0.5.1
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If anyone has any idea let me know. Because at the moment I believe NM
> > > > > > is making networking only more difficult then easier :)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Jeroen
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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