Re: NM 0.7 can't connect to WPA network

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 18:14 -0400, Joel Goguen wrote:
> Joel Goguen wrote:
> > I built NM 0.7 from SVN (current as of this morning) and when I try to 
> > connect to a WPA network, I get these messages.  Unfortunately, I'm not 
> > certain where to even begin looking to debug this, but hopefully some 
> > info about the network itself is a start.  The SSID contains only 
> > alphanumeric characters, but the passphrase contains non-alphanumeric 
> > characters, including # and !.  It's WPA/TKIP.  The same thing also 
> > happens on a WPA-Enterprise network using TTLS/PAP.  In this case, both 
> > the SSID and passphrase contain non-alphanumeric characters, including ! 
> > and @.  I'm running Ubuntu 7.10 and the driver is madwifi 0.9.3.  Both 
> > these networks worked perfectly using NM 0.6.5.
> > 
> > Any pointers on where to look to help debug this or suggestions to get 
> > this working would be greatly appreciated.
> > 
> > [jgoguen hermes:~/Code/network-manager-applet]$ sudo 
> > /usr/sbin/NetworkManager 
> > --pid-file=/var/run/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.pid --no-daemon
> > NetworkManager: <info>  starting...
> > NetworkManager: <info>  eth0: Device is fully-supported using driver 'sky2'.
> > NetworkManager: <info>  (eth0): exporting device as 
> > /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_17_f2_2b_c6_20
> > NetworkManager: <info>  Now managing wired Ethernet (802.3) device 'eth0'.
> > NetworkManager: <info>  Bringing up device eth0
> > NetworkManager: <info>  Deactivating device eth0.
> > NetworkManager: <info>  ath0: Device is fully-supported using driver 
> > 'ath_pci'.
> > NetworkManager: <info>  (ath0): exporting device as 
> > /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_16_cb_bc_a6_4b
> > NetworkManager: <info>  Now managing wireless (802.11) device 'ath0'.
> > NetworkManager: <info>  Bringing up device ath0
> > NetworkManager: <info>  Deactivating device ath0.
> > NetworkManager: <info>  (eth0) supplicant interface is now in state 2 
> > (from 1).
> > NetworkManager: <info>  (ath0) supplicant interface is now in state 2 
> > (from 1).
> > NetworkManager: <info>  User request for activation of ath0.
> > NetworkManager: <info>  Activating device ath0
> > NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) 
> > scheduled...
> > NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) 
> > started...
> > NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device 
> > Configure) scheduled...
> > NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) 
> > complete.
> > NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device 
> > Configure) starting...
> > NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0/wireless): access point 'Auto 
> > GamerCorner' has security, but secrets are required.
> > NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device 
> > Configure) complete.
> > NetworkManager: <WARN>  get_secrets_cb(): Couldn't get connection 
> > secrets: applet.c.3297 (get_secrets_dialog_response_cb): failed to hash 
> > setting '802-11-wireless-security'..
> > NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) failed for access point 
> > (GamerCorner)
> > NetworkManager: <info>  Marking connection 'Auto GamerCorner' invalid.
> > NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) failed.
> > NetworkManager: <info>  Deactivating device ath0.
> > 
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > [jgoguen hermes:~/Code/network-manager-applet]$ nm-applet --sm-disable
> > 
> > ** (nm-applet:4949): WARNING **: No connections defined
> > 
> > ** (nm-applet:4949): WARNING **: No networks found in the configuration 
> > database
> > ** Message: <info>  No keyring secrets found for Auto 
> > GamerCorner/802-11-wireless-security; ask the user
> > 
> > ** Message: <info>  Got setting name: 802-11-wireless-security
> > 
> > 
> > ** (nm-applet:4949): CRITICAL **: nm_setting_to_hash: assertion 
> > `NM_IS_SETTING (setting)' failed
> > 
> > ** (nm-applet:4949): WARNING **: applet.c.3295 
> > (get_secrets_dialog_response_cb): failed to hash setting 
> > '802-11-wireless-security'.
> > 
> > 
> NM 0.7 also can't connect to an open wireless point, but wpa_supplicant
> works fine.  Here's the output from this test.  Also, in both cases I
> started wpa_supplicant with the '-u' and '-B' flags before NetworkManager.

Could you

1) stop NetworkManager 
2) kill any running wpa_supplicant
3) rmmod ath_pci
4) modprobe ath_pci
5) 80211debug -i wlan0 +dot1x +dot1xsm +wpa +assoc +auth
6) athdebug -i wlan0 +state
7) start NetworkManager, try to associate
8) kill NetworkManager
9) kill wpa_supplicant
10) rmmod ath_pci

Mail me the output of 'dmesg' and the BSSID of the AP you are trying to
associate to for either WPA or open networks.  Please also note your
madwifi version (0.9.3.3 or whatever).

In my testing, there is no difference between the wpa_supplicant output
of an NM driven association and a madwifi association.  Also make sure
you leave ~2 or 3 minutes between association attempts, as some APs can
get into a state where they think you're already associated.

Dan

> [jgoguen hermes:~]$ sudo /usr/sbin/NetworkManager
> --pid-file=/var/run/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.pid --no-daemon
> [sudo] password for jgoguen:
> NetworkManager: <info>  starting...
> NetworkManager: <info>  eth0: Device is fully-supported using driver 'sky2'.
> NetworkManager: <info>  (eth0): exporting device as
> /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_17_f2_2b_c6_20
> NetworkManager: <info>  Now managing wired Ethernet (802.3) device 'eth0'.
> NetworkManager: <info>  Bringing up device eth0
> NetworkManager: <info>  Deactivating device eth0.
> NetworkManager: <info>  ath0: Device is fully-supported using driver
> 'ath_pci'.
> NetworkManager: <info>  (ath0): exporting device as
> /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_16_cb_bc_a6_4b
> NetworkManager: <info>  Now managing wireless (802.11) device 'ath0'.
> NetworkManager: <info>  Bringing up device ath0
> NetworkManager: <info>  Deactivating device ath0.
> NetworkManager: <info>  (eth0) supplicant interface is now in state 2
> (from 1).
> NetworkManager: <info>  (ath0) supplicant interface is now in state 2
> (from 1).
> NetworkManager: <info>  User request for activation of ath0.
> NetworkManager: <info>  Activating device ath0
> NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare)
> scheduled...
> NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare)
> started...
> NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device
> Configure) scheduled...
> NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare)
> complete.
> NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device
> Configure) starting...
> NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0/wireless): connection 'Auto
> Crumbs' requires no security.  No secrets needed.
> NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'ssid' value 'Crumbs'
> NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'NONE'
> NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device
> Configure) complete.
> NetworkManager: <info>  (ath0) Supplicant interface state change: 2 -> 0
> NetworkManager: <info>  Config: set interface ap_scan to 1
> NetworkManager: <info>  (ath0) Supplicant interface state change: 0 -> 2
> NetworkManager: <info>  (ath0) Supplicant interface state change: 2 -> 3
> NetworkManager: <info>  ath0: link timed out.
> NetworkManager: <info>  (ath0) Supplicant interface state change: 3 -> 0
> NetworkManager: <info>  (ath0) Supplicant interface state change: 0 -> 2
> NetworkManager: <info>  (ath0) Supplicant interface state change: 2 -> 3
> NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0/wireless): association took too
> long, failing activation.
> NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) failed for access point (Crumbs)
> NetworkManager: <info>  Marking connection 'Auto Crumbs' invalid.
> NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) failed.
> NetworkManager: <info>  Deactivating device ath0.
> NetworkManager: <WARN>  remove_network_cb(): Couldn't remove network
> from supplicant interface: The requested network does not exist..
> 
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