Re: NM+WPA_Supplicant+Systemd trouble: can't connect to WLAN

[Pavel Simerda <psimerda redhat com>]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Elkins" <mje posix co za>
> To: networkmanager-list gnome org
> Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2014 10:55:18 AM
> Subject: Re: NM+WPA_Supplicant+Systemd trouble: can't connect to WLAN
>
> I run Gentoo and had huge issues when upgrading to Systemd. I chose to
> go Mate to get back the old feel. Created the following script which
> unless I run, Wifi will not work. ie Things currently currently appear
> to start up in the wrong order.
>
> systemctl stop NetworkManager
> killall -9 wpa_supplicant
> killall -9 wpa_supplicant
> systemctl start NetworkManager

You just need to ensure there's no service enabled that would interfere with NetworkManager and after reboot 
everything should be nice and happy. There are a couple of things that are different when using systemd but I 
don't think any of them is specifically related to wifi, except maybe some gentoo specific conf.

Pavel

> On Fri, 2014-09-05 at 16:14 -0400, Nickolai Dobrynin wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I've Googled my stomach off and tried to get help on Gentoo
> > (my distro of choice) forums:
> >
> > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-998728.html?sid=87a26a7434ce0489cf77789f1377f141
> >
> > Nobody knows anything, so here I am.  Long story short: I can't
> > get the NM+WPA_Supplicant+Systemd combo to connect to WiFi.
> > I depend on a WiFi for my installation and have no wired Internet access.
> > Everything works via DHCPCD (with NM off), but when I disable DHCPCD
> > and fire the NM up instead, it creates a WPA Supp instance which says:
> >
> > wlp3s0: Associated to a new BSS: BSSID=88:dc:96:03:5b:28
> > wlp3s0: No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
> > wlp3s0: Select network based on association information
> > wlp3s0: No network configuration found for the current AP
> > wlp3s0: Request to deauthenticate - bssid=88:dc:96:03:5b:28
> > pending_bssid=00:00:00:00:00:00 reason=3 state=ASSOCIATED
> > wpa_driver_nl80211_deauthenticate(addr=88:dc:96:03:5b:28 reason_code=3)
> > wlp3s0: Event DEAUTH (12) received
> > wlp3s0: Deauthentication notification
> > wlp3s0: * reason 3 (locally generated)
> >
> > This is happens in response to
> >
> >   $ iw dev wlp3s0 connect <name>
> >
> > which I execute manually, and the network is public and unsecured.
> >
> > Since WPA Supplicant functions well with DHCPCD, this, to me, indicates
> > a NetworkManager-related issue.
> >
> > I am seeking as much information as possible on how to troubleshoot this.
> > Don't know if this is relevant but my wireless driver is iwlwifi.
> >
> > Many thanks.
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