[Debian-eeepc-devel] Bug#487349: eeepc-acpi-scripts: Fails to switch wifi on with wpa_supplicant

[Damyan Ivanov]

tags 487349 moreinfo
thanks

-=| Seesharp, Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 07:13:58AM +0200 |=-
> Package: eeepc-acpi-scripts
> Version: 1.0.3
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hello,
> 
> When using wpa_supplicant (in roaming mode), Fn+F2 doesn't fully 
> bring 
> up the wireless interface.
> 
> Here is the relevant part in /etc/network/interfaces:
> .
> .
> auto ath0
> iface ath0 inet manual
> 	wpa-driver wext
> 	wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
> .
> .
> 
> For the moment I use this (dirty) workaround:
> 
>  	    # adding a sleep here, due to some bug the driver loading 
>  	    is not atomic here
>  	    # and could cause ifconfig to fail
>  	    sleep 1
> -	    if ! ifconfig ath0 up; then exec $0 off; fi
> +	    if ! ifup ath0; then exec $0 off; fi

As Nico said, the code just brings the hardware up. The rest is 
someone else's job.

I for one use
 allow-hotplug ra0
 iface ra0 inet manual
        wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
and it works OK. (worked on the 701 with ath0 too).

>  	    ifdown --force ath0
>  	    modprobe -r ath_pci
>  	    echo 0 > $wlan_control
> +		killall wpa_supplicant

This should not be necessary. wpa_supplicant usually detects that the 
interface has gone and quilts. It it doesn't for you, please, report 
a bug in wpa_supplicant.

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