Bug#362745: [pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#362745: wpasupplicant: Managed mode leaves wpa_supplicant running if ifup fails

[Felix Homann]

On Saturday 15 April 2006 16:38, Kel Modderman wrote:
> Felix Homann wrote:
> > If ifup fails on an interface configured to use wpasupplicant's "managed
> > mode" a wpa_supplicant process is left running in the background.
>
> And the device is still marked as up in ifstate, 

Not here.

> > This has a major effect if you're trying to set up managed mode: If the
> > first attempt fails the second attempt will fail, too.
>
> Only when you cancel the first attempt manually, IMO.

No, on my system it reliably fails following my instructions. 

> No DHCPOFFERS received.
> No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.

Here it fails saying:

"No working leases in persistent database.

Exiting.

Failed to bring up wlan."

The device is not shown as "up".


> Therefore, you must ifdown the iface before attempting to configure it a
> second time.

I can't because it is not up.

BTW, in case you have not noticed: I'm already using 0.4.8-3 from incoming. 
Maybe that's the reason for the slightly different behaviour.

Regards,

Felix