[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#474440: Bug#474440: wpasupplicant: "wpa-verbosity-level 3" vs "wpa-debug-level"

[Kel Modderman]

Hi Joaquín,

On Sunday 06 April 2008 02:59:33 Joaquín Martínez wrote:
> 
> /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/README.modes.gz
> in "4. Troubleshooting" section, there is a variable description error.
> 
> It is said that  "wpa-verbosity-level 3" increase debug information
> on wpa_supplicant log, but I think it is the "wpa-debug-level" parameter
> the one to be set.

Ack, this has been fixed, thanks for spotting the error.

> 
> From the Debian Changelog, I think that the wpa-verbosity (note that
> without -level) is well described as
> 
> "  * Use VERBOSITY of ifupdown to assist debugging of wpa stanza's in
>     /etc/network/interfaces."
> 
> With referencte to other paragraph in
> /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/README.modes.gz
> 
> "Another method is to start `wpa_cli -i <interface>` in another shell before
> starting the interface. Use the command 'level 0' first, to get all debug
> messages sent to the control socket by wpa_supplicant."
> 
> I am not sure but could it be level > 0 to get more debug messages?

No, that control interface debug command description is correct, in my opinion.

Thanks, Kel.