[pkg-wpa-devel] Is this a bug?

[rouble]

Hi Kel,

Thanks much for responding. I am trying to set up my wireless in roaming mode.

Here is my /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf:
<code>
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant

### Associate with any open access point
### Scans/ESSID changes can be done with wpa_cli
network={
       key_mgmt=NONE
       priority=3
}

network={
       ssid="SSID"
       id_str="work"
       scan_ssid=1
       key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
       eap=PEAP
       identity="USERNAME"
       password="PASSWORD"
       phase1="peaplabel=0"
       phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2"
       priority=2
}

network={
       ssid="homerun"
       id_str="home"
       scan_ssid=1
       key_mgmt=NONE
       wep_key0=KEY
       priority=1
}
</code>

And here is my /etc/network/interfaces:
<code>
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
    wpa-driver wext
    wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

iface default inet dhcp

iface home inet dhcp

iface work inet dhcp
</code>

Now, sometimes when I reboot, wireless does not work. So I want to
debug what is going on, so I was been trying to start and stop
wireless like this:

sudo /etc/init.d/networking stop
sudo /etc/init.d/networking start

...to test it without rebooting. But, when I do 'sudo
/etc/init.d/networking stop' it does not stop the wpa_supplicant
process etc. I am thinking that is how the OS stop starts the wireless
(right?)

Also, the log file /var/log/wpa_action.log contains very minimal logs.
Is it possible to see the logs from the wpa_supplicant daemon also
somewhere?

tia,
rouble

On Feb 18, 2008 12:44 AM, Kel Modderman <kel at otaku42.de> wrote:
> On Monday 18 February 2008 14:01:08 rouble wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am looking at these scripts in Hardy Heron Ubuntu. In the
> > /etc/network/if-up.d/wpasupplicant file I see this:
> >
> > <code>
> > # quit if wpa_action is active
> > if test_wpa_cli; then
> >       exit 0
> > fi
> > </code>
> >
> > Is that right?
>
> See:
> wpa_action(8) "aka man wpa_action"
> http://bugs.debian.org/373180
>
> And please report how you have configured /etc/network/interfaces to make
> use of wpasupplicant if you need more information.
>
> Thanks, Kel.
>



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