[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#498220: Bug#498220: wpasupplicant: fails to connect with error message "No Suitable AP found" even if configuration is correct

[Kel Modderman]

On Monday 08 September 2008 18:49:58 Jakub Lucký wrote:
> Package: wpasupplicant
> Version: 0.6.4-2
> Severity: important
> 
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: lenny/sid
>   APT prefers unstable
>   APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
> Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
> 
> Versions of packages wpasupplicant depends on:
> ii  adduser                       3.110      add and remove users and groups
> ii  libc6                         2.7-13     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
> ii  libdbus-1-3                   1.2.1-3    simple interprocess messaging syst
> ii  libpcsclite1                  1.4.102-1  Middleware to access a smart card 
> ii  libreadline5                  5.2-3      GNU readline and history libraries
> ii  libssl0.9.8                   0.9.8g-13  SSL shared libraries
> ii  lsb-base                      3.2-20     Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
> 
> wpasupplicant recommends no packages.
> 
> Versions of packages wpasupplicant suggests:
> pn  libengine-pkcs11-openssl      <none>     (no description available)
> ii  wpagui                        0.6.4-2    GUI for wpa_supplicant
> 
> -- no debconf information
> 
> When I try to connect to our school wireless network, it fails with message "No suitable AP found", even this configuration worked year ago and even on Asus EEE with Xandros yesterday...
> I am using Thinkpad T61 with IPW 4965, kernel driver iwlwifi and I suppose I am using Debian repository firmware from package "firmware-iwlwifi"
> My calling of wpa_supplicant is like this: wpa_supplicant -c /etc/wpa_supplicat.conf -i wlan0 -D wext
> 
> More information will be in attachements

You're using i386 userland with amd64 kernel right? Does it work if you use an
i386 kernel?

Kel.