[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#516970: It also behaves equal with rt73.

[Kel Modderman]

On Monday 03 August 2009 08:51:30 Xan wrote:
> So, it seems it's a confirmed bug of wpasupplicant.
> Please, fix it
> 
> Xan.
> 
> PS:
> 
> The problem:
> 
> # ifconfig wlan0 up
> root at caixa:/var/log# ifup wlan0
> Line 4: unknown network field 'ssid '.
> Line 8: failed to parse network block.
> Failed to read or parse configuration 
> '/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf'.
> Failed to bring up wlan0.
> 
> 
> and
> 
>  cat /etc/network/interfaces
> # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
> # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
> 
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> 
> # The primary network interface
> allow-hotplug eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
>     address 172.26.0.2
>     netmask 255.255.0.0
>     network 172.26.0.0
>     broadcast 172.26.255.255
>     gateway 172.26.0.1
>     # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
>     dns-nameservers 80.58.61.250 80.58.61.254
>     dns-search example.org
> 
> # 2009-07. The secondary network interface
> 
> allow-hotplug wlan0
> iface wlan0 inet static
>     address 172.26.0.3
>     netmask 255.255.0.0
>     network 172.26.0.0
>     broadcast 172.26.255.255
>     gateway 172.26.0.1
>     # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
>     dns-nameservers 80.58.61.250 80.58.61.254
>     dns-search example.org
>     wpa-ssid 314159
>     wpa-driver wext
>     wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
>     #pre-up wpa_supplicant -Bw -Dwext -iethX -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
>     pre-up wpa_supplicant -D wext -B -i wlan0 -c 
> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
>     post-down killall -q wpa_supplicant
> 
> 
> and
> # cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> 
> network={
> ssid = "314159"

This is wrong syntax, remove the whitespace around the = sign.

> proto=WPA
> key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> psk="enunlugardelamanchadecuyonombrenopuedoacordarme"
> }
> 
> Previously, I had not this problem with the same configuration files.

I doubt it, maybe lucky because you seem to configure wpa_supplicant
twice in /etc/network/interfaces (via pre-up and via wpa-* ifupdown hook).

Thanks, Kel.