[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#563964: network-manager: causes multiple instances of wpa_supplicant to start

[Stefan Lippers-Hollmann]

severity 563964 wishlist
thanks

Hi

On Wednesday 23 May 2012, Marcus Better wrote:
> Package: network-manager
> Version: 0.7.2-2
> Severity: important
> 
> When running in managed mode with a wireless interface with WPA, after
> logging in to KDE there will be two instances of wpa_supplicant, both
> trying to bring the interface up simultaneously. This results in the
> connection being brought up by the first instance, but then taken down
> after a short while. It refuses to reconnect.
> 
> The wireless connection is defined both in
> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf and in knetworkmanager.
> 
> Relevant part of /etc/network/interfaces:
> 
>   allow-hotplug wlan0
>   iface wlan0 inet manual
>     wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
> 
>   iface default inet dhcp

Configuring two different dæmons (ifupdown and network-manager) to 
handle a single interface is usually a bad idea and naturally leads to 
unpredicted behaviour. Our suggestion is to use either ifupdown XOR
network-manager to handle your interface.

Regards
	Stefan Lippers-Hollmann
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