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bedtime n00b
Joined: 19 Dec 2012 Posts: 71
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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 7:58 pm Post subject: [ SOLVED ] having issues with getting wpa_supplicant to work |
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I've followed the Gentoo guide to the best of my ability with no luck. When I open up wpa_gui in e17 it says:
Code: | Status: Could not get status from wpa_supplicant |
Pressing 'scan' or 'connect' does nothing. I cannot enter in my network either.
I am running the latest kernel with CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT, CONFIG_PACKET, and ath9k driver enabled (no initramfs, so automatically loaded). Connman seems to work fine but I'd rather just use wpa_gui instead. I've been making sure to do a 'rc-update del connman' before using wpa_supplicant. I'm using dhcpcd.
driver: ath9k
/etc/conf.d/net:
Code: | #Generated by NetworkManager
###### Global Configuration ######
modules="wpa_supplicant"
modules_wlan0="wpa_supplicant"
wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext"
config_wlan0="dhcp"
###### Connection Configuration ######
#----------------------------------
#enable_ipv6_0x776972656C6573732D7072696E746572="false"
#auto_0x776972656C6573732D7072696E746572="true"
#config_0x776972656C6573732D7072696E746572="dhcp"
#----------------------------------
dns_domain_lo="homenetwork"
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eix wpa_supplicant:
Code: | user@tux ~ $ eix wpa_supplicant
[I] net-wireless/wpa_supplicant
/.../
Installed versions: 0.7.3-r5(08:01:31 AM 01/13/2013)([b]dbus kernel_linux qt4 readline ssl -debug -eap-sim -fasteap -gnutls -kernel_FreeBSD -madwifi -ps3 -selinux -wimax -wps[/b])
/.../
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eix dhcpcd:
Code: | [I] net-misc/dhcpcd
Available versions: 5.6.4 ~5.6.6 {{elibc_glibc +zeroconf}}
Installed versions: 5.6.4(10:27:50 AM 01/07/2013)(elibc_glibc zeroconf)
Homepage: http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/
Description: A fully featured, yet light weight RFC2131 compliant DHCP client
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/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf:
http://bpaste.net/show/73933/
rc-update:
Code: | tux user # rc-update
acpid | default
alsasound | boot
bootmisc | boot
dbus | default
devfs | sysinit
fsck | boot
hostname | boot
hwclock | boot
keymaps | boot
killprocs | shutdown
local | default
localmount | boot
mount-ro | shutdown
mtab | boot
net.lo | boot
netmount | default
procfs | boot
root | boot
savecache | shutdown
swap | boot
swapfiles | boot
sysctl | boot
sysfs | sysinit
termencoding | boot
tmpfiles.setup | boot
udev | sysinit
udev-mount | sysinit
urandom | boot
tux user #
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Anyways, net configuration has never been my speciality and I'm thinking there's just a little step I've not included.
*** EDIT ***
Well, I wasn't starting it, thats why it wasn't working. That and I've only recently enabled kernel support for wext.
Code: | wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B |
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BillWho Veteran
Joined: 03 Mar 2012 Posts: 1600 Location: US
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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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bedtime.
The wpa_supplicant is not quite kosher - it should look something like this:
Code: | bill@laptop ~ $ cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
update_config=1
network={
ssid="myssid"
psk="mypsk"
proto=WPA2
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP-
group=CCMP TKIP
id_str="gentoo-laptop"
}
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/etc/conf.d/net should be:
Code: | modules="wpa_supplicant"
wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dnl80211 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf"
config_wlan0="dhcp" |
You could try -Dwext if -Dnl80211 doesn't work.
symlink net.wlan0 to net.lo and add net.wlan0 to your default runlevel.
That should get you started _________________ Good luck
Since installing gentoo, my life has become one long emerge |
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bedtime n00b
Joined: 19 Dec 2012 Posts: 71
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 1:56 am Post subject: |
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BillWho,
Thanx. Its working. I got it working but I tried your solution and that seems to work as well.
Anyways, its working so I'm happy. |
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