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

[Xan]

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"
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk="enunlugardelamanchadecuyonombrenopuedoacordarme"
}

Previously, I had not this problem with the same configuration files.