[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#572143: Bug#572143: wpasupplicant: dbus config file wrong - doesn't associate

[Kel Modderman]

On Tuesday 02 March 2010 07:04:44 Oliver Joa wrote:
> Package: wpasupplicant
> Version: 0.6.10-1
> Severity: important
> 
> Same Problem like in Bug #567710.
> 
> On my System there is a wpa_supplicant running all the time:
> 
> 13169 ?        S      0:00 /sbin/wpa_supplicant -u -s
> 
> I configured my Wireless-Interface like this:
> 
> allow-hotplug wlan0
> iface wlan0 inet manual 
>   pre-up /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 txpower auto
>   wpa-driver wext
>   wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/home.conf 
>   post-down /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 txpower off
> 
> If I do a ifup wlan0, the wpa_supplicant is started twice, the already 
> running process is not stopped. There is a conflict and the wlan0 does
> not work.
> 
> I tried to stop the running process, but it restarts suddenly.
> I replaced the /sbin/wpa_supplicant by a shell script with a sleep 86000
> and killed the process so that it can not restart again. After this
> I replaced the binary with the original one and made a ifup wlan0 and it
> worked.
> 
> What is the Problem? Why is "/sbin/wpa_supplicant -u -s" always running?
> On my other Laptop with Lenny there is no process running.

You have network-manager, WICD or some other software installed which starts
it. All these other softwares conflict with settings made in
/etc/network/interfaces to an extent.

Thanks, Kel.