Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 20:31:11 +0100 From: Martin Smith <martinsm@gn.apc.org> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wpa supplicant fails to start Message-ID: <4A0F147F.1080405@gn.apc.org> In-Reply-To: <3a142e750905160457l10a35d31qb79d360129fe0d36@mail.gmail.com> References: <49281.80.177.154.53.1242394038.squirrel@sqmail.gn.apc.org> <3a142e750905151527t4ea63b10tda532c73f0969a72@mail.gmail.com> <4A0E9592.1010400@gn.apc.org> <3a142e750905160457l10a35d31qb79d360129fe0d36@mail.gmail.com>
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Paul B. Mahol wrote:
> On 5/16/09, Martin Smith <martinsm@gn.apc.org> wrote:
>> Paul B. Mahol wrote:
>>> On 5/15/09, Martin Smith <martinsm@gn.apc.org> wrote:
>>>> >From dmesg:
>>>> May 15 13:38:32 lp2 kernel: ath0: <Atheros 2417> mem
>>>> 0x88000000-0x8800ffff
>>>> irq 11 at device 0.0 on cardbus0
>>>> May 15 13:38:32 lp2 kernel: ath0: [ITHREAD]
>>>> May 15 13:38:32 lp2 kernel: ath0: AR2417 mac 15.0 RF5424 phy 7.0
>>>>
>>>> My wpa_supplicant.conf:
>>>> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
>>>> ctrl_interface_group=wheel
>>>> network={
>>>> ssid="myssid"
>>>> scan_ssid=1
>>>> key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
>>>> psk="my wpa secret"
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> I have put this together using both the handbook and the
>>>> wpa_supplicant.conf man page, do I need to add anything else?
>>>>
>>>> I get this error:
>>>> lp2# wpa_supplicant -i ath0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
>>>> ioctl[SIOCG80211, op 98, len 32]: Invalid argument
>>>> Failed to initialize driver interface
>>>> ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=4 eloop_data=0x28406140
>>>> user_data=0x2840d040
>>>> handler=0x8069f50
>>>>
>>>> I obviously have something wrong, can anyone point me in the right
>>>> direction.
>>>>
>>>> System is current as of yesterday rebuilt.
>>> You mean CURRENT?, in that case you should use wlan0 and not ath0.
>> Tried that too, just get Failed to onitialize the driver interface.
>> I also tried making an Ndis module, it recognises the card when loaded
>> but the I get a kernel panic and everything grinds to a halt.
>
> You will need to be more specific what you did and what you didn't.
>
> What FreeeBSD version are you using?
>
> If kernel paniced than it would be very helpfull to provide
> backtrace and exact way how to reproduce it.
I will do that and post results in a day or so, thanks.
--
Martin
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