On Monday 21 January 2008, Michael Biebl wrote: > Arnout Boelens wrote: > > Package: network-manager > > Version: 0.6.5-4 > > Severity: normal > > > > I am trying to connect to a WPA encrypted network with NetworkManager, but > > it > > won't work. I found the following lines in /var/log/daemon.log, which might > > contain a hint of what is going on: > > > > Jan 21 10:02:35 bird NetworkManager: <debug> [1200927755.578822] > > nm_device_802_11_wireless_get_activation_ap(): Forcing AP > > 'wireless_network' > > Jan 21 10:03:03 bird NetworkManager: <info> Error opening supplicant > > global control interface. > > Jan 21 10:03:03 bird NetworkManager: <WARN> real_act_stage2_config(): > > Activation (eth2/wireless): couldn't connect to the supplicant. > > > > Is there already a wpa_supplicant instance running, which interferes > with NM? What happens if you stop NM (/etc/init.d/network-manager). Is > there still a wpa_supplicant process running? Does it help if you kill > this process and start NM again?
There is already a wpa_supplicant instance running, but when I stop NM, wpa_supplicant is stopped too. As soon as I start NM, wpa_supplicant shows up again. Arnout > Michael
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