On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:40:27AM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2010-07-15 11:29 +0200, Paul Scott wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 08:52:24AM +0000, Camaleón wrote: > >> On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:39:56 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > >> > >> > sid fully updated > >> > > >> > wicd connects fine if I turn wireless security on the WRT54G2 router > >> > off. When I set the router to WPA2 - AES I get (from wicd.log) > >> > > >> > 2010/07/14 17:40:41 :: iwconfig eth2 > >> > 2010/07/14 17:40:41 :: WPA_CLI RESULT IS SCANNING > >> > 2010/07/14 17:40:42 :: wpa_supplicant authentication may have failed. > >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >> > >> (...) > >> > >> Try starting "wp_supplicant" in debug mode to make the log more verbose > >> about that error. It seems failing at some point of the authentication. > > > > wicd calls wpa_supplicant with wext. I don't see a preferences setting to > > change > > to cause more debugging. > > It might be better to put away wicd for a moment and invoke > wpa_supplicant directly with the -d switch. You may have to set the > ssid first with iwconfig(8).
I have read the man page. I apparently need a valid wpa_supplicant.conf file. The only one I can find (/etc/dbus-1/system.d/wpa...) doesn't seem to be valid. I get lots of errors about that file when I supply the -D -i and -c parameters. Thanks, Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100715101522.ga30...@mail.ultrasw.com
