On Mon, 18 Oct 2021 07:29:36 -0400 Henning Informed me about Re: wpa supplicant not starting - code 1...........
> On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 02:23:17PM +1100, Charlie wrote: > > > [...] > > > > > Hello Henning. > > > > I have no idea what an e/n/i is. Am one of those > > unfortunates that fixes a motor, removes the worn part, takes it to > > a spare parts seller and shows them, because I have no idea what > > they are called. Brings home the new one and fixes the motor. > > > > I left school at 14 years of age. Am old now and memory is not all > > that good. Googled e/n/i can't discover what it means. > > It mainly means that I am a lazy bastard, and for somebody who > complains all the time when people are not more explanatory in their > posts, a hypocrite too. > > /e/n/i = /etc/network/interfaces > # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). source /etc/network/interfaces.d/* # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface # auto enp1s0 iface enp1s0 inet dhcp # Wildlife # auto wlp2s0 iface wlp2s0 inet dhcp wpa-ssid ********* wpa-psk ************* # Wildlife Belkin # iface wlp2s0 inet dhcp # wpa-ssid *************** # wpa-psk ************** [end quote] I have thought about commenting out the whole of: # The primary network interface # auto enp1s0 iface enp1s0 inet dhcp However, if it slows down connecting to the net to leave it like this, its hardly noticeable and quick to just bring it up if wifi/wpa-supplicant doesn't work. As you say an annoyance when it doesn't do what one expects. > > > > I have tried network manager about 15 years or more, ago. Didn't > > like it and never touched it again. Then for a short, full of > > problems time, the other one as well. Don't recall its name. > > Dropped that as well. > > Yes, understandable, Network-Manager had and has its problems. > But it has come a long way. It is worth looking at. > > > > > Anyway, I haven't had the wpa-supplicant problem again, so maybe it > > was just a momentary glitch. I am always bemused by errors on my > > computer, because I think that something which is all about > > mathematics should just work. 2 and 2 can only make 4, not 5, not 6 > > or anything else? I obviously don't understand the coding in the > > programs where the human error must enter the works. > > > > So thanks for your help, but I can't complete what you ask. > > > > Just have to get on. > > Sure, if it works, there is no reason to invest more time > into this (at most annoyance). > > > > > > Charlie > > -- > > > -H > > -- > Henning Follmann | hfollm...@itcfollmann.com > -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 *********************************************** I scarcely remember counting upon any Happiness—I look not for it if it be not in the present hour—nothing startles me beyond the Moment. The setting sun will always set me to rights—or if a Sparrow come before my Window I take part in its existence and pick about the Gravel. -------John Keats *********************************************** Debian GNU/Linux - Magic indeed. -----------------------------------------------------