did you ever reach a solution / workaround? I'm seeing the same issue with ath9k_htc
possibly a driver issue? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to wpasupplicant in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1360204 Title: wpa_supplicant unable to authenticate on second virtual interface Status in wpasupplicant package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: 0/~> lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS Release: 14.04 0/~> apt-cache policy wpasupplicant wpasupplicant: Installed: 2.1-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 2.1-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 2.1-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0/~> lspci 02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) 0/~> uname -a Linux kpykc 3.13.0-34-generic #60-Ubuntu SMP Wed Aug 13 15:45:27 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux 0/~> lsmod | grep ath ath3k 13318 0 bluetooth 391196 23 bnep,ath3k,btusb,rfcomm ath9k 164164 0 ath9k_common 13551 1 ath9k ath9k_hw 453856 2 ath9k_common,ath9k ath 28698 3 ath9k_common,ath9k,ath9k_hw mac80211 630653 1 ath9k cfg80211 484040 3 ath,ath9k,mac80211 0/~> cat /etc/modprobe.d/ath9k.conf options ath9k nohwcrypt=1 0/~> sudo service network-manager stop 0/~> sudo iw dev wlan0 interface add wlan1 type station or 0/~> sudo iw dev wlan0 interface add wlan1 type managed `systemd-udev` changes vif name to **rename4**. 0/~> sudo ip link set dev rename4 down 0/~> sudo ip link set dev rename4 address 02:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa 0/~> sudo ip link set dev rename4 up For 1st VIF `wpa_seekurjr1.conf` content: ~~~ network={ ssid="SeekurJr1" key_mgmt=NONE } ~~~ Run wpa_supplicant: sudo wpa_supplicant -Dnl80211 -iwlan0 -c wpa_seekurjr1.conf sudo dhclient -r wlan0 sudo dhclient wlan0 For second VIF `wpa_seekurjr2.conf` content: ~~~ network={ ssid="SeekurJr2" key_mgmt=NONE } ~~~ Run wpa_supplicant: sudo wpa_supplicant -Dnl80211 -irename4 -c wpa_seekurjr2.conf sudo dhclient -r rename4 sudo dhclient rename4 Independently which interface I'm starting first, second one fails: nl80211: MLME command failed (auth): ret=-16 (Device or resource busy) ~~~ rename4: SME: Trying to authenticate with 00:80:48:71:19:18 (SSID='SeekurJr2' freq=2422 MHz) rename4: State: SCANNING -> AUTHENTICATING EAPOL: External notification - EAP success=0 EAPOL: External notification - EAP fail=0 EAPOL: External notification - portControl=ForceAuthorized nl80211: Authenticate (ifindex=4) * bssid=00:80:48:71:19:18 * freq=2422 * SSID - hexdump_ascii(len=9): 53 65 65 6b 75 72 4a 72 32 SeekurJr2 * IEs - hexdump(len=0): [NULL] * Auth Type 0 rename4: nl80211: MLME command failed (auth): ret=-16 (Device or resource busy) rename4: SME: Authentication request to the driver failed rename4: Radio work 'sme-connect'@0xd951b0 done in 0.000293 seconds ~~~ I expect that virtual interfaces on Atheros AR9485 are working and I will be able to connect to 2 wifi APs simultaneously, e.g. http://www.candelatech.com/vsta.php To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpasupplicant/+bug/1360204/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
