On Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 04:31:54PM +0100, Michael wrote > These settings are the same here, with two exceptions. The config file is: > > # ls -la /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf > -rw------- 1 root root 77640 Jun 18 2019 /etc/wpa_supplicant/ > wpa_supplicant.conf
Sorry, typo on my part. It is /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf on my system. I missed the repeating part. ============================================================ [thimk][root][~] ll /etc/wpa_supplicant/ total 16 drw------- 2 root root 4096 Aug 6 15:43 . drwxr-xr-x 66 root root 4096 Aug 9 01:42 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1284 Aug 6 15:19 wpa_cli.sh -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1900 Aug 6 15:43 wpa_supplicant.conf ============================================================ The clue came when I requested verbose debug output (-dd) for a manual scan with wpa_supplicant. ============================================================ [thimk][root][~] wpa_supplicant -dd -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf wpa_supplicant v2.9 random: getrandom() support available Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant Initializing interface 'wlan0' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'default' ctrl_interface 'N/A' bridge 'N/A' Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf' Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf' ctrl_interface='/var/run/wpa_supplicant' ctrl_interface_group='0' ap_scan=1 wpa_driver_privsep_set_param: param='(null)' sendto: No such file or directory Failed to register with wpa_priv wlan0: Driver interface rejected driver_param '(null)' Failed to add interface wlan0 wlan0: Request to deauthenticate - bssid=00:00:00:00:00:00 pending_bssid=00:00:00:00:00:00 reason=3 (DEAUTH_LEAVING) state=DISCONNECTED wpa_driver_privsep_set_key: priv=0x55925ce96f90 alg=0 key_idx=0 set_tx=0 sendmsg(cmd_socket): No such file or directory wpa_driver_privsep_set_key: priv=0x55925ce96f90 alg=0 key_idx=1 set_tx=0 sendmsg(cmd_socket): No such file or directory wpa_driver_privsep_set_key: priv=0x55925ce96f90 alg=0 key_idx=2 set_tx=0 sendmsg(cmd_socket): No such file or directory wpa_driver_privsep_set_key: priv=0x55925ce96f90 alg=0 key_idx=3 set_tx=0 sendmsg(cmd_socket): No such file or directory wpa_driver_privsep_set_key: priv=0x55925ce96f90 alg=0 key_idx=4 set_tx=0 sendmsg(cmd_socket): No such file or directory wpa_driver_privsep_set_key: priv=0x55925ce96f90 alg=0 key_idx=5 set_tx=0 sendmsg(cmd_socket): No such file or directory wlan0: State: DISCONNECTED -> DISCONNECTED wlan0: Cancelling scan request wlan0: Cancelling authentication timeout Off-channel: Clear pending Action frame TX (pending_action_tx=(nil) sendto: No such file or directory ============================================================ Note all the "sendmsg(cmd_socket): No such file or directory" entries. I asked Mr. Google about this. He pointed me to https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1080388-start-0.html where the answer in the last post is... > Disable USE="privsep" on wpa_supplicant. I did that and now it works. A scan shows a slew of devices. According to https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Wpa_supplicant USE="privsep" will... > Enable wpa_priv privledge separation binary Before, I start using the notebook in wifi mode, are there any problems with not using "privsep"? -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
