Hello:<br><br><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">See below for output of
debug (-d and -dd)</span><br><br>[root@Joshiba ajachimiak]# hostapd -d
/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Configuration file:
/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">ctrl_interface_group=10
(from group name 'wheel')</span><div class="im"><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">ioctl[SIOCGIFFLAGS]:
No such device</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"></div><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Could not read interface
flags ()</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">nl80211 driver
initialization failed.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">:
Unable to setup interface.</span><div class="im"><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">rmdir[ctrl_interface]:
No such file or directory</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"></div><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">[root@Joshiba
ajachimiak]# hostapd -dd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Configuration file:
/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">ctrl_interface_group=10
(from group name 'wheel')</span><div class="im"><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">ioctl[SIOCGIFFLAGS]:
No such device</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"></div><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Could not read interface
flags ()</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">nl80211 driver
initialization failed.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">:
Unable to setup interface.</span><div class="im"><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">rmdir[ctrl_interface]:
No such file or directory<br><br>I wouldn't mind attempting to compile something, but hopefully we could identify the problem before attmpting other actions that may not resolve the problem.<br><br>Two questions:<br>
<br>I have gone to network manager and disabled wireless. Is there another way to make sure it isn't using the card?<br><br>Is using b43 part of the problem? Perhaps you could give me instructions on how to unload that driver and load a different one "nl80211"?<br>
<br>FYI - I don't know how to compile then install... I'll try, but I'll need very specific instructions and code to type in.<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Al<br></span></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 3:21 AM, Holger Schurig <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:holgerschurig@gmail.com">holgerschurig@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">> What are those debug messages from?<br>
<br>
</div>From the kernel.<br>
<br>
You can compile the kernel wireless code to include debug messages. In this<br>
case you see when you associate/disassociate.<br>
<br>
Your idea that this messages are from wpa_supplicant is wrong. ONLY kernel<br>
messages can end up in "dmesg". wpa_supplicant's messages can end up in<br>
/var/log/*, thought.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
<br>
> It looks like you are able to successfully associate to an AP in managed<br>
> mode. What command did you type to get said above messages?<br>
<br>
</div>Probably no command typed at all. Many distribitions install and run wireless<br>
stuff by default, e.g NetworkManager.<br>
<br>
However, Alan, make sure that NetworkManager doesn't use your card. Then use<br>
"ifconfig -a" to find out your interface name, e.g. usually "wlan0".<br>
Make sure that your hostapd configuration use the correct device.<br>
<br>
If this fails, run hostapd with -d or -dd and provide that log to this mailing<br>
list.<br>
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