Re: wicd with WPA2 fails
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).
Sven
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