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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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