On Fri, 18 Sep 2020 15:01:16 +0200 Didier Kryn <k...@in2p3.fr> wrote:
> Le 18/09/2020 à 13:44, Le Loft a écrit : > > On Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:55:29 +0200 > > Didier Kryn <k...@in2p3.fr> wrote: > > > >> Anyway, wpa_supplicant.conf needs the following instructions: > >> > >> ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=dialout > >> update_config=1 > >> > >> You can choose a different group, and you should make yourself > >> a member of this group. > >> > > hi. Two newbie questions. I've just bought an E14 Thinkpad, onto > > which i installed Beowulf. However, I needed to pull the microcode > > and wireless firmware from ceres to connect via wlan0. wicd just > > doesn't work, and I failed to make it work using wpa_supplicant, > > although this was before Didier posted the above. However, this > > morning, i got it up and running using this link > > > > https://superuser.com/questions/986239/no-dhcp-lease-with-wlan0 > > > > pkill dhclient > > pkill wpa_supplicant > > wpa_passphrase "TheNameOfMyNetwork" "MySecretPassword" > wpa.conf > > ip link set dev wlan0 down > > ip addr flush dev wlan0 > > ip link set dev wlan0 up > > wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -Dnl80211 -c wpa.conf > > dhclient -v wlan0 > > > > So newbie question 1: How different to the wpa_supplicant processes > > currently being discussed is this process? > > > > And Q2: I am now running a hybrid Beowulf/Ceres installation. > > Should I remove the Beowulf repositories from the sources.list and > > replace them with either Chimaera or Ceres? And then upgrade or > > dist-upgrade? I'd be happy to run a testing release, but for this > > machine, security is more important than stability. It will be > > running proprietary software, mostly from the Google stable; it's > > main function will be video-conferencing. > > First time I hear of wpa_passphrase. > > This was my missing brick to configure wpa_supplicant by hand and > the first reason I absolutely needed wpa_gui, because wpa_gui converts > silently the psk. > As a practical matter, I always have root access on my laptops, so I often do: wpa_password <ssid> >> /etc/wpasupplicant/wpasuplicant.conf The preceding stalls with no prompt, at which time I type the password. The result is the network is now useable. I use wpa_gui to select it. SteveT Steve Litt Autumn 2020 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
