wpa_supplicant does not seem to run against kernel 2.6.24. With 2.6.22 everything works fine. In my case the problem appears with madwifi.
/sbin/wpa_supplicant -B -P /var/run/wpa_supplicant.ath0.pid -i ath0 -D madwifi -C /var/run/wpa_supplicant Log: ioctl[SIOCSIWPMKSA]: No such device ioctl[SIOCSIWMODE]: No such device ioctl[SIOCGIFFLAGS]: No such device ioctl[SIOCGIWRANGE]: No such device ioctl[IEEE80211_IOCTL_SETPARAM]: No such device ioctl[SIOCSIWAP]: No such device ioctl[SIOCGIFFLAGS]: No such device Initializing interface 'ath0' conf 'N/A' driver 'madwifi' ctrl_interface '/var/run/wpa_supplicant' bridge 'N/A' Initializing interface (2) 'ath0' EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state DISCONNECTED EAPOL: KEY_RX entering state NO_KEY_RECEIVE EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state INITIALIZE EAP: EAP entering state DISABLED EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0 EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0 Could not configure driver to use managed mode Could not set interface 'ath0' UP WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=1, operstate=5 wpa_driver_madwifi_init: failed to set wpa_supplicant-based roaming WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=0, operstate=6 Failed to initialize driver interface Failed to add interface ath0 Cancelling scan request Cancelling authentication timeout ** Changed in: wpasupplicant (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- wpa_supplicant fails after upgrade to Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/207446 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs