How to wpa_supplicant in Fedora

[fisho]

thanks jongi...

it worked with out the visudo command but i did it anyway... the other ntsysv i went to desktop, server settings, services started there.

[fisho]

Originally Posted by Darkmage

Open a terminal and as root

# /sbin/chkconfig wpa_supplicant on
# /sbin/service wpa_supplicant start

i did this and i got this error and i also get a simlar error on start up but works after gnome starts.


[root@woodie shane]# /sbin/chkconfig wpa_supplicant on
[root@woodie shane]# /sbin/service wpa_supplicant start
Starting wpa_supplicant: ioctl[SIOCSIWPMKSA]: No such device
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: No such device
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: No such device
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: No such device
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: No such device
bind(PF_UNIX): Address already in use
ctrl_iface exists and seems to be in use - cannot override it
Delete '/var/run/wpa_supplicant/wlan0' manually if it is not used anymore
Failed to initialize control interface '/var/run/wpa_supplicant'.
You may have another wpa_supplicant process already running or the file was
left by an unclean termination of wpa_supplicant in which case you will need
to manually remove this file before starting wpa_supplicant again.
[FAILED]

might have to try the same thing jongi did..... i have a static ip so what do i change in the script???

[snakeyes30]

With the wpa_gui when i add my network the last message says "Association request to the driver failed". Any ideas?

[RottenMutt]

this worked for my Intel 2200BG card on Fedora 8. I used ntsysv to enable network manager and was able to set the encryption key...

[mtinman1969]

I'm having the same problem as letmein, but I am using an Airlink+ awlh3025 that I have installed drivers for, using ndiswrapper. I followed all of the directions above, and my wireless card is working, and the wpa_supplicant-gui runs, but does not list an adapter or network, and when I try to add a network, it says "Status: Could not get status from wpa_supplicant". I have the following content in my /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant file:

# Use the flag "-i" before each of your interfaces, like so:
# INTERFACES="-ieth1 -iwlan0"
INTERFACES=""

# Use the flag "-D" before each driver, like so:
# DRIVERS="-Dwext"
DRIVERS=""

# Other arguments
# -u Enable the D-Bus interface (required for use with NetworkManager)
# -f Log to /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log
OTHER_ARGS="-u -f /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log"

I think this might be my problem, but I am not sure how to proceed from here, what should I change in this file to make it work? Thanks in advance for help.