On Fri, 04 Sep 2015 10:12:50 +0200
Simon Kitching <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> I have read the wpa_supplicant code, added some extra logging, and:
> 
> * when no "-D" option is specified, then the first _and only the first_ 
> available driver (backend) is used.
> 
> So when wpa_supplicant has multiple drivers compiled in, the "-D" option 
> is *mandatory* - unless you are really lucky, and the correct driver 
> happens to be the first one.
> 
> This raises the question: why is wireless functioning at all for Hazel 
> given that the standard wpa_supplicant.service file for systemd does not 
> specify -D?
> 
> Hazel, are you using systemd-networkd, or NetworkManager, or something 
> else? (wild guess: maybe NetworkManager sets the driver-type via a dbus 
> message..)
I have systemd-networkd running. I don't have NetworkManager installed and 
don't intend to install it.

> Hazel (or anyone else with functioning wireless, ideally via 
> systemd-networkd): could you please:
> 
> * run "/sbin/wpa_supplicant --help" and post the "drivers:" section of 
> the output?

It says:
drivers:
  n180211 = Linux n180211/cfg80211
  wext = Linux wireless extensions (generic)
  wired = Wired Ethernet driver
> * run "ps -ax | grep wpa_supp" and post that output too?
> 
168 ?    Ss     0:00 /sbin/wpa_supplicant=c 
/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-wlan0.conf -iwlan0

See? No driver specified.
> Thanks!
> 
> Regards,
> Simon
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