Package: network-manager Version: 0.6.5-4 Severity: normal I am trying to connect to a WPA encrypted network with NetworkManager, but it won't work. I found the following lines in /var/log/daemon.log, which might contain a hint of what is going on:
Jan 21 10:02:35 bird NetworkManager: <debug> [1200927755.578822] nm_device_802_11_wireless_get_activation_ap(): Forcing AP 'wireless_network' Jan 21 10:03:03 bird NetworkManager: <info> Error opening supplicant global control interface. Jan 21 10:03:03 bird NetworkManager: <WARN> real_act_stage2_config(): Activation (eth2/wireless): couldn't connect to the supplicant. I am using the ipw3945 intel wireless driver. Below the complete /var/log/daemon.log of NetworkManager trying to connect: Jan 21 09:54:00 bird ntpd[3986]: Listening on interface #9 eth2, 172.20.70.95#123 Enabled Jan 21 10:02:35 bird NetworkManager: <debug> [1200927755.578822] nm_device_802_11_wireless_get_activation_ap(): Forcing AP 'wireless_network' Jan 21 10:02:35 bird NetworkManager: <info> User Switch: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth2 / wireless_network Jan 21 10:02:35 bird NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device eth2. Jan 21 10:02:35 bird dhclient: There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.eth2.pid with pid 29708 Jan 21 10:02:35 bird dhclient: killed old client process, removed PID file Jan 21 10:02:35 bird dhclient: option_space_encapsulate: option space agent does not exist, but is configured. Jan 21 10:02:35 bird dhclient: DHCPRELEASE on eth2 to 172.20.70.254 port 67 Jan 21 10:02:35 bird avahi-daemon[3998]: Withdrawing address record for 172.20.70.95 on eth2. Jan 21 10:02:35 bird avahi-daemon[3998]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth2.IPv4 with address 172.20.70.95. Jan 21 10:02:35 bird avahi-daemon[3998]: Interface eth2.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS. Jan 21 10:02:36 bird avahi-daemon[3998]: Withdrawing address record for fe80::213:2ff:fe3e:933d on eth2. Jan 21 10:02:36 bird avahi-daemon[3998]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth2.IPv6 with address fe80::213:2ff:fe3e:933d. Jan 21 10:02:36 bird avahi-daemon[3998]: Interface eth2.IPv6 no longer relevant for mDNS. Jan 21 10:02:36 bird NetworkManager: <info> Device eth2 activation scheduled... Jan 21 10:02:36 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) started... Jan 21 10:02:36 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... Jan 21 10:02:36 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... Jan 21 10:02:36 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... Jan 21 10:02:36 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. Jan 21 10:02:36 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... Jan 21 10:02:36 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2/wireless): access point 'wireless_network' is encrypted, but NO valid key exists. New key needed. Jan 21 10:02:36 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) New wireless user key requested for network 'wireless_network'. Jan 21 10:02:36 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. Jan 21 10:02:44 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) New wireless user key for network 'wireless_network' received. Jan 21 10:02:44 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... Jan 21 10:02:44 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... Jan 21 10:02:44 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... Jan 21 10:02:44 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. Jan 21 10:02:44 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... Jan 21 10:02:44 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2/wireless): access point 'wireless_network' is encrypted, and a key exists. No new key needed. Jan 21 10:02:45 bird avahi-daemon[3998]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth2.IPv6 with address fe80::213:2ff:fe3e:933d. Jan 21 10:02:45 bird avahi-daemon[3998]: New relevant interface eth2.IPv6 for mDNS. Jan 21 10:02:45 bird avahi-daemon[3998]: Registering new address record for fe80::213:2ff:fe3e:933d on eth2.*. Jan 21 10:02:45 bird NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'INTERFACE_ADD eth2^I^Iwext^I/var/run/wpa_supplicant^I' Jan 21 10:02:45 bird NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jan 21 10:02:45 bird NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'AP_SCAN 1' Jan 21 10:02:45 bird NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jan 21 10:02:45 bird NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'ADD_NETWORK' Jan 21 10:02:45 bird NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was '0' Jan 21 10:02:45 bird NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 ssid 6d757468756c6162' Jan 21 10:02:45 bird NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jan 21 10:02:45 bird NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 proto WPA' Jan 21 10:02:45 bird NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jan 21 10:02:45 bird NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 key_mgmt WPA-PSK' Jan 21 10:02:45 bird NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jan 21 10:02:45 bird NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 psk <key>' Jan 21 10:02:45 bird NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jan 21 10:02:45 bird NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'ENABLE_NETWORK 0' Jan 21 10:02:45 bird NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jan 21 10:02:45 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. Jan 21 10:02:53 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2/wireless): disconnected during association, asking for new key. Jan 21 10:02:53 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) New wireless user key requested for network 'wireless_network'. Jan 21 10:03:00 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) New wireless user key for network 'wireless_network' received. Jan 21 10:03:00 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... Jan 21 10:03:00 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... Jan 21 10:03:00 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... Jan 21 10:03:00 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. Jan 21 10:03:00 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... Jan 21 10:03:00 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2/wireless): access point 'wireless_network' is encrypted, and a key exists. No new key needed. Jan 21 10:03:01 bird avahi-daemon[3998]: Interface eth2.IPv6 no longer relevant for mDNS. Jan 21 10:03:01 bird avahi-daemon[3998]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth2.IPv6 with address fe80::213:2ff:fe3e:933d. Jan 21 10:03:01 bird avahi-daemon[3998]: Withdrawing address record for fe80::213:2ff:fe3e:933d on eth2. Jan 21 10:03:03 bird NetworkManager: <info> Error opening supplicant global control interface. Jan 21 10:03:03 bird NetworkManager: <WARN> real_act_stage2_config(): Activation (eth2/wireless): couldn't connect to the supplicant. Jan 21 10:03:03 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) failure scheduled... Jan 21 10:03:03 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. Jan 21 10:03:03 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) failed for access point (wireless_network) Jan 21 10:03:03 bird NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) failed. Jan 21 10:03:03 bird NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device eth2. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (700, 'unstable'), (650, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_GB.UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages network-manager depends on: ii adduser 3.105 add and remove users and groups ii dbus 1.1.2-1 simple interprocess messaging syst ii dhcdbd 3.0-2 D-Bus interface to the ISC DHCP cl ii hal 0.5.10-5 Hardware Abstraction Layer ii ifupdown 0.6.8 high level tools to configure netw ii iproute 20080108-1 Professional tools to control the ii iputils-arping 3:20071127-1 Tool to send ICMP echo requests to ii libc6 2.7-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libdbus-1-3 1.1.2-1 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.74-1 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libgcrypt11 1.4.0-3 LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr ii libglib2.0-0 2.14.5-2 The GLib library of C routines ii libgpg-error0 1.4-2 library for common error values an ii libhal1 0.5.10-5 Hardware Abstraction Layer - share ii libiw29 29-1 Wireless tools - library ii libnl1-pre8 1.0~pre8-1 Library for dealing with netlink s ii libnm-util0 0.6.5-4 network management framework (shar ii lsb-base 3.1-24 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip ii wpasupplicant 0.6.1~git20071119-1 Client support for WPA and WPA2 (I Versions of packages network-manager recommends: ii network-manager-kde 1:0.2-2+b1 KDE systray applet for controlling -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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