> On May 30, 2016, at 16:38, Mick <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Monday 30 May 2016 14:09:27 Jackson Darule wrote: >> Hello. I’ve newly installed gentoo, and my wireless hasn’t been working. >> I’ve tried to google and use the wiki to find the answer, but was unable >> to. If people require more information from my system, feel free to ask. >> I’ve been trying to manually configure the file for it to work. I’m using >> WPA2 personal security on my wifi. ------- >> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf >> >> update_config=1 >> ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel >> >> network={ >> ssid=“myssid” >> #psk=“mypsk” >> psk=(the longer form of the psk generated by the terminal command to >> find >> this) proto=WPA > > Change this to: > > proto=RSN > >> key_mgmt=WPA-PSK >> group=CCMP TKIP >> pairwise=CCMP TKIP > > You probably do not need TKIP > >> } >> -------- >> running the command “wpa_supplicant -B -Dnl80211 -iwlp3s0 >> -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf" gives the output >> >> Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant >> ctrl_iface exists and seems to be in use - cannot override it >> Delete ‘/var/run/wpa_supplicant/wlp3s0’ manually if it is not used anymore >> Failed to initialize control interface ‘DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant >> GROUP=wheel’. 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. >> >> nl80211: deinst ifname=wlp3s0 disabled_11b_rates=0 >> >> >> I wanted to ask before manually deleting /var/run/wpa_supplicant/wlp3s0 in >> case this could do anything to damage my new system. Is the next step to >> delete /var/run/wpa_supplicant/wlp3s0, or is there another step which I >> should take in order to connect with my wifi. >> >> Thanks. > > Do you have a /etc/init.d/net.wlp3s0 symlink to /etc/init.d/net and have you > configured /etc/conf.d/net to include the necessary for your wireless > interface? > > What do you get when you run '/etc/init.d/net.wlp3s0 start'? > > -- > Regards, > Mick
I changed the listed options, getting rid of TKIP, and switching to RSN. I have /etc/init.d/net.wlp3s0 symlinked to /etc/init.d/net. Below is the configuration of /etc/conf.d/net. —— modules_wlp3s0=“wpa_supplicant” wpa_supplicant_wlp3s0=“-Dnl80211” config_wlp3s0=“dhcp” —— Below is the output of the command /etc/init.d/net.wlp3s0 start — net.wlp3s0 |bringing up interface wlp3s0 net.wlp3s0 |starting wpa_supplicant on wlp3s0 … net.wlp3s0 |successfully initialized wpa_supplicant net.wlp3s0 |ctrl_iface exists and seems to be in use - cannot override it net.wlp3s0 |Delete ‘/var/run/wpa_supplicant/wlp3s0’ manually if it is not used anymore net.wlp3s0 |Failed to initialize control interface ‘DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel’. net.wlp3s0 |You may have another spa_supplicant process already running or the file was left by an unclean termination of spa_supplicant in which case you will need to manually remove this file before starting spa_supplicant again. net.wlp3s0 |nl80211: deinst ifname=wlp3s0 disabled_11b_rates=0 net.wlp3s0 | start-stop-daemon: failed to start ‘/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant’ net.wlp3s0 | ERROR: net.wlp3s0 failed to start — Let me know if any more information is needed, and what else I should try. Thanks.
