> 
> I spent ages last night getting wireless working on an embedded ARM
> device. The problem is that the first time wpa_supplicant runs, it can't
> see any SSIDs, and doesn't get anywhere. The second time it runs, it's
> all fine.
> 

Does this problem occur under Linux on a regular PC too?

> My eventual solution was to create a script that runs wpa_supplicant,
> waits five seconds, kills it, then runs it again. So, so dirty.
>

Yeah that never leaves you feeling good about a project.
 
> This issue only appears to occur with one of my three USB wifi adapters.
> However of the others, one isn't supported by any version of Linux, and
> the other one is dodgy on 3.2 kernels.. but post 3.2.x kernels don't
> work reliably on this hardware.
> 
> Soo.. while I wait for a fourth bloody USB adapter with yet another wifi
> chipset in it to arrive.. does anyone have any ideas how to fix the
> current one?
> 
> I'm guessing there's something specific the wifi adapter needs
> initialised before it will work, but I just don't know what..
> 

Is there a way to 'open' the adapter via some other means before loading 
wpa_supplicant?

Otherwise maybe strace and see what the differences between the two runs are.

James

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