On Tue, 2021-07-20 at 22:04 +0100, Jason Vas Dias via networkmanager- list wrote: > If I do : > # nmcli radio wifi off > , it disassociates the PHY for the device and I have to > 'rfkill $id unblock' . > If I reenable wireless, and do > # systemctl stop wpa_supplicant > # mv /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant.bin > after starting NM, then I can run hostapd . > I have to remember to move wpa_supplicant back after I stop > using hostapd . > Please add support for enabling either hostapd or wpa_supplicant, > not both, to NM = or is there some way of disabling running the > wpa_supplicant service only, without rfkill ?
Hi, configure the device as unmanaged. Temporarily, with `nmcli device set wlan0 managed no` Permanently, there are several means (udev rules, config files). the best seems to be a file /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/90-wlan-unmanaged.conf with [device-90-wlan-unmanaged] match-device=interface-name:wlan0 managed=0 see `man NetworkManager.conf`. If you do it that way, you can still override it at runtime with `nmcli device set wlan0 managed yes`. I think `nmcli device set wlan0 managed yes` may not sufficiently instruct wpa_supplicant to let go of the device. That means, you still might need `systemctl stop wpa_supplicant.service`. Patch welcome to properly handle the release of a device by setting it unmanaged. best, Thomas > > > On 20/07/2021, Jason Vas Dias <jason.vas.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Good day - > > > > Whenever I try to run hostapd, NM still runs wpa-supplicant, > > which periodically tries to put the WiFi interface into scanning > > mode, which messes up the hostapd session . > > > > Please is there a config file setting or applet interaction > > to disable wpa-supplicant (and maybe configure & run hostapd) ? > > > > I'd like NM to start dhclient on my Wired interface, and > > be able to bring up my L2TP VPN, but leave the Wireless > > interface entirely alone. > > > > Any way to do this in NetworkManager.conf or GUI ? > > > > Thanks in advance for any replies, > > Best Regards, > > Jason > > > _______________________________________________ > networkmanager-list mailing list > networkmanager-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list networkmanager-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
