It's really a design flaw. Instead of saying every two minutes "Hey I couldn't find a new AP". It should only say "I found AP number 999999 and connected to it" if and when it does.
On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 3:47 PM, rustyhamsterr <rustyhamst...@mailbox.org> wrote: > I'm also affected, as my house has multiple AP's #24 is not working for me. > My wifi card : > System information: > Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor > Peak] (rev 34) > Linux rustysTP 3.16.0-38-generic #52~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 8 09:43:57 > UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1323089 > > Title: > wpa_supplicant writes to syslog every 2 minutes > > Status in wpa package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > Ubuntu 14.04 LTS > wpasupplicant 2.1-0ubuntu1 > > wpa_supplicant is writing to syslog every couple of minutes. Example > output: > > May 25 19:57:18 ubuntu wpa_supplicant[1161]: wlan0: > CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED > May 25 19:57:23 ubuntu wpa_supplicant[1161]: nl80211: > send_and_recv->nl_recvmsgs failed: -33 > May 25 19:59:18 ubuntu wpa_supplicant[1161]: wlan0: > CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED > May 25 19:59:23 ubuntu wpa_supplicant[1161]: nl80211: > send_and_recv->nl_recvmsgs failed: -33 > May 25 20:00:58 ubuntu wpa_supplicant[1161]: wlan0: > CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED > May 25 20:01:18 ubuntu wpa_supplicant[1161]: wlan0: > CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED > May 25 20:01:24 ubuntu wpa_supplicant[1161]: nl80211: > send_and_recv->nl_recvmsgs failed: -33 > May 25 20:03:18 ubuntu wpa_supplicant[1161]: wlan0: > CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED > May 25 20:03:23 ubuntu wpa_supplicant[1161]: nl80211: > send_and_recv->nl_recvmsgs failed: -33 > May 25 20:05:18 ubuntu wpa_supplicant[1161]: wlan0: > CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED > May 25 20:05:23 ubuntu wpa_supplicant[1161]: nl80211: > send_and_recv->nl_recvmsgs failed: -33 > May 25 20:05:58 ubuntu wpa_supplicant[1161]: wlan0: > CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED > May 25 20:07:18 ubuntu wpa_supplicant[1161]: wlan0: > CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED > May 25 20:07:23 ubuntu wpa_supplicant[1161]: nl80211: > send_and_recv->nl_recvmsgs failed: -33 > May 25 20:09:18 ubuntu wpa_supplicant[1161]: wlan0: > CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED > May 25 20:09:23 ubuntu wpa_supplicant[1161]: nl80211: > send_and_recv->nl_recvmsgs failed: -33 > May 25 20:10:58 ubuntu wpa_supplicant[1161]: wlan0: > CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED > May 25 20:13:18 ubuntu wpa_supplicant[1161]: message repeated 2 times: [ > wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED ] > May 25 20:13:23 ubuntu wpa_supplicant[1161]: nl80211: > send_and_recv->nl_recvmsgs failed: -33 > > The message seems harmless as far as the network is concerned, meaning > there is no problem with the wifi connection. But it's spamming the > syslog, making it very difficult to find any other thing there, and > it's generating constant writes to disk, and an unnecessarily large > syslog file. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/+bug/1323089/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1323089 Title: wpa_supplicant writes to syslog every 2 minutes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/+bug/1323089/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
