As outlined in the second half of 
[url=http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=369713]this thread[/url], I am 
experiencing what I believe to be the same problem.  My university network uses 
WPA with LDAP user authentication, so it took quite some configuring of 
/etc/network/interfaces in Gutsy to get my Realtek 8185 (ndiswrapper) to work.  
Upon upgrading to Feisty, it broke completely.  Issuing "sudo 
/etc/init.d/networking restart" (or probably "ifup wlan0") completely freezes 
the system.  Nothing changes except for the CAPS and SCROLL keys blinking.
[quote]ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 7 value 0x1 - ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 4 value 0x0 - ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 5 value 0x1 - There is already a pid file 
/var/run/dhclient.wlan0.pid with pid 134993416[/quote]
This error isn't actually on my machine, but it's almost exactly the same.

Two things can fix the freeze-up, but the computer still won't connect.
(1)Using 2.6.20 instead of 2.6.20  - I have nvidia problems, but it doesn't 
freeze.
(2)Changing "wpa-driver wext" to "wpa-driver wpa-supplicant."
These remove the "WEXT auth [...]: Operation not supported" errors, but the 
"ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported" ones remain.  The system 
still does not connect.

I can't find a project for "ioctl" or "wext", so I'm reassigning this to
wpa-supplicant.

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wpa not working, network manager locks computer
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