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network-manager package

  1. Bug #292054
  2. Comment #36

Comment 36 for bug 292054

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote : Re: [Bug 292054] Re: Some drivers take too long to associate (Was: network-manager 0.7 always asks for WPA passphrase)

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 03:00:39PM -0000, Chris Bainbridge wrote:
> The bug seems to be in some interaction to do with NetworkManager or the
> DBUS interface. If I put a WEP config in /etc/wpa_supplicant/ and do:
>
> /sbin/wpa_supplicant -d -t -iath0
> -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
>
> Then wpa_supplicant will associate in just over 10 seconds. Log
> attached. Comparing the State changes to operating via
> NetworkManager/DBUS: with lone wpa_supplicant we get states:
>
> 1229956617.602179: State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING
> 1229956617.608634: State: SCANNING -> ASSOCIATING
> 1229956626.819271: State: ASSOCIATING -> ASSOCIATED
> 1229956626.819527: State: ASSOCIATED -> COMPLETED
>
> With NetworkManager/DBUS we get states:
>
> 1229894071.010839: State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING
> 1229894071.011231: State: SCANNING -> INACTIVE
> 1229894071.013447: State: INACTIVE -> SCANNING
> 1229894080.172201: State: SCANNING -> DISCONNECTED

please try to put exactly the config paramaters you see in syslog by
NM in your wpa_supplicant.conf ... does that make the manual case
behave similar to NM?

 - Alexander