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From: Aaron W. Hsu on 8 Oct 2009 18:04 On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:50:26 -0400, Handover Phist <jason(a)jason.websterscafe.com> wrote: > and removed the w option being passed to wpa_supplicant. Badabing! > Everything now works peachy. Is this a problem on anyone elses boxen? > After all, your wireless is working, are you using Slack 13.0? For me, I just installed Wicd, set the daemon to start at boot, and voila, done. Aaron W. Hsu -- Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. -- C. S. Lewis
From: Dan C on 8 Oct 2009 18:30 On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:04:08 -0400, Aaron W. Hsu wrote: > On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:50:26 -0400, Handover Phist > <jason(a)jason.websterscafe.com> wrote: > >> and removed the w option being passed to wpa_supplicant. Badabing! >> Everything now works peachy. Is this a problem on anyone elses boxen? >> After all, your wireless is working, are you using Slack 13.0? > > For me, I just installed Wicd, set the daemon to start at boot, and > voila, done. > wicd +1 -- "Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". "Bother!" said Pooh, as he garotted another passing Liberal. Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/
From: Andy on 8 Oct 2009 21:37 Handover Phist wrote: > Andy : >> Handover Phist wrote: >>> >> >> Also, does this card work without wpa_supplicant on an open network? >> Sorry, but I have to ask. >> >> Andy > > Thanks for your help Andy. After setting up all the options in what > looked to be the right fashion, I went through /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless. > This is the file that calls wpa_supplicant. I found the lines: > > echo "$0: wpa_supplicant -Bw -c${WPACONF} ${WPA_OPTIONS} -i$INTERFACE" | > $LOGGER ${SUPPATH}/wpa_supplicant -Bw -c${WPACONF} ${WPA_OPTIONS} > -i$INTERFACE > > and removed the w option being passed to wpa_supplicant. Badabing! > Everything now works peachy. Is this a problem on anyone elses boxen? > After all, your wireless is working, are you using Slack 13.0? > > Yes (64-13), but mine doesn't have the mystery "w" in it, and it has a date of 2009-04-28, so I know I didn't touch it. Good to hear that you are up and going. Andy
From: Handover Phist on 8 Oct 2009 23:50 Andy : > Handover Phist wrote: > >> Andy : >>> Handover Phist wrote: >>>> >>> >>> Also, does this card work without wpa_supplicant on an open network? >>> Sorry, but I have to ask. >>> >>> Andy >> >> Thanks for your help Andy. After setting up all the options in what >> looked to be the right fashion, I went through /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless. >> This is the file that calls wpa_supplicant. I found the lines: >> >> echo "$0: wpa_supplicant -Bw -c${WPACONF} ${WPA_OPTIONS} -i$INTERFACE" | >> $LOGGER ${SUPPATH}/wpa_supplicant -Bw -c${WPACONF} ${WPA_OPTIONS} >> -i$INTERFACE >> >> and removed the w option being passed to wpa_supplicant. Badabing! >> Everything now works peachy. Is this a problem on anyone elses boxen? >> After all, your wireless is working, are you using Slack 13.0? >> >> > > Yes (64-13), but mine doesn't have the mystery "w" in it, and it has a date > of 2009-04-28, so I know I didn't touch it. > > Good to hear that you are up and going. > > Andy Willing to bet that that was a clean install. I just looked at /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless.new. No w switch passed to wpa_supplicant. Just one of the steps to upgrading when you dont want anything in /etc overwritten. -- The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest. www.websterscafe.com
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