iwconfig/iwpriv work; wap_supplicant says "no WPA/RSN IE"

[Eduardo Perez]

I've managed to establish a connection to my AP using iwconfig/iwpriv,
but wpa_supplicant refuses to connect; any help would be greatly
appreciated. Many thanks.

* Software:

- FC5-x86_64 (updated)
- kernel-2.6.17-1.2174_FC5 from Fedora repos.
  (tainted with both VMWare and Nvidia modules). 
- wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-10.fc5 from Fedora repos.
- wireless-tools-28-0.pre13.5.1 from Fedora repos.
- rt2500-1.1.0-b4 from rt2x00 project website.

* lspci:

05:06.0 Network controller: RaLink Ralink RT2500 802.11G Cardbus/mini-PCI (rev 01)

* modprobe.conf:

alias wlan0 rt2500
options rt2500 ifname=wlan%d

* wconfig/iwpriv:

iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
iwconfig wlan0 essid "my_ssid"
iwpriv wlan0 set AuthMode=WPAPSK
iwpriv wlan0 set EncrypType=TKIP
iwpriv wlan0 set WPAPSK="My WAP passphrase."
dhclient wlan0

* wpa_supplicant.conf:

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=10

network={
        ssid="my_ssid"
        proto=WPA
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        pairwise=TKIP
        psk="My WAP passphrase."
}

* wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -D wext -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -dd:

Initializing interface 'wlan0' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'wext' ctrl_interface 'N/A'
Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf'
Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf'
ctrl_interface='/var/run/wpa_supplicant'
ctrl_interface_group=10
Line: 4 - start of a new network block
ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=7):
     61 63 75 61 72 69 6f                              acuario
proto: 0x1
key_mgmt: 0x2
pairwise: 0x8
PSK (ASCII passphrase) - hexdump_ascii(len=18): [REMOVED]
PSK (from passphrase) - hexdump(len=32): [REMOVED]
Line 10: removed CCMP from group cipher list since it was not allowed for pairwise cipher
Priority group 0
   id=0 ssid='acuario'
Initializing interface (2) 'wlan0'
EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state DISCONNECTED
EAPOL: KEY_RX entering state NO_KEY_RECEIVE
EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state INITIALIZE
EAP: EAP entering state DISABLED
EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=20 WE(source)=14 enc_capa=0x0
  capabilities: key_mgmt 0x0 enc 0x3
Own MAC address: 00:0c:41:6c:bd:f8
wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 7 value 0x1 - Driver does not support WPA.
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=0 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
Driver did not support SIOCSIWENCODEEXT, trying SIOCSIWENCODE
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=1 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
Driver did not support SIOCSIWENCODEEXT, trying SIOCSIWENCODE
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=2 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
Driver did not support SIOCSIWENCODEEXT, trying SIOCSIWENCODE
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=3 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
Driver did not support SIOCSIWENCODEEXT, trying SIOCSIWENCODE
wpa_driver_wext_set_countermeasures
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 4 value 0x0 - wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 5 value 0x1 - Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
Added interface wlan0
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'wlan0' added
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'wlan0' added
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'wlan0' added
State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING
Starting AP scan (broadcast SSID)
Scan timeout - try to get results
Received 103 bytes of scan results (1 BSSes)
Scan results: 1
Selecting BSS from priority group 0
0: 00:14:bf:02:0f:4b ssid='acuario' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11
   skip - no WPA/RSN IE
No suitable AP found.
Setting scan request: 5 sec 0 usec
Starting AP scan (broadcast SSID)
Scan timeout - try to get results
Received 103 bytes of scan results (1 BSSes)
Scan results: 1
Selecting BSS from priority group 0
0: 00:14:bf:02:0f:4b ssid='acuario' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11
   skip - no WPA/RSN IE
No suitable AP found.
Setting scan request: 5 sec 0 usec
CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING - signal 2 received
Removing interface wlan0
State: SCANNING -> DISCONNECTED
No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 7 value 0x0 - Failed to disable WPA in the driver.
wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 5 value 0x0 - wpa_driver_wext_set_countermeasures
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 4 value 0x0 - No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
Cancelling scan request