nl80211 driver problem

[Igor Gueths]

Hello Alan.
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:48:37PM -0400, Alan Jachimiak wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> Mailing list newb here... please forgive me if I breech protocol or if I've
> hit a subject that's been covered many times...
> 
>   When I type the command
> 
> [root at Joshiba ajachimiak]# hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
> 
> 
>  I get the following output:
> 
> 
>  ioctl[SIOCGIFFLAGS]: No such device
> 
> nl80211 driver initialization failed.
> 
> rmdir[ctrl_interface]: No such file or directory
> 
> 
> I'm running:
> 
> Fedora 12
> 
> Kernel Linux 2.6.32.14-127.fc12.i686
> 
> 
>  If it helps I have a Linksys WRTG 54 card that works fine for wireless
> access to another AP...
> 

Is that the card you are currently trying to use, or is it a different one? A
couple of things you will want to check: ensure that the driver for the card you
are using is properly loaded, whether as a module or in the kernel. If the
driver is present, make sure that it is properly recognizing the card, and
assigning it to a device, such as Wlan0. One way to check for this is to run
dmesg | grep -i wlan and see what if anything comes back as a result. The other
thing to check would be actual Netlink support in your kernel, but the former is
currently far more likely.
> If you provide terminal commands I should be able to wade through this
> problem.  If you just tell me to tweak my kernel or something to that effect
> - I will get lost.
> 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Al
> 
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Igor
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