iwlagn / wpa_supplicant issue

[Fabio Coatti]

2011/4/14 Ed W <lists at wildgooses.com>:
> On 14/04/2011 10:15, Fabio Coatti wrote:
>> Description:
>> basically, when wpa_supplicant starts it is unable to speak with hardware, no
>> commands have effect (i.e. scan) and the only message I get is the
>> usual
>> ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
>
>
> I think if you check you will see that the interface isn't up? ?Issuing
> "ifconfig wlan0 up" and now wpa_supplicant works fine?

Yes, I see that the interface is down, but no 'ifconfig wlan0 up' nor
'ip link set wlan0 up' works.
the interface remains down.

>
> There are various workarounds, but I guess it would be interesting to
> hear from a wpa_supplicant maintainer if it's in the job description to
> bring up the wlan interface? ?Certainly would be nice?



-- 
Fabio