hostapd_cli will not connect

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hostapd_cli will not connect although my android does.  My HP Envy 5530 
printer will not connect either and that's the most important issue.  
ubuntu 16.04 running as an AP, router, firewall, dhcp server, DNS and more.

A google search revealed very little of value.

Thank you in advance!!

root at yellow:/etc/hostapd# hostapd_cli
hostapd_cli v2.4
Copyright (c) 2004-2015, Jouni Malinen <j at w1.fi> and contributors

This software may be distributed under the terms of the BSD license.
See README for more details.


Could not connect to hostapd - re-trying

^C
root at yellow:/etc/hostapd#
root at yellow:/etc/hostapd# hostapd_cli interface
Failed to connect to hostapd - wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or directory

root at yellow:/etc/hostapd# tail  /var/log/syslog

Feb 18 12:07:04 yellow hostapd: wlp2s0: STA 20:e8:17:02:02:3a WPA: group 
key handshake completed (RSN)
Feb 18 12:07:04 yellow hostapd: wlp2s0: STA d0:5b:a8:35:28:6e WPA: group 
key handshake completed (RSN)
Feb 18 12:07:04 yellow hostapd: wlp2s0: STA 24:0d:c2:1a:9b:d5 WPA: group 
key handshake completed (RSN)
Feb 18 12:07:21 yellow dhcpd[14224]: DHCPREQUEST for 10.1.2.21 
(10.1.2.1) from 24:0d:c2:1a:9b:d5 via wlp2s0
Feb 18 12:07:21 yellow dhcpd[14224]: DHCPACK on 10.1.2.21 to 
24:0d:c2:1a:9b:d5 (android-4798b324d3a034e5) via wlp2s0
Feb 18 12:07:21 yellow dhcpd[14224]: reuse_lease: lease age 0 (secs) 
under 25% threshold, reply with unaltered, existing lease
Feb 18 12:07:21 yellow dhcpd[14224]: DHCPREQUEST for 10.1.2.21 
(10.1.2.1) from 24:0d:c2:1a:9b:d5 (android-4798b324d3a034e5) via wlp2s0
Feb 18 12:07:21 yellow dhcpd[14224]: DHCPACK on 10.1.2.21 to 
24:0d:c2:1a:9b:d5 via wlp2s0
Feb 18 12:09:01 yellow CRON[26619]: (root) CMD (  [ -x 
/usr/lib/php/sessionclean ] && /usr/lib/php/sessionclean)
Feb 18 12:15:53 yellow dhcpd[14224]: DHCPREQUEST for 10.1.2.2 from 
20:e8:17:02:02:3a via wlp2s0
Feb 18 12:15:53 yellow dhcpd[14224]: DHCPACK on 10.1.2.2 to 
20:e8:17:02:02:3a via wlp2s0
Feb 18 12:17:01 yellow CRON[26719]: (root) CMD (   cd / && run-parts 
--report /etc/cron.hourly)
Feb 18 12:17:04 yellow hostapd: wlp2s0: STA 20:e8:17:02:02:3a WPA: group 
key handshake completed (RSN)
Feb 18 12:17:04 yellow hostapd: wlp2s0: STA d0:5b:a8:35:28:6e WPA: group 
key handshake completed (RSN)
Feb 18 12:17:04 yellow hostapd: wlp2s0: STA 24:0d:c2:1a:9b:d5 WPA: group 
key handshake completed (RSN)
Feb 18 12:27:04 yellow hostapd: wlp2s0: STA 20:e8:17:02:02:3a WPA: group 
key handshake completed (RSN)
Feb 18 12:27:04 yellow hostapd: wlp2s0: STA d0:5b:a8:35:28:6e WPA: group 
key handshake completed (RSN)
Feb 18 12:27:04 yellow hostapd: wlp2s0: STA 24:0d:c2:1a:9b:d5 WPA: group 
key handshake completed (RSN)

root at yellow:/etc/hostapd# cat hostapd.conf
interface=wlp2s0
driver=nl80211
hw_mode=g
channel=9
ieee80211d=1
country_code=US
ieee80211n=1
wmm_enabled=0
macaddr_acl=0
ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
ssid=Psst
auth_algs=3
wpa=2
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK WPA-EAP
wpa_pairwise=TKIP
rsn_pairwise=CCMP
wpa_passphrase=XXXXXXXXXXX


root at yellow:/etc/hostapd# systemctl status hostapd.service
● hostapd.service - LSB: Advanced IEEE 802.11 management daemon
    Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/hostapd; *bad*; vendor preset: enabled)
    Active: active (running) since Fri 2018-02-09 13:47:02 PST; 1 weeks 
1 days ago
      Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
    CGroup: /system.slice/hostapd.service
            └─12379 /usr/sbin/hostapd -B -P /run/hostapd.pid 
/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf

Feb 18 12:17:04 yellow hostapd[12379]: wlp2s0: STA 24:0d:c2:1a:9b:d5 
WPA: group key handshake comple
Feb 18 12:27:04 yellow hostapd[12379]: wlp2s0: STA 20:e8:17:02:02:3a 
WPA: group key handshake comple
Feb 18 12:27:04 yellow hostapd[12379]: wlp2s0: STA d0:5b:a8:35:28:6e 
WPA: group key handshake comple
Feb 18 12:27:04 yellow hostapd[12379]: wlp2s0: STA 24:0d:c2:1a:9b:d5 
WPA: group key handshake comple
Feb 18 12:37:04 yellow hostapd[12379]: wlp2s0: STA 20:e8:17:02:02:3a 
WPA: group key handshake comple
Feb 18 12:37:04 yellow hostapd[12379]: wlp2s0: STA d0:5b:a8:35:28:6e 
WPA: group key handshake comple
Feb 18 12:37:04 yellow hostapd[12379]: wlp2s0: STA 24:0d:c2:1a:9b:d5 
WPA: group key handshake comple
Feb 18 12:47:04 yellow hostapd[12379]: wlp2s0: STA 20:e8:17:02:02:3a 
WPA: group key handshake comple
Feb 18 12:47:04 yellow hostapd[12379]: wlp2s0: STA d0:5b:a8:35:28:6e 
WPA: group key handshake comple
Feb 18 12:47:04 yellow hostapd[12379]: wlp2s0: STA 24:0d:c2:1a:9b:d5 
WPA: group key handshake comple