Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Meino.Cramer@×××.de
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 18:57:17
Message-Id: 20150728185706.GA4380@solfire
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi... by Thanasis
1 Thanasis <thanasis@××××××××××.org> [15-07-28 19:28]:
2 > On 07/28/2015 07:36 PM, Meino.Cramer@×××.de wrote:
3 > <snip>
4 > >When starting hostapd, it says:
5 > > * Caching service dependencies ...
6 > > [ ok ]
7 > > * Bringing up interface wlan0
8 > > * Running preup ...
9 > > * Starting wpa_supplicant on wlan0 ...
10 > > * start-stop-daemon: /sbin/wpa_supplicant does not exist
11 > ><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<!!!! [ !! ]
12 > > * ERROR: net.wlan0 failed to start
13 > > * ERROR: cannot start hostapd as net.wlan0 would not start
14 > >
15 >
16 > try the following in your /etc/conf.d/net
17 >
18 > modules_wlan0="!iwconfig !wpa_supplicant"
19 >
20
21 Hi Thanasis,
22
23 thanks for your help:)
24
25 ...it was already set that way...
26 (scratching my head...)
27
28 Best regards,
29 Meino