Re: [gentoo-user] wpa_supplicant troubles with newly installed gentoo

[Mick]

On Monday 30 May 2016 14:09:27 Jackson Darule wrote:
> Hello. I’ve newly installed gentoo, and my wireless hasn’t been working.
> I’ve tried to google and use the wiki to find the answer, but was unable
> to. If people require more information from my system, feel free to ask.
> I’ve been trying to manually configure the file for it to work. I’m using
> WPA2 personal security on my wifi. -------
> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
>
> update_config=1
> ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
>
> network={
> 	ssid=“myssid”
> 	#psk=“mypsk”
> 	psk=(the longer form of the psk generated by the terminal command to find
> this) proto=WPA

Change this to:

	proto=RSN

> 	key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> 	group=CCMP TKIP
> 	pairwise=CCMP TKIP

You probably do not need TKIP

> }
> --------
> running the command “wpa_supplicant -B -Dnl80211 -iwlp3s0
> -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf" gives the output
>
> Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
> ctrl_iface exists and seems to be in use - cannot override it
> Delete ‘/var/run/wpa_supplicant/wlp3s0’ manually if it is not used anymore
> Failed to initialize control interface ‘DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> GROUP=wheel’. You may have another wpa_supplicant process already running
> or the file was left by an unclean termination of wpa_supplicant in which
> case you will need to manually remove this file before starting
> wpa_supplicant again.
>
> nl80211: deinst ifname=wlp3s0 disabled_11b_rates=0
>
>
> I wanted to ask before manually deleting /var/run/wpa_supplicant/wlp3s0 in
> case this could do anything to damage my new system. Is the next step to
> delete /var/run/wpa_supplicant/wlp3s0, or is there another step which I
> should take in order to connect with my wifi.
>
> Thanks.

Do you have a /etc/init.d/net.wlp3s0 symlink to /etc/init.d/net and have you 
configured /etc/conf.d/net to include the necessary for your wireless 
interface?

What do you get when you run '/etc/init.d/net.wlp3s0 start'?

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Regards,
Mick