wpa_supplicant works flawlessly when invoked from the command line or my workaround initscript, but I can't invoke it using the gentoo networking scripts, which consistently try to form a WEP association instead, regardless of tweaks I've tried in /etc/conf.d/net. It does not appear to ever call the wpa_supplicant module. /etc/conf.d/net: ------------------------------------------------------------------- config_eth0="dhcp" # wireless modules="wpa_supplicant" config_ra0="dhcp" wpa_supplicant_ra0="-Dwext" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Known working wpa_supplicant.conf: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- #### global configuration ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=0 # delegate scanning to the driver, select by SSID and security policy ap_scan=2 #### per-essid configuration network={ ssid="mynetwork" scan_ssid=1 proto=RSN key_mgmt=WPA-PSK auth_alg=OPEN pairwise=CCMP group=CCMP #psk="<redacted>" psk=<redacted> proactive_key_caching=1 } Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. install and configure wpa supplicant 2. test wpa_supplicant configuration and functions manually 3. configure conf.d/net and attempt to connect via initscripts Actual Results: typhoon net # /etc/init.d/net.ra0 start * Bringing up interface ra0 * Configuring wireless network for ra0 * Scanning for access points * Found "mynetwork" at 00:17:3F:9C:77:42, managed, encrypted * WEP key is not set for "mynetwork" * Couldn't associate with any access points on ra0 * Failed to configure wireless for ra0 * ERROR: net.ra0 failed to start Providing a dummy WEP key merely causes the scripts to continue to attempt (and fail) to form a WEP association. Expected Results: WPA supplicant is started, which then connects normally (as it does when started manually). typhoon net # emerge --info Portage 2.1.6.13 (default/linux/x86/2008.0, gcc-4.4.1, glibc-2.10.1-r0, 2.6.30-gentoo-r6 i686) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.30-gentoo-r6-i686-Intel-R-_Pentium-R-_4_CPU_1400MHz-with-gentoo-2.0.1 Timestamp of tree: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:15:02 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 4.0_p28 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.9 dev-lang/python: 2.6.2-r1 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r8 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.1 sys-apps/openrc: 0.4.3-r3 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.63-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.10.2, 1.11 sys-devel/binutils: 2.19.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.6a virtual/os-headers: 2.6.30-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -pipe -fforce-addr -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -pipe -fforce-addr -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="ccache distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/gentoo " LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1,--hash-style=gnu" LINGUAS="en_US en" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa berkdb bzip2 cairo caps cli consolekit cracklib crypt cups dbus dri exif ffmpeg gdbm gif gpm gtk hal iconv java jpeg lcms mmx mp3 mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin ogg opengl openmp pam pcre perl png python readline reflection session spl sse sse2 ssl svg sysfs theora threads tiff truetype unicode vorbis win32codecs x86 xcb xorg xulrunner zlib" ALSA_CARDS="emu10k1" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" KERNEL="linux" LINGUAS="en_US en" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nv" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Additional info: typhoon net # emerge -pv openrc wpa_supplicant These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] sys-apps/openrc-0.4.3-r3 USE="ncurses pam unicode -debug" 143 kB [ebuild R ] net-wireless/wpa_supplicant-0.6.9 USE="dbus readline ssl -debug -eap-sim -gnutls -madwifi -ps3 -qt3 -qt4 -wps" 0 kB Also, I am using the rt2870sta driver (as provided in kernel 2.6.30-gentoo-r6), to which I have added one trivial patch to add hardware identification for my Belkin USB network device. As I have noted, this all works flawlessly when activated manually.
Additional info: Demonstrating that wpa_supplicant functions normally. This workaround initscript works: ------------------------------------------------------------------- #!/sbin/runscript # /etc/init.d/net.ra0 depend() { need localmount use logger after net.lo provide net } start() { ebegin "Starting wireless network connection" start-stop-daemon --start \ --exec /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant \ --pidfile /var/run/wpa_supplicant-ra0.pid \ -- -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf \ -W -B -i ra0 -P /var/run/wpa_supplicant-ra0.pid wpa_cli -i ra0 -B -a /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_action.sh eend $? "Failed to start wireless network connection" } stop() { ebegin "Stopping wireless network connection" start-stop-daemon --stop \ --pidfile /var/run/wpa_supplicant-ra0.pid \ --exec /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant eend $? "Failed to stop wireless network connection" } ---------------------------------------------------------------------- With this accompanying wpa_cli action script (merely to initiate dhcp): ----------------------------------------------------------------------- #!/bin/sh # /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_action.sh # Purpose: start and stop dhcp when wpa supplicant emits a # CONNECTED or DISCONNECTED event. This script is run as a # daemon along with wpa_supplicant, using the command: # wpa_cli -a /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_action.sh -B if [ -z "$1" -o -z "$2" ]; then logger -t wpa_action "Insufficient parameters" exit 1 fi iface="$1" event="$2" case ${event} in CONNECTED) action="/sbin/dhclient ${iface}" ;; DISCONNECTED) action="/sbin/dhclient -x ${iface}" ;; *) logger -t wpa_action "received bogus wpa_supplicant event: ${event}" exit 1 ;; esac ${action} || logger -t wpa_action "'${action}' failed" -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Produces the following results: # /etc/init.d/net.ra0 start * Caching service dependencies... [ ok ] * Starting wireless network connection... [ ok ] # wpa_cli status Selected interface 'ra0' bssid=00:17:3f:9c:77:42 ssid=mynetwork id=0 pairwise_cipher=CCMP group_cipher=CCMP key_mgmt=WPA2-PSK wpa_state=COMPLETED ip_address=192.168.1.30 # iwconfig ra0 ra0 RT2870 Wireless ESSID:"mynetwork" Nickname:"RT2870STA" Mode:Managed Frequency=2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:17:3F:9C:77:42 Bit Rate=54 Mb/s RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:<redacted> Link Quality=100/100 Signal level:-66 dBm Noise level:-81 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 So, either I don't understand how to properly set up /etc/conf.d/net, or the networking scripts aren't functioning properly.
I don't understand this. As a desperate measure, I tried re-emerging openrc. And now it's working fine. This is particularly curious, since I did an 'emerge -e system' and 'emerge -e world' less than a month ago. I have never edited any of the rc scripts, so I can't imagine why this would be. At any rate, it now appears to be functioning completely as advertised, with everything unchanged from what I provided as a problematic configuration. I will leave this open, since I think Roy should see it anyway. Feel free to handle it as you see fit.
I am experiencing exactly the same problem on my fresh gentoo install. Using wpa_supplicant on command line works fine, but it is never called by the initscript. Using sys-apps/openrc-0.4.3-r3 too. I will now reemerge openrc to see if it fixes something.
Reemerging openrc fixed indeed the problem. I backed up some of the dirs/files installed by openrc and diffing the two shows that I now have a /lib/rc/init.d/daemons/net.eth1/ with two files "001" and "002". There where no such /lib/rc/init.d/daemons/net.eth1/ directory before. Hope it helps!
