Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 444554
wpa_supplicant does not start at boot (VERY ANNOYING BUG)
Last modified: 2008-05-04 12:22:38 EDT
Description of problem: wpa_supplicant does not start at boot, writting FAILED in red during system initialization and throwing a message about a missing file (wpa_ctrl_open) However, wpa_supplicant *does* start if it's restarted manually after system initialization. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): wpa_supplicant-0.6.3-5.fc9.x86_64 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install fresh copy of Fedora 8 or later (unstable). 2. Perform all available online updates. 3. Mark wpa_supplicant in ntsysv to be started at boot. 3. Start the system and watch initialization. Actual results: wpa_supplicant does not start during boot Expected results: wpa_supplicant should start normally Additional info: Hardware is a Dell Inspiron 1520, please see smolt profile here: http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_9d69eb22-c7a0-44ea-9e54-a49aa186b94c
Are you running with SELinux enabled at all? What's the output of: /usr/sbin/getenforce Also, what's your wifi configuration? WPA? WEP? Open?
Hello, /usr/sbin/getenforce Enforcing Wi-fi configuration is WPA2 with (an alphanumeric) preshared key/password. IP address should be given by DHCP (a Fedora DHCP server put on the same Ethernet segment as the WAP). The WAP is a D-Link DWL-G700AP, B/G standard - works flawlessly after conection. Regards, Răzvan
After boot, what's the output of "ps aux | grep wpa_supplicant" ? This may be an SELinux issue, in that wlassistant doesn't have the right rules for SELinux.
Here it is: 4912 ? Ss 0:00 wpa_supplicant -c /etc/wpa_supplic /wpa_supplicant.conf -B -u -dddt -f /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log Regards, Răzvan
What's the contents of /var/log/audit/audit.log ? You'll need to be root to access that file.
Created attachment 304394 [details] audit.log Here's the audit.log file, as requested.
Seems to be corrected - now wpa_supplicant starts at boot. wpa_supplicant-0.6.3-5.fc9.x86_64 Closing...