Hi, I'm trying to setup wifi direct but I'm unable to launch wpa_supplicant. OS : Ubuntu 12.04 x86_64 kernel 3.5.0-25-generic Dongle Wifi : Netgear model wna1000m Driver : 8192cu (latest driver provided by Realtek : http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=21&PFid=48&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true) wpa_suplicant : version 0.8.x (provided by Realtek with the driver) wifi p2p: enabled with "iwpriv wlan1 p2p_set enable=1" wpa_sulicant has been built with these options (.config file): CONFIG_DRIVER_NL80211=y CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE=y CONFIG_WPS=y CONFIG_WPS2=y CONFIG_P2P=y CONFIG_AP=y CONFIG_WPA_CLI_EDIT=y CONFIG_BACKEND=file CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS=y CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS_NEW=y CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS_INTRO=y CONFIG_DEBUG_FILE=y wpa_supplicant is launched with these parameters (/etc/wpa_supplicant_wlan1.conf) : update_config=1 ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant ap_scan=1 device_name=Netgear Dongle wlan1 device_type=1-0050F204-1 p2p_listen_reg_class=81 p2p_listen_channel=1 p2p_oper_reg_class=81 p2p_oper_channel=1 Launching wpa_supplicant: $ sudo wpa_supplicant -Dnl80211 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant_wlan1.conf -iwlan1 -d wpa_supplicant v0.8.x random: Trying to read entropy from /dev/random Initializing interface 'wlan1' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant_wlan1.conf' driver 'nl80211' ctrl_interface 'N/A' bridge 'N/A' Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant_wlan1.conf' -> '/etc/wpa_supplicant_wlan1.conf' Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant_wlan1.conf' update_config=1 ctrl_interface='/var/run/wpa_supplicant' ap_scan=1 device_name='Netgear Dongle wlan1' p2p_listen_reg_class=81 p2p_listen_channel=1 p2p_oper_reg_class=81 p2p_oper_channel=1 Could not open file /sys/class/net/wlan1/phy80211/name: No such file or directory rfkill: initial event: idx=0 type=1 op=0 soft=0 hard=0 rfkill: initial event: idx=1 type=1 op=0 soft=0 hard=0 nl80211: Failed to set interface 6 to mode 2: -19 (No such device) nl80211: Try mode change after setting interface down nl80211: Failed to set interface 6 to mode 2: -19 (No such device) nl80211: Failed to set interface 6 to mode 2: -19 (No such device) nl80211: Failed to set interface 6 to mode 2: -19 (No such device) nl80211: Failed to set interface 6 to mode 2: -19 (No such device) nl80211: Failed to set interface 6 to mode 2: -19 (No such device) nl80211: Failed to set interface 6 to mode 2: -19 (No such device) nl80211: Failed to set interface 6 to mode 2: -19 (No such device) nl80211: Failed to set interface 6 to mode 2: -19 (No such device) nl80211: Failed to set interface 6 to mode 2: -19 (No such device) nl80211: Failed to set interface 6 to mode 2: -19 (No such device) nl80211: Interface mode change to 2 from 0 failed nl80211: Could not configure driver to use managed mode netlink: Operstate: linkmode=1, operstate=5 wlan1: Failed to initialize driver interface Failed to add interface wlan1 wlan1: Cancelling scan request wlan1: Cancelling authentication timeout Since I followed the linux kernel wireless how to (http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/p2p/howto) and Realtek documentation (availlable with the driver) without getting better results I figured that you might have an idea. Thanks, Kevin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html