On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:29:17 -0400 Pavel Roskin <proski@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2009-10-20 at 21:47 -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > Oct 17 19:44:19 localhost wpa_supplicant[3477]: Trying to associate > > with 00:14:d1:3e:ff:30 (SSID='cranford' freq=2437 MHz) Oct 17 > > 19:44:19 localhost wpa_supplicant[3477]: Association request to the > > driver failed > > Since the message is from wpa_supplicant, it must be something between > wpa_supplicant and mac80211. I don't think any code in b43 is > involved. > > Perhaps you should include some information about wpa_supplicant, i.e. > its version and the command line. Please try the latest > wpa_supplicant. Please try both wext and nl80211 drivers. That would > help understand the extent of the problem. Version is 0.6.9, from the Debian package version 0.6.9.3. I don't know the exact command line, since I've been invoking it through the Debian ifupdown scripts. I haven't been specifying a backend, and the Debian documentation states that wext is used in that case. I have been playing with it some more, and it sometimes works, and sometimes doesn't. The only absolutely consistent pattern that I've seen is that (in my limited testing) it seems to always work right after unloading / reloading the driver (b43) (or a fresh boot). As I mentioned, I've been using the Debian ifupdown scripts. I have now tried running wpa_supplicant directly, and so far it has worked consistently, with a very minimal, mostly default config: 'wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/wpa.conf' where wpa.conf contains: ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant network={ ssid="my-ssid" psk="my passphrase" } So at this point, I guess the problem is something that I need to report to Debian, some sort of bugginess with their scripts. Thanks for the help ;) Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- 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