Difficult problem with wpa_supplicant and my usb wlan device (zd1211 chipset)

lupinix · 11-19-2008, 02:07 PM

Hello!

I've got a very diffcult problem with my usb wireless device. If it is plugged in, the driver zd1211rw is loaded.

Code:

iwlist scanning
lo Interface doesn't support scanning
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning
wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning
wlan0 Scan completed: 
      Cell 01: ..

The stick is working, but now I start the wpa_supplicant (the config file is ok).

Code:

wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -C/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

Now I get an error:

Code:

ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported

Now a new

Code:

iwlist scanning

:

Code:

lo Interface doesn't support scanning
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning
wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning
wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning: Network is down.

My distribution is Slackware Current, buth I've got the same difficult problem with openSUSE 11.0

Any idea?

Best Regards
Christian

lupinix · 11-19-2008, 02:16 PM

BTW: With Kernel 2.6.24.5 everything works fine (Slackware 12.1), gnewsense (Kernel 2.6.24), it works, too.
With Suse 11.0 (Kernel 2.6.25.18) it crashes, with Slackware Current /(Kernel 2.6.27.6), it crashes, too.

Has anything changed in this new kernels (the driver zd1211rw is part of linux)

lupinix · 11-19-2008, 04:37 PM

Solved, my script to start the device contained the old device name (kernels =< 2.6.24).

Best Regards
Christian