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wpa_gui, could not get status from wpa_supplicant

Hi. I cannot use wpa_gui, because when i open it i see error like in topic:
Could not get status from wpa_supplicant'
I don't have idea how can i fix this? Can you help?

open a terminal and switch to root, then type

Code:

iwconfig

and in the output, post what it says beside wlan0

I will try it at college campus because there are appriopriate wifi networks. Then i will post this to you.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tmkd (Post 4193277)

Hi. I cannot use wpa_gui, because when i open it i see error like in topic:
Could not get status from wpa_supplicant'
I don't have idea how can i fix this? Can you help?

In order for you to get wpa_supplicant status, you'll need root privileges. To do this, you either use a su gui interface (such as kdesu), like this

Code:

$ kdesu wpa_gui

or you can change wpa_gui to use suid

Code:

# chmod 4755 /usr/bin/wpa_gui

$ wpa_gui

both way will let you get wpa_supplicant status, but in the first one, being a more secure, will require you to enter the root password everytime, while the second is a more direct approach, but insecure. I guess.

I ran wpa_gui with root priviledges.

While connecting to college campus network via wpa_supplicant i see this problem. What should i do?

Code:

 

root@tmkd:/home/tomek# wpa_supplicant -D wext -i wlan0 -c /home/tomek/wpa_supplicant.conf

CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS

Trying to associate with 00:19:07:8e:d0:91 (SSID='eduroam' freq=2427 MHz)

Associated with 00:19:07:8e:d0:91

CTRL-EVENT-EAP-STARTED EAP authentication started

OpenSSL: pending error: error:0D07803A:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_ITEM_EX_D2I:nested asn1 error

OpenSSL: pending error: error:140C800D:SSL routines:SSL_use_certificate_file:ASN1 lib

OpenSSL: pending error: error:0D0680A8:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_CHECK_TLEN:wrong tag

OpenSSL: pending error: error:0D07803A:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_ITEM_EX_D2I:nested asn1 error

OpenSSL: pending error: error:0D09A00D:asn1 encoding routines:d2i_PrivateKey:ASN1 lib

OpenSSL: pending error: error:140CB00D:SSL routines:SSL_use_PrivateKey_file:ASN1 lib

OpenSSL: pending error: error:0906A065:PEM routines:PEM_do_header:bad decrypt

OpenSSL: pending error: error:140CB009:SSL routines:SSL_use_PrivateKey_file:PEM lib

OpenSSL: tls_read_pkcs12 - Failed to use PKCS#12 file error:0D0680A8:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_CHECK_TLEN:wrong tag

OpenSSL: pending error: error:0D07803A:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_ITEM_EX_D2I:nested asn1 error

OpenSSL: Failed to load private key

TLS: Failed to load private key '/home/tomek/Dudek_Tomasz.pem'

TLS: Failed to set TLS connection parameters

EAP-TLS: Failed to initialize SSL.

EAP: Failed to initialize EAP method: vendor 0 method 13 (TLS)

CTRL-EVENT-EAP-FAILURE EAP authentication failed