wpa_supplicant gets points for trying, I suppose....

David Wolfskill david at catwhisker.org
Mon Nov 1 22:25:11 UTC 2010


FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #31 r214621M

Nov  1 15:09:40 d130 wpa_supplicant[569]: Failed to initiate AP scan.
Nov  1 15:10:10 d130 last message repeated 3 times
Nov  1 15:10:50 d130 last message repeated 4 times
...
Nov  1 15:11:00 d130 wpa_supplicant[569]: Failed to initiate AP scan.
Nov  1 15:11:10 d130 wpa_supplicant[569]: Failed to initiate AP scan.
...
Nov  1 15:11:20 d130 wpa_supplicant[569]: Failed to initiate AP scan.
Nov  1 15:11:30 d130 wpa_supplicant[569]: Failed to initiate AP scan.
...
Nov  1 15:11:40 d130 wpa_supplicant[569]: Failed to initiate AP scan.
...
Nov  1 15:11:50 d130 wpa_supplicant[569]: Failed to initiate AP scan.
Nov  1 15:12:10 d130 last message repeated 2 times
Nov  1 15:14:10 d130 last message repeated 12 times

I have the switch on this laptop in position to disable the wireless
device (iwn(4)).  Is there some way wpa_supplicant (or something) might
be able to recognize that this is a pointless exercise?

I don't recall stable/8 doing this, though I could be wrong.

Peace,
david
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