Freeze on closing terminal that runs wpa_supplicant

[Paul B Mahol]

On 3/17/10, Mathias Sogorski <mathias.sogorski at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hello!
> I am running 8.0-RELEASE on a notebook with the Intel 3945 WiFi. I usually
> start wpa_supplicant [...]& on a terminal when entering gnome followed by
> the dhcpcd call to use the WiFi connection. After having finished work and
> closing the terminal that runs wpa_supplicant, everything freezes and I have
> to turn the power off. Any suggestions?

That should not happen. So report the bug. You managed to get backtrace?
Did kernel actually crashed?