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goddeex

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Registered: 2016-11-07

Posts: 10

Wireless problem (wpa_supplicant) after updating Slitaz 5.0 using package manager

Hello, I managed to use a working 5.0 Slitaz with wireless, after installing "firmware" packages for Intel Wireless; but after some kind of updates I lost the wifi connection.

The problem seamed to have appeared after trying to install virtualbox, but I'm not sure.

The problem was that wpa_supplicant was not working when launched from the init.d scripts (CPU at 100% upon wpa_supplicant and no conenction). But, by launching the command in a terminal it was working.

I searched and found out that the "-W" option of wpa_supplicant was causing the problem. So I modified /etc/init.d/network.sh to remove the "-W" option and now it works.

I also found out that the /etc/init.d/wpa_supplicant script worked but is not called by the scripts when Slitaz boots.

Could you provide some information about that problems ?

cyril

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Registered: 2017-04-15

Posts: 1

Re: Wireless problem (wpa_supplicant) after updating Slitaz 5.0 using package manager

I would like to express my gratitude to goddeex. This *** -W option made me crazy.

I use a BCM4306 (rev3) module and without your help I would have never found the solution.

Thank you so much!