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Reputation: 3663

wpa_gui error: 'Could not get status from wpa_supplicant'

I'm trying to follow Adafruit.com's guide on setting up WiFi on a Raspbery Pi. I have the B+ model.

I used Win32 Disk Imager to burn Raspbian to a microSD card.

I booted up my Pi and ran an update from the rasp-config menu.

Here's what I have plugged into my Pi:

I boot up the Pi, log in, run startx to get to desktop, open a Linux terminal, and enter sudo wpa_gui to run wpa_gui.

But wpa_gui has nothing to select in the 'Adapter' and 'Network' dropdowns. The 'Current Status' tab's 'Status' section says 'Could not get status from wpa_supplicant.' There's nothing in the list under the 'Manage Networks' tab, and the 'WPS' tab is unclickable since it's greyed out.

Here's what /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf looks like:

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1

Here's what /etc/network/interfaces looks like:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet manual

auto wlan0
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

auto wlan1
allow-hotplug wlan1
iface wlan1 inet manual
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

I also notice this error during bootup: wpa_supplicant: /sbin/wpa_supplicant daemon failed to start

I'm really not sure what to do. Internet works fine when plugged into the cable modem thru the Ethernet cable. But I want wifi to work.

What's going on here?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 4368

Answers (1)

miniengdude
miniengdude

Reputation: 41

I hope you were able to find an answer to your question. But just in case you didn't or someone else has the same problem, here's what worked for me:

Your interfaces file should look like this:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet dhcp

allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
iface default inet dhcp

Your wpa_supplicant.conf file should look like this:

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1

network={
   ssid="your network/wifi name"
   psk ="your network/wifi pass"
   proto=RSN
   key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
   pairwise=TKIP
   auth_alg=OPEN
}

All the info after "psk" depends on your network settings. I think you should be able to run wpa_guide (wifi setup) even if you don't type out the network={....} in the wpa_supplicant.conf file.

Upvotes: 4

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