You should probably use the wlan0 declaration. What do you see when you type 'ifconfig'?<br><br>You line should probably be 'sudo wpa_supplicant -c/home/user/Desktop/wpa_supplicant.conf -Dndiswrapper -iwlan0' The -D defines the driver that wpa uses and -i defines the interface.
<br><br>Let me know if that works for you.<br><br>Jeff Rasmussen<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/23/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jordan Peacock</b> <<a href="mailto:hewhocutsdown@gmail.com">hewhocutsdown@gmail.com
</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">All was well up to the last stage: I entered<br><br>sudo wpa_supplicant -c/home/user/Desktop/wpa_supplicant.conf -Dmadwifi -ieth1
<br>Failed to read read or parse configuration<br>'/home/user/Desktop/wpa_supplicant.conf'.<br><br>Is there a way to make wlan0 (what my ndiswrapper thinks is my<br>wireless card) the same as eth1 (what Ubuntu thinks is my wireless
<br>card)?<br><br>Thanks again<br><br> -jordan<br><br>On 5/23/06, Jordan Peacock <<a href="mailto:hewhocutsdown@gmail.com">hewhocutsdown@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Thanks a lot! I'll give that a try this afternoon.
<br>><br>> Also for the list; has anyone got any experience with User Mode Linux at all?<br>><br>> On 5/23/06, Jeff Rasmussen <<a href="mailto:jeff.rasmussen@gmail.com">jeff.rasmussen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
<br>> ><br>> > Here is how I was able to get wpa_supplicant to work on the Dapper live CD.<br>> ><br>> > <a href="http://jeffrasmussen.wordpress.com/2006/05/13/ubuntu-wpa-goodness/">http://jeffrasmussen.wordpress.com/2006/05/13/ubuntu-wpa-goodness/
</a><br>> ><br>> > I tried repeating the steps and it seems I left out the correct sequence for<br>> > adding the wireless card through gnome.<br>> ><br>> > Jeff Rasmussen<br>> ><br>> >
<br>> ><br>> > On 5/18/06, Jordan Peacock <<a href="mailto:hewhocutsdown@gmail.com">hewhocutsdown@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > ><br>> > I didn't want to bother the list any further, and if worst comes to
<br>> > worst, I might bring in my machine at the installfest to hash some of<br>> > this out, but I haven't been getting much in the way of replies at the<br>> > forums, and in some cases my emails to people are bouncing, so....
<br>> ><br>> > 1) Setting up wireless card on my wife's laptop<br>> ><br>> > You can check this out for the full synopsis, but the final gist is:<br>> > <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=174118">
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=174118</a><br>> ><br>> > $ sudo /etc/init.d/ifplugd start<br>> > * Starting Network Interface Plugging Daemon... [fail]<br>> > $ sudo /etc/init.d/ifplugd start
<br>> > * Starting Network Interface Plugging Daemon... Sorry, there is<br>> > already an instance of ifplugd for eth0 running.<br>> > Sorry, there is already an instance of ifplugd for wlan0 running.<br>
> > [fail]<br>> > $ sudo /etc/init.d/ifplugd stop<br>> > * Stopping Network Interface Plugging Daemon... [ ok ]<br>> > $ sudo /etc/init.d/ifplugd start<br>> > * Starting Network Interface Plugging Daemon... [fail]
<br>> > $ sudo /etc/init.d/wpasupplicant start<br>> > sudo: /etc/init.d/wpasupplicant: command not found<br>> ><br>> > I went into System: Administration: Networking and the 'wireless' is<br>> > still labelled 'eth1' instead of 'wlan0' and I don't know how to
<br>> > change it, cause that's what ndiswrapper is using, correct?<br>> ><br>> > (for the record, the sound miraculous started working the next day, so<br>> > that's ok)<br>> ><br>> > 2) Setting up User Mode Linux
<br>> ><br>> > <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=178313">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=178313</a><br>> ><br>> > 3) Setting up Samba File/Printer sharing on Windows & Ubuntu PCs/Laptops
<br>> ><br>> > <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=178991">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=178991</a><br>> ><br>> > Hope that explains everything. It's frustrating not getting replies,
<br>> > and most of the similar topics on the forums have died slow deaths<br>> > without clear answers. If you can help out, even a little, on any one<br>> > of these three topics, I would be very thankful. God bless
<br>> ><br>> > -jordan<br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota<br>> > <a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">
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