[solved] netcfg fails only on reconnect

Question

Hi there,
I am running system.d and I am able to start netcfg once. Netcfg reconnect fails, as well as attempting to connect a second time when e.g. network was not available on first attempt. Normally I start netcfg on boot, and if it fails I am not able to try a connection manually. Basically it means I have only one try to connect to a wireless network before reboot.
I first thought it might be related to https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=151662 but I could not help myself.
Here is the output when netcfg is disabled in systemd.
ᐅ sudo netcfg mynetwork
[sudo] password for kodiak:
:: mynetwork up [DONE]
sudo netcfg down mynetwork
:: mynetwork down [DONE]
ᐅ sudo netcfg mynetwork
:: mynetwork up [BUSY]
ctrl_iface exists and seems to be in use - cannot override it
Delete '/var/run/wpa_supplicant/wlan0' manually if it is not used anymore
Failed to initialize control interface 'DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=users'.
You may have another wpa_supplicant process already running or the file was
left by an unclean termination of wpa_supplicant in which case you will need
to manually remove this file before starting wpa_supplicant again.
> wpa_supplicant did not start, possible configuration error
[FAIL]
ᐅ sudo rm /var/run/wpa_supplicant/wlan0
ᐅ sudo netcfg mynetwork
:: mynetwork up [BUSY]
> WPA Authentication/Association Failed
Configuration:
ᐅ cat /etc/network.d/mynetwork
CONNECTION='wireless'
DESCRIPTION='A wpa_supplicant configuration based wireless connection'
INTERFACE='wlan0'
SECURITY='wpa-config'
WPA_CONF='/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
IP='dhcp'
# Uncomment this if your ssid is hidden
#HIDDEN=yes
ᐅ cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=users
network={
ssid="WLAN1"
psk="PASSWD"
network={
ssid="WLAN2"
psk=PASSWD
network={
ssid="WLAN3"
psk="PASSWD"
ᐅ yaourt -Ss netcfg
core/netcfg 3.0-1 (base) [installed]
ᐅ lsmod
Module Size Used by
fuse 60479 2
btusb 10369 0
gspca_sn9c20x 25911 0
gspca_main 18645 1 gspca_sn9c20x
videodev 79257 2 gspca_sn9c20x,gspca_main
bluetooth 168947 2 btusb
crc16 1092 1 bluetooth
iTCO_wdt 4316 0
iTCO_vendor_support 1546 1 iTCO_wdt
media 8546 1 videodev
radeon 788285 2
arc4 1604 2
thinkpad_acpi 54674 0
ttm 46988 1 radeon
iwl3945 47929 0
drm_kms_helper 28942 1 radeon
iwlegacy 41403 1 iwl3945
drm 180117 4 ttm,drm_kms_helper,radeon
mac80211 367308 2 iwl3945,iwlegacy
cfg80211 153457 3 iwl3945,iwlegacy,mac80211
snd_hda_codec_analog 62229 1
lpc_ich 9214 0
nvram 4795 1 thinkpad_acpi
i2c_algo_bit 4584 1 radeon
tpm_tis 7155 0
coretemp 4959 0
joydev 7696 0
kvm_intel 117536 0
snd_hda_intel 22257 2
acpi_cpufreq 5142 1
mperf 1024 1 acpi_cpufreq
rfkill 12569 4 cfg80211,thinkpad_acpi,bluetooth
pcmcia 31186 0
tpm 11958 1 tpm_tis
tg3 126080 0
snd_hda_codec 83678 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_analog
snd_hwdep 4843 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 61958 2 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc 5902 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer 14903 1 snd_pcm
intel_agp 8593 0
tpm_bios 4262 1 tpm
psmouse 71891 0
intel_gtt 12212 1 intel_agp
agpgart 21936 4 drm,ttm,intel_agp,intel_gtt
i2c_i801 8464 0
snd 45098 11 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,thinkpad_acpi,snd_hda_codec_analog
battery 5214 0
kvm 324233 1 kvm_intel
soundcore 4379 1 snd
ac 1893 0
video 9885 0
serio_raw 3714 0
processor 24040 3 acpi_cpufreq
thermal 6660 0
button 3711 0
libphy 17294 1 tg3
yenta_socket 18841 0
pcmcia_rsrc 8809 1 yenta_socket
i2c_core 16944 6 drm,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,radeon,videodev
evdev 7663 14
pcmcia_core 10242 3 pcmcia,pcmcia_rsrc,yenta_socket
pcspkr 1456 0
microcode 8922 0
vboxdrv 222106 0
btrfs 705337 1
crc32c 1277 1
libcrc32c 715 1 btrfs
zlib_deflate 18101 1 btrfs
sr_mod 13149 0
sd_mod 27312 2
cdrom 30345 1 sr_mod
ata_generic 2435 0
pata_acpi 2400 0
uhci_hcd 19841 0
ata_piix 19705 1
libata 146129 3 pata_acpi,ata_generic,ata_piix
scsi_mod 113073 3 libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
sdhci_pci 8878 0
sdhci 20459 1 sdhci_pci
tifm_7xx1 3575 0
mmc_core 73455 2 sdhci,sdhci_pci
firewire_ohci 27535 0
tifm_core 3890 1 tifm_7xx1
firewire_core 45541 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 1096 1 firewire_core
ehci_hcd 36685 0
usbcore 126796 5 gspca_sn9c20x,btusb,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd,gspca_main
usb_common 623 1 usbcore
ᐅ cat /usr/lib/systemd/system/netcfg.service
[Unit]
Description=Netcfg multi-profile daemon
Before=network.target
Wants=network.target
After=sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1c.1-0000:03:00.0-net-wlan0.device
BindTo=sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1c.1-0000:03:00.0-net-wlan0.device
[Service]
Type=oneshot
RemainAfterExit=yes
ExecStart=/usr/bin/netcfg-daemon start
ExecStop=/usr/bin/netcfg-daemon stop
KillMode=none
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
ᐅ 0.status net-auto-wireless
net-auto-wireless.service - Provides automatic netcfg wireless connection
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/net-auto-wireless.service; disabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/net-auto-wireless.service
ᐅ 0.status net-auto-wired
net-auto-wired.service - Provides automatic netcfg wired connection
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/net-auto-wired.service; disabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/net-auto-wired.service
I noticed that behaviour after I switched over to systemd, with initscripts it did run fine.
Last edited by kodiak (2013-01-05 16:29:39)

Answer 1

Ok, finaly I got it working - first time with systemd. Things I changed:
1. in wpa_supplicant.conf I updated from '/var/run' to '/run' and added 'fast_reauth=1' and 'ap_scan=1'
2. in my networkprofile I added 'TIMEOUT=10' and 'DHCP_TIMEOUT=20'
3. finally I enabled dhcpcd: I think this one actually did it. It was never was in the array of rc.conf though