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What to do if hostapd Cant configure WLAN driver?
The first thing I tried was to manually update hostapd from a debian repository from v2.1 to v2.3 . The issue persisted. I created this script, which is a list of commands that unblock the WLAN driver, and now I finally have a working AP, already deployed in a remote location.
How can I see network processes without killing hostapd?
To just see any network processes without killing them, use airmon-ng check . After I killed them, I started hostapd again and no errors came up anymore. For some other network functionality you might need those processes, I restarted the raspberry for that, but they can also be started individually.
Is there a fix for service hostapd on Jessie?
I’m on Debian 8. I googled for hours and can’t find a fix that works with Jessie. I had the same issue on my raspberry-PI. I could not find any proper solution but I did come up with a slightly dirty way to solve the issue: instead of the more common way service hostapd start which always failed.
Why is my Raspberry Pi still running hostapd?
I had the same issue on my raspberry-PI. I could not find any proper solution but I did come up with a slightly dirty way to solve the issue: instead of the more common way service hostapd start which always failed. This message appear also if hostapd is still running for some reason in the background. So try sudo killall hostapd.
Why do I get error message ifconfig nm unknown?
This workaround suggested there works perfectly for me: The first two lines stop wlan from network manager, and then unblocks the interface, so ifconfig can work. UPDATE: But if for the first command you get the error message Error: Object ‘nm’ is unknown then use this instead:
What to do if you get error message nm?
UPDATE: But if for the first command you get the error message Error: Object ‘nm’ is unknown then use this instead: The next commands uses ifconfig to bring up wlan and allows a second’s delay, then restart the dhcp server (though I did not need this restart in my setup), and finally start the hostapd service.