Re: wpa_cli can't connect with wpa_supplicant

[matthew sporleder <msporleder%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Mayuresh <mayuresh%acm.org@localhost> wrote:
> This is on NetBSD 6.1 i386 using the base wpa_supplicant. (I haven't
> installed pkg wpa_supplicant, though vaguely remember even it gave this
> error.)
>
> Earlier (and I can't figure out before doing WHAT) wpa_cli used to work
> fine for me.
>
>
> Now wpa_cli gives the following error and hangs:
>
> Could not connect to wpa_supplicant - re-trying
>
>
> wpa_supplicant is actually running fine as the encrypted network is
> functioning and "/etc/rc.d/wpa_supplicant status" also shows it running.
>
> How to go about diagnosing this? I used to rely on it to switch the
> wifi network quickly.
>
> Mayuresh


The most common cause of this is wpa_cli not finding the ctrl socket.