hostapd problem

[danielfedora]

Hi I upgraded from fedora 16 to fedora 17 and hostapd service it's not running anymore:

service hostapd start
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl start hostapd.service
Job failed. See system journal and 'systemctl status' for details.
Anybody knows why?

[Adunaic]

What is the output of 'systemctl status'?

[danielfedora]

systemctl status
Too few arguments.
But systemctl
UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB JOB DESCRIPTION
proc-sys...misc.automount loaded active running Arbitrary Executable File
sys-devi...d-card0.device loaded active plugged 5 Series/3400 Series Chips
sys-devi...net-em1.device loaded active plugged NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit E
sys-devi...t-wlan0.device loaded active plugged AR9287 Wireless Network Ad
sys-devi...da-sda1.device loaded active plugged WDC_WD3200BEVT-22A23T0
sys-devi...da-sda2.device loaded active plugged WDC_WD3200BEVT-22A23T0
sys-devi...da-sda3.device loaded active plugged WDC_WD3200BEVT-22A23T0
sys-devi...da-sda4.device loaded active plugged WDC_WD3200BEVT-22A23T0
sys-devi...da-sda5.device loaded active plugged WDC_WD3200BEVT-22A23T0
sys-devi...da-sda6.device loaded active plugged WDC_WD3200BEVT-22A23T0
sys-devi...ock-sda.device loaded active plugged WDC_WD3200BEVT-22A23T0
sys-devi...ock-sr0.device loaded active plugged MAT****ADVD-RAM_UJ890AS
sys-devi...y-ttyS0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/seri
sys-devi...y-ttyS1.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/seri
sys-devi...y-ttyS2.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/seri
sys-devi...y-ttyS3.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/seri
sys-modu...onfigfs.device loaded active plugged /sys/module/configfs
sys-module-fuse.device loaded active plugged /sys/module/fuse
-.mount loaded active mounted /
dev-hugepages.mount loaded active mounted Huge Pages File System
dev-mqueue.mount loaded active mounted POSIX Message Queue File S
media.mount loaded active mounted Media Directory
:

[stevea]

Try (as root)
systemctl status hostapd.service

[danielfedora]

Hi stevea, this is the result:
status hostapd.service
hostapd.service - Hostapd IEEE 802.11 AP, IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP/RADIUS Authenticator
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/hostapd.service; disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu, 31 May 2012 10:39:38 -0400; 1h 9min ago
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/hostapd.service

[george_toolan]

What exactly is the error message?

systemctl restart hostapd.service

Then check /var/log/messages

[danielfedora]

Thanks for you reply george_tolan. This is what i receive in the messages file in fedora 16 when I use
service hostapd start:
May 31 11:47:53 Daniel hostapd[2081]: Starting hostapd: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf[ OK ]
May 31 11:47:55 Daniel avahi-daemon[1027]: Registering new address record for fe80::4e0f:6eff:fe0e:7c8e on wlan0.*.
May 31 11:47:56 Daniel NetworkManager[1031]: <info> (wlan0): roamed from BSSID DA:33:6E:1D:2B:B2 (localhost.localdomain) to (none) ((no$
May 31 11:47:56 Daniel NetworkManager[1031]: NetworkManager[1031]: <info> (wlan0): roamed from BSSID DA:33:6E:1D:2B:B2 (localhost.local$

The hotspot from wi fi card was turned on and everything it's ok.
Now with the same configuration in fedora 17 (hot spot turned on )
service hostapd start gives me this result:
May 31 16:10:29 Daniel hostapd[1922]: Configuration file: /etc/hostapd.conf
May 31 16:10:29 Daniel hostapd[1922]: Failed to update rate sets in kernel module
May 31 16:10:29 Daniel hostapd[1922]: Could not set channel for kernel driver
May 31 16:10:29 Daniel hostapd[1922]: wlan0: Unable to setup interface.
May 31 16:10:29 Daniel hostapd[1922]: Could not connect to kernel driver.
May 31 16:10:29 Daniel systemd[1]: hostapd.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
May 31 16:10:29 Daniel NetworkManager[755]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associating -> disabled
May 31 16:10:29 Daniel systemd[1]: Unit hostapd.service entered failed state.
May 31 16:10:32 Daniel NetworkManager[755]: <info> (wlan0): roamed from BSSID C6:28:EB:E4:43:79 (Daniel) to (none) ((none))
May 31 16:10:38 Daniel systemd[1]: PID file /run/sendmail.pid not readable (yet?) after start.
May 31 16:10:47 Daniel dbus-daemon[814]: ** Message: No devices in use, exit
I don't understand why?!

---------- Post added at 07:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:21 PM ----------

Ok I deleted /etc/hostapd.conf and copied back with my configuration in /etc. Now hostapd service it's working, biut not when the wireless card it's used as "hot spot" mode set up from network manager. When it's in that mode I can't see the hostapd connection.
In fedora 16, when my card it's set up in hot spot mode I have internet wi fi service through hostapd.
Logical I think it's a network manager issue in fedora 17. I might be wrong either.