NetBSD Problem Report #55440

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From: rino19ny@live.com
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To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Subject: sysinst(8) does not support invoking wpa_supplicant(8) when configuring network on a wireless interface
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>Number:         55440
>Category:       install
>Synopsis:       sysinst(8) does not support invoking wpa_supplicant(8) when configuring network on a wireless interface
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    install-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jun 30 23:50:00 +0000 2020
>Last-Modified:  Wed Jul 01 12:45:01 +0000 2020
>Originator:     rino
>Release:        netbsd 9
>Organization:
>Environment:
sorry hosed the machine already. laptop is an Asus that is at least 10 years old.
>Description:
it seems this is a perennial problem with the BSDs. the wifi can't be configured automatically to connect to AP and get ip address. i have to configure by hand the wpa_supplicant.conf and rc.conf files in /etc. then it works.

btw, all linux distros have no issues just to let you know it's not a hardware thing or a wifi remnant thing.
>How-To-Repeat:
install netbsd again.
>Fix:
manually configure wifi settings in /etc/wpa_supplicant and  /etc/rc.conf files.

>Release-Note:

>Audit-Trail:

From: Leonardo Taccari <leot@NetBSD.org>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: install/55440: 10 year old asus laptop wifi not configured automatically.
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2020 13:50:27 +0200

 rino19ny@live.com writes:
 > [...]
 > >Synopsis:       10 year old asus laptop wifi not configured automatically.
 > [...]

 JFTR I've updated both the Subject: and Synopsis: to better reflect
 what and where the problem is (it is probably completely unrelated to
 the hardware used, except that the network interface should be a
 wireless one).

From: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: install/55440: 10 year old asus laptop wifi not configured
 automatically.
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 14:40:06 +0200

 FWIW: wifi configuration will seriously change (from a user perspective)
 once the 'wifi' branch is merged to HEAD.

 I also plan to add sysinst support, but only for the newer version after
 the merge.

 Martin

>Unformatted:

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