Return-path: Received: from mxout-07.mxes.net ([216.86.168.182]:37552 "EHLO mxout-07.mxes.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752271Ab1G3SOZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Jul 2011 14:14:25 -0400 Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 19:14:22 +0100 From: Laurence Darby To: Larry Finger Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: I'm confused and angry Message-Id: <20110730191422.3b2931ba.ldarby@tuffmail.com> (sfid-20110730_201428_710580_A9C817CF) In-Reply-To: <4E3442ED.90206@lwfinger.net> References: <20110730181433.50bd32db.ldarby@tuffmail.com> <4E3442ED.90206@lwfinger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Larry Finger wrote: > > I'm pissed off about the attitude. > > A lot of people spend a lot of time making things work. You > misconfigure your damned system, and then you go off like this!!!!! > > Read the fucking error message. You have not enabled RFKILL. I have now enabled rfkill. The hostapd error message is now: Hardware does not support configured mode wlan0: IEEE 802.11 Hardware does not support configured mode (2) Could not select hw_mode and channel. (-2) wlan0: Unable to setup interface. rmdir[ctrl_interface]: No such file or directory Now what?