DebugWireless

Configure for basic debug

• Edit /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant to log into /var/log/messages

OTHER_ARGS="-u -f /var/log/messages -P /var/run/wpa_supplicant.pid"

• Edit /etc/rsyslog.conf to log all kernel messages into /var/log/messages

kern.*;*.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none                /var/log/messages

• Restart services

/etc/init.d/wpa_supplicant restart
/etc/init.d/rsyslog restart

Configure for verbose debug

Also requires settings from above.

• Edit /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant to enable verbose debug

 
OTHER_ARGS="-u -f /var/log/messages -dd -P /var/run/wpa_supplicant.pid"

• Edit /etc/init.d/NetworkManager to enable verbose debug

daemon --pidfile $pidfile --check $servicename $processname --pid-file=$pidfile --log-level=DEBUG

• Restart services

/etc/init.d/NetworkManager restart
/etc/init.d/wpa_supplicant restart