Hi Maintainers,
I installed hostapd to run a wireless access point. The hostapd.conf is missing from the package and not created during install:
sudo apt install hostapd
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hostapd config /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf not found, not starting hostapd..
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apt-file list hostapd | grep conf
hostapd: /usr/share/doc/hostapd/examples/hostapd.conf
This subsequently leads to hostapd not starting because of the missing .conf file.
Copying the example conf into /etc/hostapd allows starting the service. Yet it fails:
sudo rc-service hostapd start
Starting advanced IEEE 802.11 management: hostapd failed!
Doing a manual start yields some more debug info:
/usr/sbin/hostapd -B -P /run/hostapd.pid /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
Could not read interface wlan0 flags: No such device
nl80211: Driver does not support authentication/association or connect commands
nl80211: deinit ifname=wlan0 disabled_11b_rates=0
Could not read interface wlan0 flags: No such device
nl80211 driver initialization failed.
wlan0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->DISABLED
wlan0: AP-DISABLED
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING
hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlan0 wasn't started
This is where my knowledge ends. I'd be happy if someone could point me to what I'm missing. Please include the hostapd.conf file in the package (maybe with a postint file?).
Cheers
werdahias