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[Joni-Pekka Kurronen <1289047@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi,

Upgraded from 12.04 to 14.04 and lost wlan0,...
but problem was at configuration, I forget from interfaces,

iface wlan0 inet manual
        pre-up iw dev wlan0 set type __ap
        hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf

two last lines !

my hostapd.conf :

interface=wlan0
bridge=br0
driver=nl80211
macaddr_acl=1
accept_mac_file=/etc/hostapd.accept
ssid=HARASOO
hw_mode=g
channel=3
wpa=2
wpa_passphrase=xXXxxXXXx
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
wpa_pairwise=TKIP CCMP
wpa_ptk_rekey=600

I have 1USD chines wifi ship's at all machines and
creating 4 wifi hotspots's that brideg giganet.
Manual so can ifup wlan0  and ifdown wlan0
at cron,...

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Title:
  [Trusty] hostapd package is broken

Status in “wpa” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When trying to create an access point, I am met with a fatal error
  with hostapd:

  nl80211: Could not configure driver mode
  nl80211 driver initialization failed.
  hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlan0 wasn't started

  What worked before no longer works today after a package upgrade.

  After installing hostapd deb from Ubuntu 13.10, it works.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: hostapd 1:2.1-0ubuntu1
  Uname: Linux 3.14.0-031400rc5-lowlatency x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Mar  6 16:57:20 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-01 (33 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140121.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
   LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: wpa
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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