Why won't 10.10 connect?

[Bruce Marshall]

On Monday, January 17, 2011, Jerry Lapham wrote:
> 011/01/16 15:17:04 :: Putting interface up...
> 2011/01/16 15:17:06 :: Generating psk...
> 2011/01/16 15:17:06 :: Attempting to authenticate...
> 2011/01/16 15:17:41 :: wpa_supplicant authentication may have failed.
> 2011/01/16 15:17:41 :: connect result is Failed
> 2011/01/16 15:17:41 :: exiting connection thread
> 2011/01/16 15:17:41 :: Sending connection attempt result bad_pass
> 
> It's the same wicd version talking to the same router using the same
> password.   Why does it work on 10.04 and not on 10.10?


Check for two copies of WPA_supplicant running.  

Or check if you also have networkmanager installed.   These two conflict 
because they each bring up a copy of WPA-sup....   and that just doesn't work.

If networkmanager is installed,  purge it.