[Solved] hostapd fails silently (no error messages whatsoever)

[GNUser]

I'm on TC11 64-bit, playing around with my hardware and trying to figure out how to use my wireless interface in STA (client) and AP (host) modes simultaneously, which the hardware supports. I found a nice step-by-step guide here: http://arnaudr.io/2015/12/05/setting-up-a-wi-fi-software-access-point/

But never mind the particularities. The problem is that  hostapd  refuses to talk to me: It fails silently, with no terminal output whatsoever.

It doesn't matter if I edit /usr/local/etc/hostapd.conf then start  hostapd  like this:

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$ sudo /usr/local/etc/init.d/hostapd start
Or create /home/bruno/hostapd.conf and start  hostapd  like this:

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$ sudo hostapd -dd /home/bruno/hostapd.confEither way, it's a silent failure with no output from hostapd whatsoever.

Can anyone image a reason why even with verbose output (-d or -dd) there is absolutely no terminal output from hostapd? I don't need help with the specifics of my project, I just need to figure out a way to make  hostapd  talk to me (make its error messages visible)!

[GNUser]

hostapd outputs messages to the terminal just fine in TC10 32bit, TC11 32bit, and other GNU/Linux distros. The problem seems specific to TC10 64bit and TC11 64bit.

I will try recompiling hostapd for TC10/TC11 64bit. If it works as expected, I'll submit updated extensions.

[GNUser]

Recompiling fixed the problem. I submitted an updated extension for TC11 64bit.

[curaga]

In such situations, strace or gdb may offer some info.

[GNUser]

Thank you, curaga. In this case, it was easier to just recompile. Everything works perfectly now.
juanito, kindly post the updated extension at your convenience.

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[Rich]

Hi GNUser

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Done.