FS#40977 : [iw] Failed to connect to network with status 1

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FS#40977 - [iw] Failed to connect to network with status 1

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by A. Sarkar (asarkar) - Wednesday, 25 June 2014, 22:56 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Sunday, 02 August 2015, 16:55 GMT

Task Type	Bug Report
Category	Packages: Core
Status	Closed
Assigned To	Thomas Bächler (brain0)
Architecture	All
Severity	Medium
Priority	Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version	Undecided
Due Date	Undecided
Percent Complete
Votes	0
Private	No

Details

Description:

iw fails to connect to my wireless network with the error message:

wlan0 (phy #0): failed to connect to <elided>, status: 1: Unspecified failure

Debug output attached.

Hardware:

03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1000 [Condor Peak]

Software:

linux 3.15.1-1
linux-firmware 20140603.a4f3bc0-1
iw 3.14-1

Steps to reproduce:

iw wlan0 connect -w <elided>