[gentoo-user] hostapd fails to start

[gentoo-user] hostapd fails to start

[Tamer Higazi]

Hi!
I have a TP-Link wlan stick, which works fine on my gentoo box! i want
to use this stick as a wlan accesspoint. Now my problem is that hostapd
tells me:

" * Starting hostapd ...
rmdir[ctrl_interface]: No such file or directory
 * start-stop-daemon: failed to start
`/usr/sbin/hostapd'                                                                                                                                                                             
[ !! ]
 * ERROR: hostapd failed to start
"

my hostapd.conf:

interface=wlan1
#bridge=br0                         (optional, if you want bridging
remove the #)
driver=nl80211
ssid=MyNetwork
channel=1
hw_mode=g
wpa=3
wpa_passphrase=opIOIakj
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
wpa_pairwise=TKIP
rsn_pairwise=CCMP
macaddr_acl=0
auth_algs=1
ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
logger_syslog=-1
logger_syslog_level=2
logger_stdout=-1
logger_stdout_level=1
debug=0
dump_file=/tmp/hostapd.dump
ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd
ctrl_interface_group=0
accept_mac_file=/etc/hostapd/hostapd.accept
deny_mac_file=/etc/hostapd/hostapd.deny
auth_algs=1


and in /etc/conf.d/net wlan is defined:

modules_wlan1="!iwconfig !wpa_supplicant"
config_wlan1="192.168.2.12 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.2.255"


any ideas?!