hostapd error cycle on jailbroken 4S

[cjohnson585]

Since jailbreaking my 4S I've noticed that the "hostapd" process (used for personal hotspot) seems to be stuck in a continuous error cycle.
The System Log shows the following cycle every few seconds:

com.apple.wifi.hostapd: started

hostapd: hostapd_init failed

hostapd: Could not open configuration file '(null)' for reading.

hostapd: pselect timed out (no more requests); leaving

It repeats this cycle every 5 seconds. The hostapd process is always at the top of the process list. The only time that the error cycle does not occur is when PDAnet is running.

My main concern is that the error cycle is eating battery. Has anyone else experienced this? Any known solutions? Thanks.

 

[brc0703]

awesome im glad you mentioned that pdanet had something to do with it cuz i had the same problem.. i have uninstalled pdanet and just moved the file /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.hostapd.plist to another directory where i keep disabled launchdeamons.. then run 'launchctl stop com.apple.wifi.hostapd' to stop it from running.. you could also reboot your device.. havent noticed any issues yet from disabling it but i havent tried to tether since so im not sure if thats affected or not..