root@aphax-laptop:/# wpa_supplicant -i ipw0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -d
Initializing interface 'ipw0' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'default'
Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
ctrl_interface_group=0
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1
Priority group 0
   id=0 ssid='nieser'
Initializing interface (2) 'ipw0'
Own MAC address: 00:0c:f1:52:fe:88
wpa_driver_bsd_set_wpa: enabled=1
wpa_driver_bsd_set_wpa_internal: wpa=3 privacy=1
wpa_driver_bsd_del_key: keyidx=0
wpa_driver_bsd_del_key: keyidx=1
wpa_driver_bsd_del_key: keyidx=2
wpa_driver_bsd_del_key: keyidx=3
wpa_driver_bsd_set_countermeasures: enabled=0
wpa_driver_bsd_set_drop_unencrypted: enabled=1
Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
Starting AP scan (broadcast SSID)
ioctl[SIOCS80211]: Invalid argument
ioctl[SIOCS80211, op 23, arg 0x0]: Invalid argument
Failed to initiate AP scan.
Setting scan request: 10 sec 0 usec
Starting AP scan (broadcast SSID)
ioctl[SIOCS80211]: Invalid argument
ioctl[SIOCS80211, op 23, arg 0x0]: Invalid argument
Failed to initiate AP scan.
Setting scan request: 10 sec 0 usec
^CSignal 2 received - terminating

(at this point it just loops)