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From: gottlieb@×××.edu
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with wireless on new install
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 18:17:21
Message-Id: 876152zv4x.fsf@nyu.edu
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] trouble with wireless on new install by gottlieb@nyu.edu
1 Please see the addendum at the end.
2
3 On Tue, Jul 28 2015, gottlieb@×××.edu wrote:
4
5 > I am having trouble with wireless on a new install (gnome/systemd).
6 >
7 > lspci reports
8 > 02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7265 (rev 59)
9 >
10 > I looked this up and it requires the iwlwifi driver and iwlmvm, which I enabled in the kernel (as modules).
11 > lsmod reports
12 > Module Size Used by
13 > iwlmvm 142993 0
14 > mac80211 425803 1 iwlmvm
15 > x86_pkg_temp_thermal 4567 0
16 > iwlwifi 88075 1 iwlmvm
17 >
18 > I have merged linux-firmware and ls /lib/firmware/*7265* reports
19 > /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7265-10.ucode /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7265-9.ucode
20 > /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7265-12.ucode /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7265D-10.ucode
21 > /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7265-8.ucode /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7265D-12.ucode
22 >
23 > dmsg | grep iwl reports
24 > [ 2.819953] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: irq 48 for MSI/MSI-X
25 > [ 2.824130] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: loaded firmware version 23.11.10.0 op_modeiwlmvm
26 > [ 2.836969] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 7265, REV=0x210
27 > [ 2.838620] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: L1 Disabled - LTR Enabled
28 > [ 2.838775] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: L1 Disabled - LTR Enabled
29 > [ 2.896168] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-mvm-rs'
30 > [ 2.899325] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0 wlp2s0: renamed from wlan0
31 >
32 > The complaint seems to be "L1 disabled"
33 >
34 > NetworkManager started the wired network but failed with the wireless
35 > E6430s ~ # systemctl -l status NetworkManager
36 > ● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
37 > Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib64/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
38 > Active: active (running) since Tue 2015-07-28 19:56:57 EDT; 9min ago
39 > Main PID: 232 (NetworkManager)
40 > CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
41 > ├─232 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon
42 > └─256 /sbin/dhclient -d -q -sf /usr/libexec/nm-dhcp-helper -pf /var/run/dhclient-eno1.pid -lf /var/lib/NetworkManager/dhclient-0caab3d6-148f-416a-9906-547ed08596bf-eno1.lease -cf /var/lib/NetworkManager/dhclient-eno1.conf eno1
43 >
44 > Jul 28 19:56:59 E6430s dhclient[256]: bound to 192.168.1.107 -- renewal in 43096 seconds.
45 > Jul 28 19:56:59 E6430s NetworkManager[232]: <info> NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_GLOBAL
46 > Jul 28 19:56:59 E6430s NetworkManager[232]: <info> Policy set 'Wired connection 1' (eno1) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
47 > Jul 28 19:56:59 E6430s NetworkManager[232]: <info> (eno1): Activation: successful, device activated.
48 > Jul 28 19:57:01 E6430s NetworkManager[232]: <info> (wlp2s0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> inactive
49 > Jul 28 19:57:05 E6430s NetworkManager[232]: <info> startup complete
50 > Jul 28 19:57:31 E6430s NetworkManager[232]: <info> (eno1): Activation: Stage 4 of 5 (IPv6 Configure Timeout) scheduled...
51 > Jul 28 19:57:31 E6430s NetworkManager[232]: <info> (eno1): Activation: Stage 4 of 5 (IPv6 Configure Timeout) started...
52 > Jul 28 19:57:31 E6430s NetworkManager[232]: <info> (eno1): Activation: Stage 4 of 5 (IPv6 Configure Timeout) complete.
53 > Jul 28 19:57:57 E6430s NetworkManager[232]: <info> (wlp2s0): supplicant interface state: inactive -> scanning
54 >
55 > What step did I forget?
56 >
57 > thanks in advance,
58 > allan
59
60 I should have mentioned that I installed linux on this machine last week
61 and the wifi worked as soon as I built the correct driver (iwlwifi +
62 iwlmvm). Dual booting windows poorly I made the system unbootable. So
63 I reinstalled again (windows first) and everything is working except
64 wifi