Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with wireless on new install

gottlieb@×××.edu <gottlieb@×××.edu> [15-07-29 03:32]:
> I am having trouble with wireless on a new install (gnome/systemd).
>
> lspci reports
>   02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7265 (rev 59)
>
> I looked this up and it requires the iwlwifi driver and iwlmvm, which I enabled in the kernel (as modules).
> lsmod reports
>     Module                  Size  Used by
>     iwlmvm                142993  0
>     mac80211              425803  1 iwlmvm
>     x86_pkg_temp_thermal     4567  0
>     iwlwifi                88075  1 iwlmvm
>
> I have merged linux-firmware and ls /lib/firmware/*7265* reports
>     /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7265-10.ucode  /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7265-9.ucode
>     /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7265-12.ucode  /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7265D-10.ucode
>     /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7265-8.ucode   /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7265D-12.ucode
>
> dmsg | grep iwl reports
>     [    2.819953] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: irq 48 for MSI/MSI-X
>     [    2.824130] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: loaded firmware version 23.11.10.0 op_modeiwlmvm
>     [    2.836969] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 7265, REV=0x210
>     [    2.838620] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: L1 Disabled - LTR Enabled
>     [    2.838775] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: L1 Disabled - LTR Enabled
>     [    2.896168] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-mvm-rs'
>     [    2.899325] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0 wlp2s0: renamed from wlan0
>
> The complaint seems to be "L1 disabled"
>
> NetworkManager started the wired network but failed with the wireless
> E6430s ~ # systemctl -l status NetworkManager
> ● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
>    Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib64/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
>    Active: active (running) since Tue 2015-07-28 19:56:57 EDT; 9min ago
>  Main PID: 232 (NetworkManager)
>    CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
>            ├─232 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon
>            └─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
>
> Jul 28 19:56:59 E6430s dhclient[256]: bound to 192.168.1.107 -- renewal in 43096 seconds.
> Jul 28 19:56:59 E6430s NetworkManager[232]: <info>  NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_GLOBAL
> Jul 28 19:56:59 E6430s NetworkManager[232]: <info>  Policy set 'Wired connection 1' (eno1) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
> Jul 28 19:56:59 E6430s NetworkManager[232]: <info>  (eno1): Activation: successful, device activated.
> Jul 28 19:57:01 E6430s NetworkManager[232]: <info>  (wlp2s0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> inactive
> Jul 28 19:57:05 E6430s NetworkManager[232]: <info>  startup complete
> Jul 28 19:57:31 E6430s NetworkManager[232]: <info>  (eno1): Activation: Stage 4 of 5 (IPv6 Configure Timeout) scheduled...
> Jul 28 19:57:31 E6430s NetworkManager[232]: <info>  (eno1): Activation: Stage 4 of 5 (IPv6 Configure Timeout) started...
> Jul 28 19:57:31 E6430s NetworkManager[232]: <info>  (eno1): Activation: Stage 4 of 5 (IPv6 Configure Timeout) complete.
> Jul 28 19:57:57 E6430s NetworkManager[232]: <info>  (wlp2s0): supplicant interface state: inactive -> scanning
>
> What step did I forget?
>
> thanks in advance,
> allan
>

Hi Allan,

I just in the beginning of "doing wifi" (see previous thread...) but
may be this is of help:

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92541
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=301637
http://askubuntu.com/questions/616119/unstable-wireless-with-intel-7260-iwlwifi-after-upgrade-to-15-04

HTH!
Good luck!
Best regards,
Meino