Re: SOLVED: Re: [gentoo-user] Getting WiFi to work
On Sunday, 21 April 2024 23:30:54 BST Wol wrote: > On 19/04/2024 17:02, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > > Just reporting back. > > > > I built a new system - using NetworkManager (after all I've said about > > it!) - now that it's so much quicker using binpkgs. > > > > It all went fairly smoothly, taking one step at a time through changing > > several USE flags, installing various tools, and finally, adding the new > > wlan0 interface to shorewall. > > > > The machine can now boot with either wired or wireless network, or both. > > > > Thank you, all who helped. > > Any chance you can document those steps? Yes, I ought to do that. I just need to remember... ;-) > I'm struggling to get wireless working on my laptop - the statement in the > handbook Wireless networking on Linux is usually pretty straightforward. > There are three ways of configuring wifi: graphical clients, text-mode > interfaces, and command-line interfaces. > > just seems to be complete rubbish :-( It does seem that way, indeed. It was certainly no use to me. > As far as I can tell, my kernel is bringing up the hardware fine - dmesg > tells me my wireless interface has come up fine with iwlwifi, and has > been renamed from wlan0 to wlo1. Network manager detects the ethernet > connection but can't even see the wireless connection. > > Ummm ... of course, sod has just struck, I've rebooted, started Network > Manager (which I thought I'd uninstalled) and wonder of wonders I have > internet! > > But some documentation would certainly be appreciated. I'll see what I can do in the next day or two. -- Regards, Peter.
Re: SOLVED: Re: [gentoo-user] Getting WiFi to work
On 19/04/2024 17:02, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Tuesday, 9 April 2024 14:23:31 BST I wrote: Just reporting back. I built a new system - using NetworkManager (after all I've said about it!) - now that it's so much quicker using binpkgs. It all went fairly smoothly, taking one step at a time through changing several USE flags, installing various tools, and finally, adding the new wlan0 interface to shorewall. The machine can now boot with either wired or wireless network, or both. Thank you, all who helped. Any chance you can document those steps? I'm struggling to get wireless working on my laptop - the statement in the handbook > Wireless networking on Linux is usually pretty straightforward. There are three ways of configuring wifi: graphical clients, text-mode interfaces, and command-line interfaces. just seems to be complete rubbish :-( As far as I can tell, my kernel is bringing up the hardware fine - dmesg tells me my wireless interface has come up fine with iwlwifi, and has been renamed from wlan0 to wlo1. Network manager detects the ethernet connection but can't even see the wireless connection. Ummm ... of course, sod has just struck, I've rebooted, started Network Manager (which I thought I'd uninstalled) and wonder of wonders I have internet! But some documentation would certainly be appreciated. Cheers, Wol
SOLVED: Re: [gentoo-user] Getting WiFi to work
On Tuesday, 9 April 2024 14:23:31 BST I wrote: > I want to move my Intel i5 NUC box to a place where Ethernet is not > available, nor like to become so. That means I have to get WiFi working, > but I've had no success so far. The wiki pages are many, confusing and > contradictory, so I'd like the panel's advice on the way to proceed. Just reporting back. I built a new system - using NetworkManager (after all I've said about it!) - now that it's so much quicker using binpkgs. It all went fairly smoothly, taking one step at a time through changing several USE flags, installing various tools, and finally, adding the new wlan0 interface to shorewall. The machine can now boot with either wired or wireless network, or both. Thank you, all who helped. -- Regards, Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] Getting WiFi to work
On Saturday, 13 April 2024 15:49:27 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Friday, 12 April 2024 16:39:12 BST Michael wrote: > > On Friday, 12 April 2024 16:05:46 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > On Friday, 12 April 2024 14:35:02 BST Michael wrote: > > > > There are GUI front-ends for the above to suit various desktop and > > > > user > > > > preferences, some more polished than others. > > > > > > Hm. I haven't found one for iwd yet... > > > > There is net-wireless/iwgtk in portage. Other GUI applications exist > > (idwgui, dmenu-iwd-gui), plus the general GUI front ends of networkmanager > > and connman. > > Of course, I found iwgtk a minute after sending that last. Network Manager > is what I'm trying to avoid, mostly because it makes a mess of my existing > wired LAN with its static addresses. I may have to revisit that whole > setup. If you are using the netifrc script for your wired ethernet, you can add to your /etc/conf.d/net the wireless part and call upon wpa_supplicant or iwd to manage association and authentication with your AP. For a laptop, when using different APs, you can use wpa_supplicant or iwd with dhcpcd without using netifrc. Then use wpa_gui or iwgtk to select preferred APs and to enter your credentials. There are a number of combinations and permutations with the above tools to try out and see what suits. I have never used networkmanager unless it comes as the default software with a binary distro. Thankfully Gentoo offers a lot of choice and flexibility. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Getting WiFi to work
On Friday, 12 April 2024 16:39:12 BST Michael wrote: > On Friday, 12 April 2024 16:05:46 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Friday, 12 April 2024 14:35:02 BST Michael wrote: > > > There are GUI front-ends for the above to suit various desktop and user > > > preferences, some more polished than others. > > > > Hm. I haven't found one for iwd yet... > > There is net-wireless/iwgtk in portage. Other GUI applications exist > (idwgui, dmenu-iwd-gui), plus the general GUI front ends of networkmanager > and connman. Of course, I found iwgtk a minute after sending that last. Network Manager is what I'm trying to avoid, mostly because it makes a mess of my existing wired LAN with its static addresses. I may have to revisit that whole setup. -- Regards, Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] Getting WiFi to work
On Friday, 12 April 2024 16:05:46 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Friday, 12 April 2024 14:35:02 BST Michael wrote: > > There are GUI front-ends for the above to suit various desktop and user > > preferences, some more polished than others. > > Hm. I haven't found one for iwd yet... There is net-wireless/iwgtk in portage. Other GUI applications exist (idwgui, dmenu-iwd-gui), plus the general GUI front ends of networkmanager and connman. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Getting WiFi to work
On Friday, 12 April 2024 14:35:02 BST Michael wrote: > For clarity: > > The iwlwifi is a kernel driver for Intel wireless chips. > > The net-wireless/iw software can be used to manage the wireless association > with an AP if the latter has been configured to offer connections with the > deprecated and insecure WEP, or no encryption. > > The net-wireless/wpa_supplicant software can be used to manage the > negotiation for a wireless connection with an AP when this has encryption > enabled (WPA, WPA-2, WPA-3). Yes, I was aware of those. > The net-wireless/iwd is a more modern software developed by Intel to replace > wpa_supplicant. In addition it will also create wireless interfaces as it > needs to and manage these, as opposed to leaving this function to udev. > Essentially iwd takes over the management of wireless interfaces and their > encrypted communication with an AP in a standalone fashion. I haven't > tried this yet to find out how it behaves, but it is rumoured to be more > polished than wpa_supplicant and can work without netifrc scripts or > dhcpcd. That's a better explanation than I've seen before - thanks! > There are GUI front-ends for the above to suit various desktop and user > preferences, some more polished than others. Hm. I haven't found one for iwd yet... -- Regards, Peter. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Getting WiFi to work
On Friday, 12 April 2024 13:51:37 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Tuesday, 9 April 2024 15:56:28 BST Wojciech Kuzyszyn wrote: > > On Tue, 09 Apr 2024 14:23:31 +0100 > > > > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > Hello list, > > > > > > I want to move my Intel i5 NUC box to a place where Ethernet is not > > > available, nor like to become so. That means I have to get WiFi > > > working, but I've had no success so far. The wiki pages are many, > > > confusing and contradictory, so I'd like the panel's advice on the > > > way to proceed. > > > > > > The first thing I tried was the traditional wpa_supplicant, which > > > seemed to go well - except that I couldn't get the link out of the > > > DOWN state. > > > > > > Then I tried NetworkManager, and failed with that too. > > > > > > This is the hardware: > > > # lspci -v -s 00:14.3 > > > 00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Raptor Lake PCH CNVi > > > WiFi (rev 01) > > > --->8 > > > > > > Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi > > > Kernel modules: iwlwifi > > > > > > And this is dmesg: > > > > > > $ dmesg | grep -i wifi > > > [1.622343] Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux > > > [1.622432] iwlwifi :00:14.3: enabling device ( -> 0002) > > > [1.625069] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Detected crf-id 0x400410, cnv-id > > > 0x80400 wfpm id 0x8020 > > > [1.625121] iwlwifi :00:14.3: PCI dev 51f1/0094, rev=0x370, > > > rfid=0x2010d000 > > > [1.625313] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-86.ucode > > > [1.626644] iwlwifi :00:14.3: TLV_FW_FSEQ_VERSION: FSEQ > > > Version: 0.0.2.41 > > > [1.626902] iwlwifi :00:14.3: loaded firmware version > > > 86.fb5c9aeb.0 so- a0-gf-a0-86.ucode op_mode iwlmvm > > > [1.643426] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX211 > > > 160MHz, REV=0x370 > > > [1.651382] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WRT: Invalid buffer destination > > > [1.809375] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WFPM_UMAC_PD_NOTIFICATION: 0x20 > > > [1.809385] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WFPM_LMAC2_PD_NOTIFICATION: 0x1f > > > [1.809394] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WFPM_AUTH_KEY_0: 0x90 > > > [1.809401] iwlwifi :00:14.3: CNVI_SCU_SEQ_DATA_DW9: 0x0 > > > [1.809403] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0.pnvm > > > [1.810724] iwlwifi :00:14.3: loaded PNVM version e28bb9d7 > > > [1.810817] iwlwifi :00:14.3: RFIm is deactivated, reason = 4 > > > [1.825831] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Detected RF GF, rfid=0x2010d000 > > > [1.897387] iwlwifi :00:14.3: base HW address: > > > f4:6d:3f:2a:33:3e > > > > > > Would net-wireless/iwd get me a bit further? > > > > > > Meanwhile, I'll keep on exploring with the results of > > > sys-apps/hw-probe. > > > > Hello! > > > > I have never managed to get WiFi working with iwlwifi, but iwd works > > great for me. Give it a try! > > According to > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Networking/Wireless, "the > net-wireless/iw software...cannot connect to WPA-only Access Points." > > I think my Fritz!Box 7530 router has that limitation, but It's hard to know. For clarity: The iwlwifi is a kernel driver for Intel wireless chips. The net-wireless/iw software can be used to manage the wireless association with an AP if the latter has been configured to offer connections with the deprecated and insecure WEP, or no encryption. The net-wireless/wpa_supplicant software can be used to manage the negotiation for a wireless connection with an AP when this has encryption enabled (WPA, WPA-2, WPA-3). The net-wireless/iwd is a more modern software developed by Intel to replace wpa_supplicant. In addition it will also create wireless interfaces as it needs to and manage these, as opposed to leaving this function to udev. Essentially iwd takes over the management of wireless interfaces and their encrypted communication with an AP in a standalone fashion. I haven't tried this yet to find out how it behaves, but it is rumoured to be more polished than wpa_supplicant and can work without netifrc scripts or dhcpcd. There are GUI front-ends for the above to suit various desktop and user preferences, some more polished than others. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Getting WiFi to work
On Tuesday, 9 April 2024 15:56:28 BST Wojciech Kuzyszyn wrote: > On Tue, 09 Apr 2024 14:23:31 +0100 > > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Hello list, > > > > I want to move my Intel i5 NUC box to a place where Ethernet is not > > available, nor like to become so. That means I have to get WiFi > > working, but I've had no success so far. The wiki pages are many, > > confusing and contradictory, so I'd like the panel's advice on the > > way to proceed. > > > > The first thing I tried was the traditional wpa_supplicant, which > > seemed to go well - except that I couldn't get the link out of the > > DOWN state. > > > > Then I tried NetworkManager, and failed with that too. > > > > This is the hardware: > > # lspci -v -s 00:14.3 > > 00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Raptor Lake PCH CNVi > > WiFi (rev 01) > > --->8 > > > > Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi > > Kernel modules: iwlwifi > > > > And this is dmesg: > > > > $ dmesg | grep -i wifi > > [1.622343] Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux > > [1.622432] iwlwifi :00:14.3: enabling device ( -> 0002) > > [1.625069] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Detected crf-id 0x400410, cnv-id > > 0x80400 wfpm id 0x8020 > > [1.625121] iwlwifi :00:14.3: PCI dev 51f1/0094, rev=0x370, > > rfid=0x2010d000 > > [1.625313] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-86.ucode > > [1.626644] iwlwifi :00:14.3: TLV_FW_FSEQ_VERSION: FSEQ > > Version: 0.0.2.41 > > [1.626902] iwlwifi :00:14.3: loaded firmware version > > 86.fb5c9aeb.0 so- a0-gf-a0-86.ucode op_mode iwlmvm > > [1.643426] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX211 > > 160MHz, REV=0x370 > > [1.651382] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WRT: Invalid buffer destination > > [1.809375] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WFPM_UMAC_PD_NOTIFICATION: 0x20 > > [1.809385] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WFPM_LMAC2_PD_NOTIFICATION: 0x1f > > [1.809394] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WFPM_AUTH_KEY_0: 0x90 > > [1.809401] iwlwifi :00:14.3: CNVI_SCU_SEQ_DATA_DW9: 0x0 > > [1.809403] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0.pnvm > > [1.810724] iwlwifi :00:14.3: loaded PNVM version e28bb9d7 > > [1.810817] iwlwifi :00:14.3: RFIm is deactivated, reason = 4 > > [1.825831] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Detected RF GF, rfid=0x2010d000 > > [1.897387] iwlwifi :00:14.3: base HW address: > > f4:6d:3f:2a:33:3e > > > > Would net-wireless/iwd get me a bit further? > > > > Meanwhile, I'll keep on exploring with the results of > > sys-apps/hw-probe. > > Hello! > > I have never managed to get WiFi working with iwlwifi, but iwd works > great for me. Give it a try! According to https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Networking/Wireless, "the net-wireless/iw software...cannot connect to WPA-only Access Points." I think my Fritz!Box 7530 router has that limitation, but It's hard to know. -- Regards, Peter. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Getting WiFi to work
On Thursday, 11 April 2024 16:18:51 BST Michael wrote: > On Thursday, 11 April 2024 16:15:52 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Thursday, 11 April 2024 16:08:35 BST Michael wrote: > > > On Thursday, 11 April 2024 13:49:18 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > --->8 > > > > > > I decided to establish a firm, clean system to fall back to after > > > > messing > > > > about with the various wifi packages, so I built a fresh system > > > > building > > > > on the merged-usr stage-3. I was surprised to find that kde-plasma/ > > > > powerdevil now insists on installing Network Manager unless I set > > > > USE=- > > > > wireless against it. > > > > > > > > Why has this happened? Can't the poor power devil cope with any other > > > > way > > > > of running WiFi? > > > > > > The USE="wireless" flag on powerdevil is needed to save energy when the > > > bluetooth/wireless chip is idle. This function could be useful with > > > laptops running on battery. > > > > > > If you set USE="-networkmanager" in make.conf and USE="-wireless" for > > > the > > > powerdevil package you won't be bothered by this again. > > > > I already had USE="-networkmanager" in make.conf. > > > > This is not a laptop and it has no battery. Nowhere on the system is there > > any hint to the contrary, so I still think this has not been thought > > through. The logic should have included alternatives to Network Manager. > > Yes, I agree wholeheartedly. However, these decisions are taken upstream, > where there is a tendency of convergence to monoculture. Sorry, but I disagree with that last. The ebuild could have contained suitable logic, and it still could. -- Regards, Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] Getting WiFi to work
On Thursday, 11 April 2024 16:15:52 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Thursday, 11 April 2024 16:08:35 BST Michael wrote: > > On Thursday, 11 April 2024 13:49:18 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > --->8 > > > > I decided to establish a firm, clean system to fall back to after > > > messing > > > about with the various wifi packages, so I built a fresh system building > > > on the merged-usr stage-3. I was surprised to find that kde-plasma/ > > > powerdevil now insists on installing Network Manager unless I set USE=- > > > wireless against it. > > > > > > Why has this happened? Can't the poor power devil cope with any other > > > way > > > of running WiFi? > > > > The USE="wireless" flag on powerdevil is needed to save energy when the > > bluetooth/wireless chip is idle. This function could be useful with > > laptops running on battery. > > > > If you set USE="-networkmanager" in make.conf and USE="-wireless" for the > > powerdevil package you won't be bothered by this again. > > I already had USE="-networkmanager" in make.conf. > > This is not a laptop and it has no battery. Nowhere on the system is there > any hint to the contrary, so I still think this has not been thought > through. The logic should have included alternatives to Network Manager. Yes, I agree wholeheartedly. However, these decisions are taken upstream, where there is a tendency of convergence to monoculture. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Getting WiFi to work
On Tuesday, 9 April 2024 15:56:28 BST Wojciech Kuzyszyn wrote: > I have never managed to get WiFi working with iwlwifi, but iwd works > great for me. Give it a try! I will - thanks! -- Regards, Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] Getting WiFi to work
On Thursday, 11 April 2024 16:08:35 BST Michael wrote: > On Thursday, 11 April 2024 13:49:18 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: --->8 > > I decided to establish a firm, clean system to fall back to after messing > > about with the various wifi packages, so I built a fresh system building > > on the merged-usr stage-3. I was surprised to find that kde-plasma/ > > powerdevil now insists on installing Network Manager unless I set USE=- > > wireless against it. > > > > Why has this happened? Can't the poor power devil cope with any other way > > of running WiFi? > > The USE="wireless" flag on powerdevil is needed to save energy when the > bluetooth/wireless chip is idle. This function could be useful with laptops > running on battery. > > If you set USE="-networkmanager" in make.conf and USE="-wireless" for the > powerdevil package you won't be bothered by this again. I already had USE="-networkmanager" in make.conf. This is not a laptop and it has no battery. Nowhere on the system is there any hint to the contrary, so I still think this has not been thought through. The logic should have included alternatives to Network Manager. -- Regards, Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] Getting WiFi to work
On Thursday, 11 April 2024 13:49:18 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Tuesday, 9 April 2024 14:44:05 BST Paul Sopka wrote: > > On 09.04.24 15:23, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > Hello list, > > > > > > I want to move my Intel i5 NUC box to a place where Ethernet is not > > > available, nor like to become so. That means I have to get WiFi working, > > > but I've had no success so far. The wiki pages are many, confusing and > > > contradictory, so I'd like the panel's advice on the way to proceed. > > > > > > The first thing I tried was the traditional wpa_supplicant, which seemed > > > to go well - except that I couldn't get the link out of the DOWN state. > > > > > > Then I tried NetworkManager, and failed with that too. > > > > > > This is the hardware: > > > # lspci -v -s 00:14.3 > > > 00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Raptor Lake PCH CNVi WiFi > > > (rev 01) > > > --->8 > > > > > > Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi > > > Kernel modules: iwlwifi > > > > > > And this is dmesg: > > > > > > $ dmesg | grep -i wifi > > > [1.622343] Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux > > > [1.622432] iwlwifi :00:14.3: enabling device ( -> 0002) > > > [1.625069] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Detected crf-id 0x400410, cnv-id > > > 0x80400 wfpm id 0x8020 > > > [1.625121] iwlwifi :00:14.3: PCI dev 51f1/0094, rev=0x370, > > > rfid=0x2010d000 > > > [1.625313] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-86.ucode > > > [1.626644] iwlwifi :00:14.3: TLV_FW_FSEQ_VERSION: FSEQ Version: > > > 0.0.2.41 > > > [1.626902] iwlwifi :00:14.3: loaded firmware version > > > 86.fb5c9aeb.0 > > > so- a0-gf-a0-86.ucode op_mode iwlmvm > > > [1.643426] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX211 > > > 160MHz, REV=0x370 > > > [1.651382] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WRT: Invalid buffer destination > > > [1.809375] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WFPM_UMAC_PD_NOTIFICATION: 0x20 > > > [1.809385] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WFPM_LMAC2_PD_NOTIFICATION: 0x1f > > > [1.809394] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WFPM_AUTH_KEY_0: 0x90 > > > [1.809401] iwlwifi :00:14.3: CNVI_SCU_SEQ_DATA_DW9: 0x0 > > > [1.809403] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0.pnvm > > > [1.810724] iwlwifi :00:14.3: loaded PNVM version e28bb9d7 > > > [1.810817] iwlwifi :00:14.3: RFIm is deactivated, reason = 4 > > > [1.825831] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Detected RF GF, rfid=0x2010d000 > > > [1.897387] iwlwifi :00:14.3: base HW address: f4:6d:3f:2a:33:3e > > > > > > Would net-wireless/iwd get me a bit further? > > > > > > Meanwhile, I'll keep on exploring with the results of sys-apps/hw-probe. > > > > Hey Peter > > > > This might be the wrong firmware being loaded. > > > > Are you building your the iwlwifi driver not as a module but directly > > into the kernel? > > > > Are you including your firmware into the kernel? > > > > If you do the above, try loading the driver as a module. Also enable > > both DVM and MVM Firmware support. > > > > Then emerge sys-kernel/linux-firmware without USE=savedconfig. > > > > Finally reboot and check wther it works. If it works, check which > > firmware is loaded in your dmesg. > > I decided to establish a firm, clean system to fall back to after messing > about with the various wifi packages, so I built a fresh system building on > the merged-usr stage-3. I was surprised to find that kde-plasma/powerdevil > now insists on installing Network Manager unless I set USE=-wireless > against it. > > Why has this happened? Can't the poor power devil cope with any other way of > running WiFi? The USE="wireless" flag on powerdevil is needed to save energy when the bluetooth/wireless chip is idle. This function could be useful with laptops running on battery. If you set USE="-networkmanager" in make.conf and USE="-wireless" for the powerdevil package you won't be bothered by this again. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Getting WiFi to work
On Tuesday, 9 April 2024 14:44:05 BST Paul Sopka wrote: > On 09.04.24 15:23, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Hello list, > > > > I want to move my Intel i5 NUC box to a place where Ethernet is not > > available, nor like to become so. That means I have to get WiFi working, > > but I've had no success so far. The wiki pages are many, confusing and > > contradictory, so I'd like the panel's advice on the way to proceed. > > > > The first thing I tried was the traditional wpa_supplicant, which seemed > > to go well - except that I couldn't get the link out of the DOWN state. > > > > Then I tried NetworkManager, and failed with that too. > > > > This is the hardware: > > # lspci -v -s 00:14.3 > > 00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Raptor Lake PCH CNVi WiFi > > (rev 01) > > --->8 > > > > Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi > > Kernel modules: iwlwifi > > > > And this is dmesg: > > > > $ dmesg | grep -i wifi > > [1.622343] Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux > > [1.622432] iwlwifi :00:14.3: enabling device ( -> 0002) > > [1.625069] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Detected crf-id 0x400410, cnv-id > > 0x80400 wfpm id 0x8020 > > [1.625121] iwlwifi :00:14.3: PCI dev 51f1/0094, rev=0x370, > > rfid=0x2010d000 > > [1.625313] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-86.ucode > > [1.626644] iwlwifi :00:14.3: TLV_FW_FSEQ_VERSION: FSEQ Version: > > 0.0.2.41 > > [1.626902] iwlwifi :00:14.3: loaded firmware version 86.fb5c9aeb.0 > > so- a0-gf-a0-86.ucode op_mode iwlmvm > > [1.643426] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX211 > > 160MHz, REV=0x370 > > [1.651382] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WRT: Invalid buffer destination > > [1.809375] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WFPM_UMAC_PD_NOTIFICATION: 0x20 > > [1.809385] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WFPM_LMAC2_PD_NOTIFICATION: 0x1f > > [1.809394] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WFPM_AUTH_KEY_0: 0x90 > > [1.809401] iwlwifi :00:14.3: CNVI_SCU_SEQ_DATA_DW9: 0x0 > > [1.809403] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0.pnvm > > [1.810724] iwlwifi :00:14.3: loaded PNVM version e28bb9d7 > > [1.810817] iwlwifi :00:14.3: RFIm is deactivated, reason = 4 > > [1.825831] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Detected RF GF, rfid=0x2010d000 > > [1.897387] iwlwifi :00:14.3: base HW address: f4:6d:3f:2a:33:3e > > > > Would net-wireless/iwd get me a bit further? > > > > Meanwhile, I'll keep on exploring with the results of sys-apps/hw-probe. > > Hey Peter > > This might be the wrong firmware being loaded. > > Are you building your the iwlwifi driver not as a module but directly > into the kernel? > > Are you including your firmware into the kernel? > > If you do the above, try loading the driver as a module. Also enable > both DVM and MVM Firmware support. > > Then emerge sys-kernel/linux-firmware without USE=savedconfig. > > Finally reboot and check wther it works. If it works, check which > firmware is loaded in your dmesg. I decided to establish a firm, clean system to fall back to after messing about with the various wifi packages, so I built a fresh system building on the merged-usr stage-3. I was surprised to find that kde-plasma/powerdevil now insists on installing Network Manager unless I set USE=-wireless against it. Why has this happened? Can't the poor power devil cope with any other way of running WiFi? -- Regards, Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] Getting WiFi to work
On Tue, 09 Apr 2024 14:23:31 +0100 Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > > I want to move my Intel i5 NUC box to a place where Ethernet is not > available, nor like to become so. That means I have to get WiFi > working, but I've had no success so far. The wiki pages are many, > confusing and contradictory, so I'd like the panel's advice on the > way to proceed. > > The first thing I tried was the traditional wpa_supplicant, which > seemed to go well - except that I couldn't get the link out of the > DOWN state. > > Then I tried NetworkManager, and failed with that too. > > This is the hardware: > # lspci -v -s 00:14.3 > 00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Raptor Lake PCH CNVi > WiFi (rev 01) > --->8 > Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi > Kernel modules: iwlwifi > > And this is dmesg: > > $ dmesg | grep -i wifi > [1.622343] Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux > [1.622432] iwlwifi :00:14.3: enabling device ( -> 0002) > [1.625069] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Detected crf-id 0x400410, cnv-id > 0x80400 wfpm id 0x8020 > [1.625121] iwlwifi :00:14.3: PCI dev 51f1/0094, rev=0x370, > rfid=0x2010d000 > [1.625313] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-86.ucode > [1.626644] iwlwifi :00:14.3: TLV_FW_FSEQ_VERSION: FSEQ > Version: 0.0.2.41 > [1.626902] iwlwifi :00:14.3: loaded firmware version > 86.fb5c9aeb.0 so- a0-gf-a0-86.ucode op_mode iwlmvm > [1.643426] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX211 > 160MHz, REV=0x370 > [1.651382] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WRT: Invalid buffer destination > [1.809375] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WFPM_UMAC_PD_NOTIFICATION: 0x20 > [1.809385] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WFPM_LMAC2_PD_NOTIFICATION: 0x1f > [1.809394] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WFPM_AUTH_KEY_0: 0x90 > [1.809401] iwlwifi :00:14.3: CNVI_SCU_SEQ_DATA_DW9: 0x0 > [1.809403] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0.pnvm > [1.810724] iwlwifi :00:14.3: loaded PNVM version e28bb9d7 > [1.810817] iwlwifi :00:14.3: RFIm is deactivated, reason = 4 > [1.825831] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Detected RF GF, rfid=0x2010d000 > [1.897387] iwlwifi :00:14.3: base HW address: > f4:6d:3f:2a:33:3e > > Would net-wireless/iwd get me a bit further? > > Meanwhile, I'll keep on exploring with the results of > sys-apps/hw-probe. > Hello! I have never managed to get WiFi working with iwlwifi, but iwd works great for me. Give it a try! -- xWK pgpr1X7lPIT02.pgp Description: Podpis cyfrowy OpenPGP
Re: [gentoo-user] Getting WiFi to work
On 09.04.24 15:23, Peter Humphrey wrote: Hello list, I want to move my Intel i5 NUC box to a place where Ethernet is not available, nor like to become so. That means I have to get WiFi working, but I've had no success so far. The wiki pages are many, confusing and contradictory, so I'd like the panel's advice on the way to proceed. The first thing I tried was the traditional wpa_supplicant, which seemed to go well - except that I couldn't get the link out of the DOWN state. Then I tried NetworkManager, and failed with that too. This is the hardware: # lspci -v -s 00:14.3 00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Raptor Lake PCH CNVi WiFi (rev 01) --->8 Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi Kernel modules: iwlwifi And this is dmesg: $ dmesg | grep -i wifi [1.622343] Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux [1.622432] iwlwifi :00:14.3: enabling device ( -> 0002) [1.625069] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Detected crf-id 0x400410, cnv-id 0x80400 wfpm id 0x8020 [1.625121] iwlwifi :00:14.3: PCI dev 51f1/0094, rev=0x370, rfid=0x2010d000 [1.625313] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-86.ucode [1.626644] iwlwifi :00:14.3: TLV_FW_FSEQ_VERSION: FSEQ Version: 0.0.2.41 [1.626902] iwlwifi :00:14.3: loaded firmware version 86.fb5c9aeb.0 so- a0-gf-a0-86.ucode op_mode iwlmvm [1.643426] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX211 160MHz, REV=0x370 [1.651382] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WRT: Invalid buffer destination [1.809375] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WFPM_UMAC_PD_NOTIFICATION: 0x20 [1.809385] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WFPM_LMAC2_PD_NOTIFICATION: 0x1f [1.809394] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WFPM_AUTH_KEY_0: 0x90 [1.809401] iwlwifi :00:14.3: CNVI_SCU_SEQ_DATA_DW9: 0x0 [1.809403] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0.pnvm [1.810724] iwlwifi :00:14.3: loaded PNVM version e28bb9d7 [1.810817] iwlwifi :00:14.3: RFIm is deactivated, reason = 4 [1.825831] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Detected RF GF, rfid=0x2010d000 [1.897387] iwlwifi :00:14.3: base HW address: f4:6d:3f:2a:33:3e Would net-wireless/iwd get me a bit further? Meanwhile, I'll keep on exploring with the results of sys-apps/hw-probe. Hey Peter This might be the wrong firmware being loaded. Are you building your the iwlwifi driver not as a module but directly into the kernel? Are you including your firmware into the kernel? If you do the above, try loading the driver as a module. Also enable both DVM and MVM Firmware support. Then emerge sys-kernel/linux-firmware without USE=savedconfig. Finally reboot and check wther it works. If it works, check which firmware is loaded in your dmesg.
[gentoo-user] Getting WiFi to work
Hello list, I want to move my Intel i5 NUC box to a place where Ethernet is not available, nor like to become so. That means I have to get WiFi working, but I've had no success so far. The wiki pages are many, confusing and contradictory, so I'd like the panel's advice on the way to proceed. The first thing I tried was the traditional wpa_supplicant, which seemed to go well - except that I couldn't get the link out of the DOWN state. Then I tried NetworkManager, and failed with that too. This is the hardware: # lspci -v -s 00:14.3 00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Raptor Lake PCH CNVi WiFi (rev 01) --->8 Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi Kernel modules: iwlwifi And this is dmesg: $ dmesg | grep -i wifi [1.622343] Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux [1.622432] iwlwifi :00:14.3: enabling device ( -> 0002) [1.625069] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Detected crf-id 0x400410, cnv-id 0x80400 wfpm id 0x8020 [1.625121] iwlwifi :00:14.3: PCI dev 51f1/0094, rev=0x370, rfid=0x2010d000 [1.625313] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-86.ucode [1.626644] iwlwifi :00:14.3: TLV_FW_FSEQ_VERSION: FSEQ Version: 0.0.2.41 [1.626902] iwlwifi :00:14.3: loaded firmware version 86.fb5c9aeb.0 so- a0-gf-a0-86.ucode op_mode iwlmvm [1.643426] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX211 160MHz, REV=0x370 [1.651382] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WRT: Invalid buffer destination [1.809375] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WFPM_UMAC_PD_NOTIFICATION: 0x20 [1.809385] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WFPM_LMAC2_PD_NOTIFICATION: 0x1f [1.809394] iwlwifi :00:14.3: WFPM_AUTH_KEY_0: 0x90 [1.809401] iwlwifi :00:14.3: CNVI_SCU_SEQ_DATA_DW9: 0x0 [1.809403] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0.pnvm [1.810724] iwlwifi :00:14.3: loaded PNVM version e28bb9d7 [1.810817] iwlwifi :00:14.3: RFIm is deactivated, reason = 4 [1.825831] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Detected RF GF, rfid=0x2010d000 [1.897387] iwlwifi :00:14.3: base HW address: f4:6d:3f:2a:33:3e Would net-wireless/iwd get me a bit further? Meanwhile, I'll keep on exploring with the results of sys-apps/hw-probe. -- Regards, Peter.
