Your message dated Sun, 02 Dec 2018 16:05:56 +0000 with message-id <3437256adf1e55ebd19a2b8443273f1fe8338687.ca...@decadent.org.uk> and subject line Re: Bug#914920: firmware-ralink: none has caused the Debian Bug report #914920, regarding firmware-ralink: none to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: firmware-ralink Version: 20180825+dfsg-1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,Under Debian Buster, a usb wi-fi adapter D-link DWA-130, rev. F1 can display available wifi services but could not connectto any of them. An "ip link" command shows:wlx74dada1c2b5d: <NO-CARRIER, BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000link/ether 74:da:da:1c:2b:5d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ffThe same D-link usb wifi adapter installed on a same make and model computer but running under Debian Jessie works without problem, able to connect to any chosen wifi service.On that Debian Jessie system, ip link shows:wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000link/ether 74:da:da:1c:2b:5d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff === Workaround: ===I am able to make the D-link usb wifi adapter work under Debian Buster by creating the file/lib/udev/rules.d/70-wifi.ruleswhich contains this single line (address comes from device name "wlx74dada1c2b5d"):SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", ATTR{address}=="74:da:da:1c:2b:5d", NAME="wlan0"After rebooting the Debian Buster system with that file in place, the D-link usb wifi adapter works, and "ip link" shows the now shorter device name:wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000link/ether 74:da:da:1c:2b:5d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff The workaround solution comes from: https://askubuntu.com/questions/826325/how-to-revert-usb-wifi-interface-name-from-wlxxxxxxxxxxxxx-to-wlanxThe discussion in that thread mentions a (Ubuntu studio) kernel having a low latency, wondering whether the long device name is the source of the problem?I have not tried forcing names other than "wlan0" to determine whether it is "wlan0" that is magical or whether other names would work.I would expect the D-link usb wifi adapter to work under Debian Buster without this workaround, as the adapter works fine under Jessie.-- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.18.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages firmware-ralink depends on: ii firmware-misc-nonfree 20180825+dfsg-1 firmware-ralink recommends no packages. firmware-ralink suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---Closing as this has nothing to do with firmware-ralink. Neither the firmware nor the driver cares what the device name is. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. - Donald Knuthsignature.asc
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