On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 04:57:54PM -0400, Dave wrote:
> On 7/21/19 1:51 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> > On 7/21/19 12:33 PM, Dave wrote:
> > > I am also having issues with 5.2 kernel and wifi. When the machine
> > > boots, it pauses at wifi start-up. I have to wait at least 1 minute
> > > and then hit the CNTL-ALT buttons and will finish loading. I am
> > > using the system V version and the patch refers to systemd
> >
> > It appears that the 5.2 kernel breaks a lot of stuff. It will probably
> > take a few days to get it straightened out.
> >
Strictly, the 5.2 kernel headers break compilation on a lot of
stuff. This seems to be unrelated.
> > I'll note that wifi is a part of BLFS and not LFS but if the kernel is
> > the problem, then both book are affected. Can you check if the wired
> > interface has a problem? I don't have a test build for 5.2 at the
> > moment. I'll do that later today.
> >
> > -- Bruce
> >
>
> wifi card is ok with ubuntu, and Win10. However, remember I started having
> problems with the 4.20 kernel and wifi, that was when you said your running
> Intel and since I'm on a Ryzen and you couldn't help. BTW I never got the
> 4.20 to work, it was missing module source for ath, the rest of the modules
> for ath9k showed up and I gave up at that point.
> I should note that this build is the current development run starting the
> 13th.
>
If you don't have wired ethernet available on this machine, I
suggest looking at the ubuntu system : check which modules related
to atheros are loaded (also, what they pull in). And then check the
ubuntu kernel source - it might be that the code for your variant of
atheros hardware is not upstream.
For laptops, as I maybe said to you earlier, the particular chips
used in the machine for things like wifi change frequently - a
"similar" machine from a month earlier, or later, might need
different linux drivers. This is nothing to do with ryzen vs intel,
I'm writing this on a 2500u laptop.
And unfortunately, the wifi instructions in BLFS can be a bit
sketchy. On this machine I eventually got wpa_supplicant working
for my home network (only) by following instructions from the Arch
wiki - I have wired ethernet available on this machine (when the
connector doesn't fall out!) so I do not automatically start either
ethernet or wifi on boot. I do have nm-applet installed in xfce, but
at this point I haven't managed to get it to work. Summary: wifi on
BLFS can be a pain point, and the solutions are probably specific to
individual machines.
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