Return-path: Received: from milliways.jots.org ([198.204.250.45]:47514 "EHLO milliways.jots.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751442AbbBEG4P (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Feb 2015 01:56:15 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2015 01:56:07 -0500 From: Ken D'Ambrosio To: Larry Finger Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Larry Finger Subject: Re: rtl8192ee (Thinkpad T440s) In-Reply-To: <54D00FA4.2060907@lwfinger.net> References: <10a90ab7a6c186362f339481b531832f@webmail.jots.org> <54D00FA4.2060907@lwfinger.net> Message-ID: <8f26bf9461a88199ef8d8c86f7ee98f9@webmail.jots.org> (sfid-20150205_075618_698132_ED396899) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi! Want to thank you for the reply. Gave it a shot; no dice. See comments below. On 2015-02-02 19:00, Larry Finger wrote: > On 02/02/2015 05:24 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: >> Hi, all. Just got a new Thinkpad, and needless to say, tried to fire >> it up on >> the network. Ubuntu 14.04 didn't have the driver, so I tried 14.10, >> which did. >> I thought I was good until I tried to connect; the laptop would see >> all the >> advertised WAPs, but wouldn't connect to any of them (including my >> security-free >> ones). I then downloaded the 3.19 RC and tried that -- same deal. I >> see a few >> extra git commits in -next; any idea if that will be of any >> assistance? Is >> there anything I can dig through in my logs to help flesh out what the >> problem is? > > Logs are always helpful. As some of us do not use Ubuntu, a kernel > version as shown by 'uname -r' is a lot more helpful that what version > of Ubuntu you are using. Sorry; I'll be more specific going forward. Current kernel I'm using is 3.19.0-rc7-next-20150204. The included driver did not work: ------------------------ cut here ---------------------------------------------- Feb 5 01:05:21 minasithil NetworkManager[864]: Activation (wlan0) starting connection 'whateveryouwant' Feb 5 01:05:21 minasithil NetworkManager[864]: (wlan0): device state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none') [30 40 0] Feb 5 01:05:21 minasithil NetworkManager[864]: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTING Feb 5 01:05:21 minasithil NetworkManager[864]: Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... Feb 5 01:05:21 minasithil NetworkManager[864]: Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... Feb 5 01:05:21 minasithil NetworkManager[864]: Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... Feb 5 01:05:21 minasithil NetworkManager[864]: Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. Feb 5 01:05:21 minasithil NetworkManager[864]: Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... Feb 5 01:05:21 minasithil NetworkManager[864]: (wlan0): device state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none') [40 50 0] Feb 5 01:05:21 minasithil NetworkManager[864]: Activation (wlan0/wireless): connection 'whateveryouwant' requires no security. No secrets needed. Feb 5 01:05:21 minasithil NetworkManager[864]: Config: added 'ssid' value 'whateveryouwant' Feb 5 01:05:21 minasithil NetworkManager[864]: Config: added 'scan_ssid' value '1' Feb 5 01:05:21 minasithil NetworkManager[864]: Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'NONE' Feb 5 01:05:21 minasithil NetworkManager[864]: Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. Feb 5 01:05:21 minasithil NetworkManager[864]: Config: set interface ap_scan to 1 Feb 5 01:05:21 minasithil NetworkManager[864]: (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning Feb 5 01:05:46 minasithil NetworkManager[864]: Activation (wlan0/wireless): association took too long, failing activation. Feb 5 01:05:46 minasithil NetworkManager[864]: (wlan0): device state change: config -> failed (reason 'SSID not found') [50 120 53] Feb 5 01:05:46 minasithil NetworkManager[864]: NetworkManager state is now DISCONNECTED Feb 5 01:05:46 minasithil NetworkManager[864]: Activation (wlan0) failed for connection 'whateveryouwant' Feb 5 01:05:46 minasithil NetworkManager[864]: (wlan0): device state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none') [120 30 0] Feb 5 01:05:46 minasithil NetworkManager[864]: (wlan0): deactivating device (reason 'none') [0] Feb 5 01:05:46 minasithil NetworkManager[864]: (wlan0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> disconnected Feb 5 01:05:46 minasithil NetworkManager[864]: Couldn't disconnect supplicant interface: This interface is not connected. ------------------------ cut here ---------------------------------------------- > Kernel 3.19-rc4 from the wireless-drivers repo contains all those > commits in -next, and it works fine here. At this point, I have been > connected for 27 hours with a WPA2 connection. > > You can also try the repo at > http://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi-new.git. The master branch should > be OK. If not, try the troy branch. I tried both branches; they both failed identically: Feb 5 01:51:19 minasithil kernel: [ 3141.801171] rtl8192ee 0000:03:00.0: Refused to change power state, currently in D3 Feb 5 01:51:19 minasithil kernel: [ 3141.801349] rtl8192ee:_rtl92ee_read_adapter_info():<0-0> RTL819X Not boot from eeprom, check it !! Feb 5 01:51:19 minasithil kernel: [ 3141.801375] Using firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192eefw_new.bin Feb 5 01:51:19 minasithil kernel: [ 3141.803189] ieee80211 phy2: Selected rate control algorithm 'rtl_rc' Feb 5 01:51:19 minasithil kernel: [ 3141.803855] rtlwifi: wireless switch is on Feb 5 01:51:19 minasithil kernel: [ 3141.825219] rtl8192ee 0000:03:00.0 wlan8: renamed from wlan0 Feb 5 01:51:19 minasithil kernel: [ 3141.899361] rtl8192ee:rtl92ee_hw_init():<0-0> Init MAC failed Feb 5 01:51:19 minasithil kernel: [ 3141.977804] rtl8192ee:rtl92ee_hw_init():<0-0> Init MAC failed [repeat ad nauseum until module is removed] Feb 5 01:51:26 minasithil kernel: [ 3148.373955] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan8: link is not ready Thanks for any insights... -Ken