Return-path: Received: from mail-gw3-out.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.64]:8551 "EHLO mail-gw3-out.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753193AbbCLI2l (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Mar 2015 04:28:41 -0400 Message-ID: <55014E36.5040707@broadcom.com> (sfid-20150312_092845_698001_7FE24F26) Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 09:28:38 +0100 From: Arend van Spriel MIME-Version: 1.0 To: German CC: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: iw dev wlp1s0 scan hangs References: <20150311161757.dac357e24509141a4c98e84b@gmail.com> <5500A4B6.4050702@broadcom.com> <20150311163353.74922db84fc618b3b9039515@gmail.com> <5500A93C.7060309@broadcom.com> <20150311170018.c2581ec2ddfb4589f5c8b154@gmail.com> <5500B0F2.3010804@broadcom.com> <20150311182146.bde39b79fad1e8cc61d6f4a0@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20150311182146.bde39b79fad1e8cc61d6f4a0@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 03/11/15 23:21, German wrote: > On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 22:17:38 +0100 > Arend van Spriel wrote: > >> On 03/11/15 22:00, German wrote: >>> On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 21:44:44 +0100 >>> Arend van Spriel wrote: >>> >>>> On 03/11/15 21:33, German wrote: >>>>> On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 21:25:26 +0100 >>>>> Arend van Spriel wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 03/11/15 21:17, German wrote: >>>>>>> Hi. When I try to run aformentioned command it hangs for about 20 secs and no output is returned. What's the problem might be? Thanks >>>>>> >>>>>> any more details you can share? What kernel version, what specific >>>>>> device is wlp1s0, do you have any kernel logging. >>>>>> >>>> >>>> When I wrote down the questions I was wondering how specifc I should be. >>>>> Kernel 3.18.7-gentoo. >>>> >>>> ok >>>> >>>>> wlp1s0 is my network card. >>>> >>>> Sure. I meant what brand and model. >>>> >>>> Can you run following commands: >>>> $ lspci >>>> $ lsusb >>>> >>> realtek RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter >>> >>>>> As for kernel logging, I simply don't know if I have it. Thanks >>>> >>>> Ok. Can you run following command after aborting the hanging iw scan >>>> command: >>>> >>>> $ dmesg >>> >>> Polling FW ready fail! Firmware is not ready to run. >>> >>> Ok, so I need some sort of firmware? That's what I thought. What is this and where can I find it in kernel when I compile it? Thanks >> >> Not familiar with Realtek equipment but it might be provided by the >> linux-firmware package so: >> >> $ sudo emerge --ask linux-firmware >> > > Thanks Arend. This did the trick. I can now scan networks and I found mine. But how I actually connect to my network? I guess it is encrypted, but I have wpa_supplicant installed. Gentoo does not seem to provide NetworkManager as a solution. I found this page [1]. Maybe it helps. Regards, Arend [1] http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:Parts/Networking/Wireless#Wireless_tools >> Regards, >> Arend >> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Arend >>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Arend >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > >