Return-path: Received: from mail-wr0-f171.google.com ([209.85.128.171]:36043 "EHLO mail-wr0-f171.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423469AbdKRAWr (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Nov 2017 19:22:47 -0500 Received: by mail-wr0-f171.google.com with SMTP id y42so3475194wrd.3 for ; Fri, 17 Nov 2017 16:22:46 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: rtl8723be on Fedora27 To: Larry Finger , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org References: <3a1fc541-9104-2d13-409f-c8e64845a86d@lwfinger.net> From: =?UTF-8?Q?R=c3=a1kosi_Gergely?= Message-ID: (sfid-20171118_012255_765789_950256F6) Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2017 01:22:43 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3a1fc541-9104-2d13-409f-c8e64845a86d@lwfinger.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hello Larry, First of all, thanks your help. Lets see...here is the kernel version: 4.13.12-300 The machine is an Asus ROG 553VE The firmware which loading in the dmesg is : rtlwifi/rtl8723befw_36.bin The output of md5sum is : 1850c1308fbcd95e9f6a7f58ede1e35f Thanks again, Best Regards, Gergely 2017-11-17 16:51 keltez?ssel, Larry Finger ?rta: > On 11/17/2017 02:16 AM, R?kosi Gergely wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'm trying to use rtl8723be wifi on Fedora27 but I still get continuosly >> disconnection. The error in the dmesg is "Init MAC failed" >> I tried with the following module options too : "fwlps=0 swlps=0" and >> the variant of "ant_sel=1 or 2 or 0" >> I downloaded the git files from your repo, and do the usual make,make >> install, and modprobe stuffs, and then restart the notebook, but I get >> the same result. > > I know from the E-mail you sent to me privately that you are new to > this process, thus I am going to give you some pointers. It is > important for you to give your kernel version. Yes, for devoted Fedora > users, saying that you are using F27 might be sufficient; however, I > am not one of them. You should always supply the output of the command > 'uname -r'. > > On the RTL8723BE, "Init MAC failed" is not the dmesg that is expected > from either the HP ant_sel problem, or a power-save problem. > Incidentally, although there are many "fixes" that require modifying > the XXps options, the underlying cause of that issue was fixed almost > one year ago. > > The main software component that might be wrong is the firmware. > Please find the name of the firmware file that is being loaded from > the dmesg output. It will be rtlwifi/... Once you locate that name, > run the command > > md5sum /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/xxx > > Substitute the actual name for the xxx. Post the output of the md5sum. > > Larry