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Recognition #209

Open ghost opened 7 years ago

ghost commented 7 years ago

Hello. I'm running Fedora 25 (4.10.13-200.fc25.x86_64). I bought TP LINK TL-WN722N v2 usb wireless adapter with rtl8188eus chipset. Before I haven't compiled these files, when I plugged my usb wireless adapter in, there were no lights and any sign of it working etc. and my device was not seen in lsusb. After I compiled all these files successfully, I saw the green light on my device but it is still not seen in lsusb. Here's the output:


Bus 002 Device 003: ID 8087:07da Intel Corp. 
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:644a Microdia 
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 2357:010c  
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

I'm using it on my laptop and it has a built-in wireless card and I can't deactivate/blacklist it. Whenever I turn my built-in wireless card off, my usb wireless adapter gets turned off too. And when they're both turned on, my computer uses its built-in wireless card instead of usb adapter.

iwconfig:

virbr0    no wireless extensions.

enp7s0    no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

wlp8s0    IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"Tenda_3281B8"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: C8:3A:35:32:81:B8   
          Bit Rate=150 Mb/s   Tx-Power=16 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=59/70  Signal level=-51 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:100   Missed beacon:0

virbr0-nic  no wireless extensions.

wlp0s20u1  unassociated  Nickname:"<WIFI@REALTEK>"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency=2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Sensitivity:0/0  
          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/100  Signal level=0 dBm  Noise level=0 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

ifconfig: 

enp7s0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether e0:db:55:d0:13:7b  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
        loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 584  bytes 52112 (50.8 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 584  bytes 52112 (50.8 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

virbr0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.122.1  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.122.255
        ether 52:54:00:a9:28:84  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

wlp8s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.2.16  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.2.255
        inet6 fe80::e07e:732a:4782:8927  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 84:a6:c8:e2:3f:c4  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 9682  bytes 8536301 (8.1 MiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 8791  bytes 1336953 (1.2 MiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

And when I unplug my usb wireless adapter, run journalctl -fa as root and plug it in back, these lines show up:

May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain kernel: usb 3-1: new high-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain kernel: usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=2357, idProduct=010c
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain kernel: usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain kernel: usb 3-1: Product: 802.11n NIC
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain kernel: usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Realtek
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain kernel: usb 3-1: SerialNumber: 00E04C0001
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain kernel: Chip Version Info: CHIP_8188E_Normal_Chip_TSMC_D_CUT_1T1R_RomVer(0)
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain kernel: EEPROM ID = 0x8129
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1052]: <info>  [1494122050.3240] (wlan0): driver supports SSID scans (scan_capa 0x3F).
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1052]: <info>  [1494122050.3244] (wlan0): using WEXT for WiFi device control
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1052]: <info>  [1494122050.3265] manager: (wlan0): new 802.11 WiFi device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/7)
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain mtp-probe[4212]: checking bus 3, device 4: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-1"
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain mtp-probe[4212]: bus: 3, device: 4 was not an MTP device
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain kernel: r8188eu 3-1:1.0 wlp0s20u1: renamed from wlan0
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1052]: <info>  [1494122050.3638] device (wlan0): interface index 8 renamed iface from 'wlan0' to 'wlp0s20u1'
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain kernel: IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1052]: <info>  [1494122050.3688] device (wlp0s20u1): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2]
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain kernel: MAC Address = 18:d6:c7:1b:be:23
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain kernel: IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1052]: <info>  [1494122050.7053] (wlp0s20u1): driver supports SSID scans (scan_capa 0x3F).
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1052]: <info>  [1494122050.7053] (wlp0s20u1): using WEXT for WiFi device control
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain kernel: R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1052]: <warn>  [1494122050.8131] device (wlp0s20u1): set-hw-addr: new MAC address 9E:CE:08:1D:82:7D not successfully set (scanning)
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain kernel: IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain wpa_supplicant[1257]: nl80211: Could not configure driver mode
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain wpa_supplicant[1257]: nl80211: deinit ifname=wlp0s20u1 disabled_11b_rates=0
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain wpa_supplicant[1257]: rfkill: Cannot get wiphy information
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain wpa_supplicant[1257]: ioctl[SIOCSIWAP]: Operation not permitted
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1052]: <info>  [1494122050.8372] sup-iface[0x556ca8ed9ec0,wlp0s20u1]: supports 1 scan SSIDs
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1052]: <info>  [1494122050.8403] device (wlp0s20u1): supplicant interface state: starting -> ready
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1052]: <info>  [1494122050.8404] device (wlp0s20u1): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'supplicant-available') [20 30 42]
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain kernel: IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain kernel: R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1052]: <warn>  [1494122050.9471] device (wlp0s20u1): set-hw-addr: new MAC address 9E:CE:08:1D:82:7D not successfully set (scanning)
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain kernel: IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1052]: <info>  [1494122050.9498] device (wlp0s20u1): supplicant interface state: ready -> disabled
May 07 04:54:10 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1052]: <info>  [1494122050.9756] device (wlp0s20u1): supplicant interface state: disabled -> inactive
May 07 04:54:12 localhost.localdomain kernel: R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
May 07 04:54:12 localhost.localdomain kernel: R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
May 07 04:54:12 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1052]: <warn>  [1494122052.2043] device (wlp0s20u1): set-hw-addr: new MAC address 9E:CE:08:1D:82:7D not successfully set (scanning)
May 07 04:54:12 localhost.localdomain kernel: IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
May 07 04:54:12 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1052]: <info>  [1494122052.2075] device (wlp0s20u1): supplicant interface state: inactive -> disabled
May 07 04:54:12 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1052]: <info>  [1494122052.2249] device (wlp0s20u1): supplicant interface state: disabled -> inactive
May 07 04:54:12 localhost.localdomain kernel: R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
May 07 04:54:12 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1052]: <warn>  [1494122052.3324] device (wlp0s20u1): set-hw-addr: new MAC address 9E:CE:08:1D:82:7D not successfully set (scanning)
May 07 04:54:12 localhost.localdomain kernel: IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
May 07 04:54:12 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1052]: <info>  [1494122052.3351] device (wlp0s20u1): supplicant interface state: inactive -> disabled
May 07 04:54:12 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1052]: <info>  [1494122052.3543] device (wlp0s20u1): supplicant interface state: disabled -> inactive
^C

And that's a part of dmesg

//... hundreds of these lines above
[ 1890.348349] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
[ 1891.623549] R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
[ 1891.728457] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
[ 1891.753795] R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
[ 1891.858506] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
[ 1893.137503] R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
[ 1893.242992] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
[ 1893.273466] R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
[ 1893.376789] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
[ 1894.654152] R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
[ 1894.759570] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
[ 1894.787922] R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
[ 1894.812512] usb 3-1: USB disconnect, device number 3
[ 1949.002421] usb 3-1: new high-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
[ 1949.170802] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=2357, idProduct=010c
[ 1949.170807] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 1949.170809] usb 3-1: Product: 802.11n NIC
[ 1949.170812] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Realtek
[ 1949.170813] usb 3-1: SerialNumber: 00E04C0001
[ 1949.171789] Chip Version Info: CHIP_8188E_Normal_Chip_TSMC_D_CUT_1T1R_RomVer(0)
[ 1949.193507] EEPROM ID = 0x8129
[ 1949.219123] r8188eu 3-1:1.0 wlp0s20u1: renamed from wlan0
[ 1949.240834] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
[ 1949.574442] MAC Address = 18:d6:c7:1b:be:23
[ 1949.576013] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
[ 1949.581444] R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
[ 1949.684472] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
[ 1949.712045] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
[ 1949.714881] R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
[ 1949.818540] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
[ 1950.944075] R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
[ 1950.970141] R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
[ 1951.075724] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
[ 1951.100357] R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
[ 1951.203776] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
[ 1952.476101] R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
[ 1952.581437] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
[ 1952.610922] R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
[ 1952.714595] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
[ 1953.981697] R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
[ 1954.087171] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
[ 1954.108929] R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
[ 1954.211569] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
[ 1955.491039] R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
[ 1955.594011] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
[ 1955.617911] R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
[ 1955.720677] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
[ 1956.982627] R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
[ 1957.087885] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
[ 1957.107509] R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
[ 1957.210229] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
[ 1958.483621] R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
[ 1958.588882] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
[ 1958.614798] R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
[ 1958.718297] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
[ 1960.001296] R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
[ 1960.106259] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
[ 1960.124105] R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
[ 1960.229232] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
[ 1961.504499] R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
[ 1961.610309] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
[ 1961.631492] R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
[ 1961.734781] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
[ 1963.002802] R8188EU: INFO indicate disassoc
[ 1963.108053] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s20u1: link is not ready
//hundreds of these lines below...

There are like hundreds of exactly these lines in dmesg I hope you guys can help me with that.

ghost commented 7 years ago

I actually managed to blacklist my built-in wireless card with creating "blacklist.conf" in /etc/modprobe.d/ and adding the line: "blacklist iwlwifi". But when I rebooted my machine, my usb wireless adapter didn't work either. There were no lights on it etc. And I didn't see USB Wi-Fi option in my wireless settings. I think they're somehow interconnected. When both my built-in and usb wireless adapter is turned on, my usb wireless adapter doesn't find any networks. It says "No Networks" which is a bit odd because although my built-in wireless is connected, my usb wireless adapter should be able to scan networks as well.

ghost commented 7 years ago

Here are some other things you might find useful: lshw output of my usb wireless adapter:

*-network:2 DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 4
       bus info: usb@3:1
       logical name: wlp0s20u1
       serial: 18:d6:c7:1b:be:23
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=r8188eu multicast=yes wireless=unassociated

lsmod | grep 8188:

8188eu 733184 0 sudo iwlist scan: wlp0s20u1 No scan results

lwfinger commented 7 years ago

What does "rfkill list all" show?

ghost commented 7 years ago 
[root@localhost nashjr]# rfkill list all
0: hci0: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
lwfinger commented 7 years ago

How about "iw dev"?

ghost commented 7 years ago 
phy#0
    Interface wlp8s0
        ifindex 4
        wdev 0x1
        addr 84:a6:c8:e2:3f:c4
        type managed
        channel 11 (2462 MHz), width: 40 MHz, center1: 2452 MHz
        txpower 16.00 dBm
lwfinger commented 7 years ago

That is the "disabled" iwlwifi device. Your user-space system (NetworkManager, etc.) is not recognizing the USB device. That is a problem with that driver that I do not know how to fix.

Your solution will be to go to a new kernel (4.10) and use the rtl8xxxu in it.

ghost commented 7 years ago

I enabled it again otherwise I wouldn't be able to reach you. What do you mean by that? My kernel version is 4.10.13 already. Do you mean that I should re-install a fresh kernel? Or should I change the distro?

PrSdNt commented 7 years ago

Hi @quemexordium,

Got pretty much the same setup as you. I've got the Dell XPS 15 9560 and while it's a great laptop, the built-in wifi is mediocre at best (it's an antenna issue). So i bought me a TP-LINK WN722N v2.0 as a backup device.

Distro: Fedora 25 Kernel: 4.10.16-200

This way i got it to work:

  1. Install drivers (obviously)
  2. Insert usb wifi device
  3. Disable built in PCI-device: $ sudo ifdown wlp2s0 (find your devicename with ifconfig)
  4. Open Wifi Settings through NetworkManager dropdown.
  5. Click "Connect to hidden network"
  6. Choose Realtek adapter and create a dummy entry. SSID dummy, password dummy etc. Then click connect.
  7. It won't connect, but the available wifi-networks will show up in the Select Network window.
  8. Choose your network and connect.

That's it! Hope it helps. You can enable the built-in with sudo ifup wlp2s0

plasticassius commented 5 years ago

I ran into a similar issue in which my built in wifi failed, and I can't seem to use user mode configuration tools for my TP LINK TL-WN722N v3. In my case, I was using wicd on Debian 9 LXDE.

$uname -a
Linux Rebuild 4.9.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.130-2 (2018-10-27) x86_64 GNU/Linux
$cat /etc/debian_version 
9.6

A fairly simple fix took care of the problem. I put the following into my /etc/network/interfaces file:

auto wlxMAC
allow-hotplug wlxMAC
iface wlxMAC inet dhcp 
    wpa-ssid SSID
    wpa-psk  PSK

My interface name turned out to be wlxMAC where MAC is the MAC address of the card. It may not be neccessary, but I also blacklisted my previous driver, and removed the wicd package which wasn't working.