On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 7:06 AM, nicesw123 <nicesw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Package: network-manager > Version: 1.2.0-1 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > on Debian Stretch, my wireless USB adapter (which needs firmware-realtek), > does NOT automatically establish a wireless connection. > > Under the Gnome pop-up (click top-left screen edge), I meant top-right > I do NOT see anything about wireless. > > dmesg shows > ~~~~~~~~~~~ > > [ 5.742746] r8712u: module is from the staging directory, the quality is > unknown, you have been warned. > [ 5.744667] r8712u: register rtl8712_netdev_ops to netdev_ops > [ 5.744680] usb 1-2: r8712u: USB_SPEED_HIGH with 4 endpoints > [ 5.745025] usb 1-2: r8712u: Boot from EFUSE: Autoload OK > [ 6.062112] usb 1-2: r8712u: CustomerID = 0x000a > [ 6.062120] usb 1-2: r8712u: MAC Address from efuse = 00:87:33:55:3e:50 > [ 6.062124] usb 1-2: r8712u: Loading firmware from "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin" > [ 6.062281] usbcore: registered new interface driver r8712u > [ 6.065014] usb 1-2: firmware: direct-loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin > [ 6.070499] r8712u 1-2:1.0 wlx008733553e50: renamed from wlan0 > > > > > > > My current (manual) workaround: I need to manually issue this command: > sudo service network-manager restart > ============================ > > > Then wireless appears in the Gnome pop-up and connects! > > dmesg then shows: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > [ 63.913619] e1000e: enp0s31f6 NIC Link is Down > [ 64.085767] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlx008733553e50: link is not ready > [ 64.787502] r8712u 1-2:1.0 wlx008733553e50: 1 RCR=0x153f00e > [ 64.788051] r8712u 1-2:1.0 wlx008733553e50: 2 RCR=0x553f00e > [ 64.891374] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlx008733553e50: link is not ready > [ 64.897949] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enp0s31f6: link is not ready > [ 65.099325] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enp0s31f6: link is not ready > [ 65.176494] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlx008733553e50: link is not ready > [ 75.638776] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlx008733553e50: link becomes > ready > > > Thanks for any pointers. > >
Seems to be working now... Wireless connects automatically.