On 08.10.2014 20:31, Dan Williams wrote: > On Wed, 2014-10-08 at 00:10 +0200, poma wrote: >> Starting Network Manager... >> <info> NetworkManager (version 0.9.10.0-5.git20140704.fc21) is starting... >> <info> WEXT support is enabled >> <info> WiFi hardware radio set enabled >> <info> Loaded device plugin: >> /usr/lib/NetworkManager/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.so >> <info> WiFi enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file >> <info> Networking is enabled by state file >> Started Network Manager. >> <info> (ra0): driver does not support SSID scans (scan_capa 0x00). >> <info> (ra0): using WEXT for WiFi device control >> <info> (ra0): new 802.11 WiFi device (driver: 'usb' ifindex: 5) >> <info> (ra0): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/4 >> <info> (ra0): device state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason >> 'managed') [10 20 2] >> <info> (ra0): preparing device >> <warn> (ra0): error 100 getting card mode >> <error> [1412709645.317223] [platform/wifi/wifi-utils-wext.c:160] >> wifi_wext_set_mode(): (ra0): error setting mode 2 > > Ugh, looks like you're using WEXT, which is historically quite > problematic because different drivers expected different sequences of > WEXT requests. Any driver that uses WEXT and is not upstream is > automatically suspect, unfortunately... > >> <info> wpa_supplicant started >> <info> (ra0) supports 1 scan SSIDs >> <info> (ra0): supplicant interface state: starting -> ready >> <info> (ra0): device state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason >> 'supplicant-available') [20 30 42] >> <info> (ra0): supplicant interface state: ready -> disconnected >> <info> (ra0) supports 1 scan SSIDs >> <info> startup complete >> <info> (ra0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> inactive >> ... >> <info> (ra0): disconnecting for new activation request. >> <info> (ra0): device state change: activated -> deactivating (reason 'none') >> [100 110 0] >> <info> NetworkManager state is now DISCONNECTING >> <info> (ra0): device state change: deactivating -> disconnected (reason >> 'none') [110 30 0] >> <info> (ra0): deactivating device (reason 'none') [0] >> <info> (ra0): canceled DHCP transaction, DHCP client pid 1144 >> <info> NetworkManager state is now DISCONNECTED >> <info> Activation (ra0) starting connection 'bla' >> <info> Activation (ra0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... >> <warn> Connection disconnected (reason -3) >> <info> (ra0): supplicant interface state: completed -> disconnected >> <info> Activation (ra0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... >> <info> (ra0): device state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none') >> [30 40 0] >> <info> NetworkManager state is now CONNECTING >> <info> Activation (ra0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... >> <info> Activation (ra0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. >> <info> Activation (ra0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... >> <info> (ra0): device state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none') [40 50 >> 0] >> <info> Activation (ra0/wireless): connection 'bla' has security, and secrets >> exist. No new secrets needed. >> <info> Config: added 'ssid' value 'bla' >> <info> Config: added 'mode' value '1' >> <info> Config: added 'frequency' value '2412' >> <info> Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'NONE' >> <info> Config: added 'auth_alg' value 'OPEN' >> <info> Config: added 'wep_key0' value '<omitted>' >> <info> Config: added 'wep_tx_keyidx' value '0' >> <info> Activation (ra0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. >> <info> Config: set interface ap_scan to 2 >> <info> (ra0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> associating >> <warn> Activation (ra0/wireless): Ad-Hoc network creation took too long, >> failing activation. > > The driver did not emit the SIOCGIWAP event, indicating that it had > successfully completed Ad-Hoc AP setup. This is a driver bug. > >> <info> (ra0): device state change: config -> failed (reason >> 'supplicant-timeout') [50 120 11] >> <info> NetworkManager state is now DISCONNECTED >> <warn> Activation (ra0) failed for connection 'bla' >> <warn> Connection disconnected (reason -3) >> <info> (ra0): supplicant interface state: associating -> disconnected >> <info> (ra0): device state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none') >> [120 30 0] >> <info> (ra0): deactivating device (reason 'none') [0] >> <warn> (ra0): error 100 getting card mode >> <error> [1412717534.522258] [platform/wifi/wifi-utils-wext.c:160] >> wifi_wext_set_mode(): (ra0): error setting mode 2 >> >> >> IBSS works via Wicd although not reliable. >> BTW AP/WPA2, is it possible at all? > > NM supports AP mode if wpa_supplicant supports it on the device, but > given the information you've provided here, the driver looks very > fragile and I wouldn't expect it to work. WPA2 may be possible, but > again the driver is quite suspect. > > The driver is just bad, I'm afraid... > > Dan >
Thanks, whether the same(Ad-Hoc/IBSS & WEXT == unsupported) applies to this module also - dmesg: usb 2-3: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci usb 2-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8171 usb 2-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 usb 2-3: Product: RTL8188S WLAN Adapter usb 2-3: Manufacturer: Manufacturer Realtek usb 2-3: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001 r8712u: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned. r8712u: Staging version r8712u: register rtl8712_netdev_ops to netdev_ops usb 2-3: r8712u: USB_SPEED_HIGH with 4 endpoints usb 2-3: r8712u: Boot from EFUSE: Autoload OK usb 2-3: r8712u: CustomerID = 0x0000 usb 2-3: r8712u: MAC Address from efuse = [...] usb 2-3: r8712u: Loading firmware from "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin" usbcore: registered new interface driver r8712u r8712u 2-3:1.0 wlp0s4f1u3: renamed from wlan0 systemd-udevd[363]: renamed network interface wlan0 to wlp0s4f1u3 r8712u 2-3:1.0 wlp0s4f1u3: 1 RCR=0x153f00e r8712u 2-3:1.0 wlp0s4f1u3: 2 RCR=0x553f00e IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s4f1u3: link is not ready ... - /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/IBSS: [connection] id=IBSS uuid=... type=wifi autoconnect=false zone=public [wifi] ssid=IBSS mode=adhoc band=bg channel=1 mac-address=[...] security=802-11-wireless-security [ipv6] method=ignore ip6-privacy=0 [ipv4] method=shared - journalctl: Starting Network Manager... <info> NetworkManager (version 0.9.10.0-5.git20140704.fc21) is starting... <info> Read config: /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf and conf.d: keyfile-plugin.conf <info> WEXT support is enabled <info> Loaded plugin keyfile: (c) 2007 - 2013 Red Hat, Inc. To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list. <info> new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/IBSS <info> new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/enp3s0 <info> new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/MBB <info> monitoring kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware'. <info> WiFi hardware radio set enabled <info> WWAN hardware radio set enabled <info> Loaded device plugin: /usr/lib/NetworkManager/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.so <info> Loaded device plugin: /usr/lib/NetworkManager/libnm-device-plugin-wwan.so <info> WiFi enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file <info> WWAN enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file <info> WiMAX enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file <info> Networking is enabled by state file Started Network Manager. <info> (lo): link connected <info> (lo): carrier is ON <info> (lo): new Generic device (driver: 'unknown' ifindex: 1) <info> (lo): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 <info> (enp3s0): carrier is OFF <info> (enp3s0): new Ethernet device (driver: 'r8169' ifindex: 4) <info> (enp3s0): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/3 <info> (enp3s0): device state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2] <info> (enp3s0): preparing device <info> (wlp0s4f1u3): driver does not support SSID scans (scan_capa 0x00). <info> (wlp0s4f1u3): using WEXT for WiFi device control <info> (wlp0s4f1u3): new 802.11 WiFi device (driver: 'r8712u' ifindex: 5) <info> (wlp0s4f1u3): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/4 <info> (wlp0s4f1u3): device state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2] <info> (wlp0s4f1u3): preparing device <info> ModemManager available in the bus <info> wpa_supplicant started <info> (enp3s0): link connected <info> (enp3s0): device state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'carrier-changed') [20 30 40] <info> Auto-activating connection 'enp3s0'. <info> Activation (enp3s0) starting connection 'enp3s0' <info> Activation (enp3s0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... <info> Activation (enp3s0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... <info> (enp3s0): device state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none') [30 40 0] <info> NetworkManager state is now CONNECTING <info> Activation (enp3s0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... <info> Activation (enp3s0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. <info> Activation (enp3s0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... <info> (enp3s0): device state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none') [40 50 0] <info> Activation (enp3s0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful. <info> Activation (enp3s0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. <info> (wlp0s4f1u3) supports 1 scan SSIDs <info> (wlp0s4f1u3): supplicant interface state: starting -> ready <info> (wlp0s4f1u3): device state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'supplicant-available') [20 30 42] <info> (wlp0s4f1u3): supplicant interface state: ready -> disconnected <info> (wlp0s4f1u3) supports 1 scan SSIDs <info> Activation (enp3s0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) scheduled. <info> Activation (enp3s0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) started... <info> (enp3s0): device state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none') [50 70 0] <info> Activation (enp3s0) Stage 5 of 5 (IPv4 Configure Commit) scheduled... <info> Activation (enp3s0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) complete. <info> Activation (enp3s0) Stage 5 of 5 (IPv4 Commit) started... <info> (enp3s0): device state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none') [70 80 0] <info> Activation (enp3s0) Stage 5 of 5 (IPv4 Commit) complete. <info> (enp3s0): device state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none') [80 90 0] <info> (enp3s0): device state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none') [90 100 0] <info> NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_LOCAL <info> NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_GLOBAL <info> Policy set 'enp3s0' (enp3s0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS. <info> Activation (enp3s0) successful, device activated. <info> startup complete <info> (wlp0s4f1u3): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> inactive $ nmcli connection up IBSS <info> Activation (wlp0s4f1u3) starting connection 'IBSS' <info> Activation (wlp0s4f1u3) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... <info> Activation (wlp0s4f1u3) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... <info> (wlp0s4f1u3): device state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none') [30 40 0] <info> Activation (wlp0s4f1u3) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... <info> Activation (wlp0s4f1u3) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. <info> Activation (wlp0s4f1u3) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... <info> (wlp0s4f1u3): device state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none') [40 50 0] <info> Activation (wlp0s4f1u3/wireless): connection 'IBSS' requires no security. No secrets needed. <info> Config: added 'ssid' value 'IBSS' <info> Config: added 'mode' value '1' <info> Config: added 'frequency' value '2412' <info> Config: added 'freq_list' value '2412,2417,2422,2427,2432,2437,2442,2447,2452,2457,2462,2467,2472,2484' <info> Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'NONE' <info> Activation (wlp0s4f1u3) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. <info> Config: set interface ap_scan to 2 <info> (wlp0s4f1u3): supplicant interface state: inactive -> associating <warn> Activation (wlp0s4f1u3/wireless): Ad-Hoc network creation took too long, failing activation. <info> (wlp0s4f1u3): device state change: config -> failed (reason 'supplicant-timeout') [50 120 11] <warn> Activation (wlp0s4f1u3) failed for connection 'IBSS' <info> (wlp0s4f1u3): device state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none') [120 30 0] <info> (wlp0s4f1u3): deactivating device (reason 'none') [0] <warn> Connection disconnected (reason -3) <info> (wlp0s4f1u3): supplicant interface state: associating -> disconnected <warn> Couldn't disconnect supplicant interface: This interface is not connected. <info> (wlp0s4f1u3): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> disabled $ rpm -q wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant-2.0-11.fc21.i686 _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list networkmanager-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
