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Posted: **25 Oct 2015, 00:50**

Strange. That seems like the password to use.

Posted: **25 Oct 2015, 03:08**

Aye, it does seem so to me too.

There's been a new commit from kvalo, and Thomas has built a new kernel and kernel-firmware-nonfree for this thing, to go with the new board.bin and firmware-5.bin.

I've installed the new kernel and kernel-firmware-nonfree, but ran out of energy for the day to plop in the board.bin and firmware-5.bin to their respective folder (/lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1). I'll do it tomorrow; let's hope it works. There's new information on the bug without the new things. The new commit from kvalo is only a very few days old.

Posted: **27 Oct 2015, 03:46**

OK, I've got to be doing something wrong. Mageia is now seeing the wireless connections around me, including mine. Network Manager is running, and I can set up the connection. My options for encryption are:
None
Open WEP
Restricted WEP
WPA/WPA2 Enterprise
WPA/WPA2 Pre-shared Key
Network Manager is finding my connection as being Pre-shared Key, which I believe is correct. However, I put in my password, and the connection fails on test.
I've tried it on all the other settings, including None (wide open), but the connection fails on test every time.

I'm so close I can taste it. I don't get this.

Posted: **27 Oct 2015, 10:34**

WPA/WPA2 Pre-shared Key or PSK seems to be OK(but you need to use the correct one).
You entered those data like SSID and password key in the IPv4 settings:

Things to check:

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lspci -v

Check out the part that starts with "Ethernet controller" it will show the driver you are using (should be ath10k).

Check that ath10k is loaded with:

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dmesg |grep ath10k

....
Or better yet; just post the output of

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inxi -n

Check the name of your wireless (often wlan0) with:

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ls /sys/class/net

This should be reported by:
as root

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ip link

So if your Network Interface is wlan0 then you can start it with

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ip link set wlan0 up

and stop it with

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ip link set wlan0 down

To check that your connection is up:

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sudo ip link show dev wlan0

If it is good it will show a BROADCAST message.

Now how Mageia gets the IP address is not clear to me (cause I don't use it anymore) but it is probably done by systemd-networkd
So check the output of:
(as root)

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sudo systemctl status network systemd-netorkd.service

If it is not up try to start it with

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sudo systemctl start network systemd-netorkd.service

For this to run you need a working wpa-supplicant... there is a lot more to check but I guess this is a start.... :coffee_smile:

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cat /etc/resolv,conf

You are not supposed to edit that directly: Mageias wizards should set it up for you.

Posted: **27 Oct 2015, 17:43**

Thanks, viking. Here's the rub:
In the process of things at Bug #16915, Thomas had me go in and enable NetworkManager and NetworkManager-wait-online, and disable network. Nonetheless, here are the outputs (it's too much to quote you on these in order and break the quotes, but you'll find the outputs right down the line). I have also reported these results to the bug:

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[root@localhost dedanna]# lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Host Bridge -OPI (rev 09)
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3987
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
   Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 381c
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 47
   Memory at c2000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
   Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
   I/O ports at 5000 [size=64]
   Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
   Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
   Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
   Capabilities: [a4] PCI Advanced Features
   Kernel driver in use: i915
   Kernel modules: i915

00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Audio Controller (rev 09)
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3987
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 58
   Memory at c4310000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
   Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
   Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
   Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
   Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
   Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP USB xHCI Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3987
   Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 48
   Memory at c4300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
   Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 2
   Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/8 Maskable- 64bit+
   Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
   Kernel modules: xhci_pci

00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP MEI Controller #1 (rev 03)
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3987
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 59
   Memory at c431a000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32]
   Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
   Capabilities: [8c] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
   Kernel driver in use: mei_me
   Kernel modules: mei_me

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3987
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 49
   Memory at c4314000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
   Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
   Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
   Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
   Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev e3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
   Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
   I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
   Memory behind bridge: a0100000-a02fffff
   Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000a0300000-00000000a04fffff
   Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
   Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
   Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3987
   Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 3
   Kernel driver in use: pcieport
   Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #3 (rev e3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
   Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
   I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00004fff
   Memory behind bridge: c4200000-c42fffff
   Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
   Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
   Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3987
   Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 3
   Capabilities: [100] #00
   Capabilities: [200] L1 PM Substates
   Kernel driver in use: pcieport
   Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #4 (rev e3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
   Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
   Memory behind bridge: c4000000-c41fffff
   Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
   Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
   Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3987
   Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 3
   Capabilities: [100] #00
   Capabilities: [200] L1 PM Substates
   Kernel driver in use: pcieport
   Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev e3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
   Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
   I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
   Memory behind bridge: c3000000-c3ffffff
   Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000b0000000-00000000c1ffffff
   Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
   Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
   Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3987
   Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 3
   Capabilities: [100] #00
   Capabilities: [200] L1 PM Substates
   Kernel driver in use: pcieport
   Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP LPC Controller (rev 03)
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3987
   Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
   Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>
   Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
   Kernel modules: lpc_ich

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI Mode] (rev 03) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3987
   Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 46
   I/O ports at 5088 [size=8]
   I/O ports at 5094 [size=4]
   I/O ports at 5080 [size=8]
   I/O ports at 5090 [size=4]
   I/O ports at 5060 [size=32]
   Memory at c4318000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
   Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
   Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 3
   Capabilities: [a8] SATA HBA v1.0
   Kernel driver in use: ahci

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP SMBus Controller (rev 03)
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3987
   Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 18
   Memory at c4319000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
   I/O ports at 5040 [size=32]
   Kernel modules: i2c_i801

-->02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 10)
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3819
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 60
   I/O ports at 4000 [size=256]
   Memory at c4204000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
   Memory at c4200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
   Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
   Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
   Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 01
   Capabilities: [b0] MSI-X: Enable- Count=4 Masked-
   Capabilities: [d0] Vital Product Data
   Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
   Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
   Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 01-00-00-00-68-4c-e0-00
   Capabilities: [170] Latency Tolerance Reporting
   Capabilities: [178] L1 PM Substates
   Kernel driver in use: r8169
   Kernel modules: r8169

-->03:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 20)
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3044
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 50
   Memory at c4000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2M]
   Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
   Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=8/8 Maskable+ 64bit-
   Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
   Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
   Capabilities: [148] Virtual Channel
   Capabilities: [168] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
   Capabilities: [178] Latency Tolerance Reporting
   Capabilities: [180] L1 PM Substates
   Kernel driver in use: ath10k_pci
   Kernel modules: ath10k_pci

04:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM108M [GeForce 840M] (rev a2)
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 381c
   Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 16
   Memory at c3000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
   Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
   Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
   I/O ports at 3000 [size=128]
   Expansion ROM at <ignored> [disabled]
   Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
   Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
   Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
   Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
   Capabilities: [250] Latency Tolerance Reporting
   Capabilities: [258] L1 PM Substates
   Capabilities: [128] Power Budgeting <?>
   Capabilities: [600] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=024 <?>
   Capabilities: [900] #19
   Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau
[root@localhost dedanna]#

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[root@localhost dedanna]# dmesg | grep ath10k
[   10.725675] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: pci irq msi-x interrupts 8 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
-->[   11.150508] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/cal-pci-0000:03:00.0.bin failed with error -2
[   12.895424] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: qca6174 hw2.1 (0x05010000, 0x003405ff) fw WLAN.RM.1.1-00141 api 5 htt 3.1 wmi 4 cal otp max_sta 32
[   12.895427] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: debug 1 debugfs 0 tracing 0 dfs 0 testmode 0
-->[   17.551211] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: renamed from wlan0
[root@localhost dedanna]#

Even if repetitive, here's the inxi -n:

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[root@localhost dedanna]# inxi -n
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169
           IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: 68:f7:28:d0:14:46
           Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
           driver: ath10k_pci
           IF: wlp3s0 state: down mac: b8:86:87:47:28:81
           Card-3: Atheros
           IF: null-if-id state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
[root@localhost dedanna]#

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[root@localhost dedanna]# ls /sys/class/net
enp2s0@  lo@  wlp3s0@
[root@localhost dedanna]#

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[root@localhost dedanna]# ip link
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: enp2s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 68:f7:28:d0:14:46 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: wlp3s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether b8:86:87:47:28:81 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
[root@localhost dedanna]#

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[root@localhost dedanna]# ip link set wlp3s0 up
[root@localhost dedanna]#

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[root@localhost dedanna]# ip link set wlp3s0 down
[root@localhost dedanna]#

I then ran "ip link set wlp3s0 up" again before I moved on. I was already in root (well, almost anyway; just su, not su -), and I don't use sudo, so kept it where I was at:

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[root@localhost dedanna]# ip link show dev wlp3s0
3: wlp3s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether b8:86:87:47:28:81 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
[root@localhost dedanna]#

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[root@localhost dedanna]# systemctl status network systemd-networkd.service
â— network.service - LSB: Bring up/down networking
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/network)
   Active: inactive (dead)

â— systemd-networkd.service - Network Service
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-networkd.service; enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Tue 2015-10-27 10:51:36 MDT; 4min 18s ago
     Docs: man:systemd-networkd.service(8)
 Main PID: 1060 (systemd-network)
   Status: "Processing requests..."
   CGroup: /system.slice/systemd-networkd.service
           â””â”€1060 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-networkd
[root@localhost dedanna]#

/edit

I've split up each command for easier reading. I'm beginning to see what's going on. It seems the firmware isn't loading, but if it isn't loading, then how is Network Manager seeing wireless connections? Also, how am I getting a "Wireless connections are available" popup in the lower right of the screen upon login?

Posted: **27 Oct 2015, 22:01**

Well it looks like it is working. If Mageia can see the wireless networks then it should be possible to hook them up too.

From there on it is a matter of configuring correctly.

Those data are on your (the routers) end so I can only guess :confused

Posted: **27 Oct 2015, 22:31**

Aye which is what I'm using. I'm not getting why it's not working. The password for the wireless is even what's on the router. There's no encryption key on it.

Posted: **27 Oct 2015, 22:59**

I think checkin like Thomas described in that bug is where you are at now.

Posted: **28 Oct 2015, 01:15**

Probably.

I used for this in Mageia is what I use for Windows, so...
I've tried on everything.

Posted: **28 Oct 2015, 09:13**

The connection is WPA/WPA2 PSK (PreShared Key) (AES). The passphrase I'm using for that should be working and connecting me. The connection is seen, but isn't connecting properly.
I don't know where that issue is, it's somewhere between the Qualcomm Atheros and my ISP I'm assuming, either that or between the kernel, board.bin, firmware-5.bin, and Qualcomm Atheros.
That's all I can think.

EXCEPT... isn't eth0 supposed to stay up to create and maintain the bridge for the wireless connection? During the process of testing the wireless connection when I try to set it up, the RealTek goes down.

Posted: **28 Oct 2015, 12:37**

You don't have eth0 you have enp2s0.

Posted: **28 Oct 2015, 14:11**

Yeah, I know, but that is a renaming of eth0 that it does, so for simplicity's sake and for a general naming, I put eth0. If you look above, the wireless is renamed too - it mentions it in the outputs. So in my case, we have enp2s0 and wlp3s0.

The question is, it's supposed to stay up... I found a link on it that said to bring up eth0 first, then the wlan0 (so mine with their names would be coming up). for a bridge. The thing is, my "eth0" comes up, but then when the wireless tries to connect, it goes right back down.

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