Hi,
I did a fresh install of the latest (16.0.1) Manjaro/XFCE/64b on a UEFI-based basic laptop which has NO wired Ethernet, only a BT/WIFI Realtek 8273bu chip. As the WIFI network wasn't recognized in the live session, I plugged in an external USB/WIFI dongle which indeed solved the WIFI connection issue. Using this setup, I did a flawless installation, and after reboot (still with the dongle), I did a full system upgrade including kernel 4.7.0 (assuming a newer firmware MAY solve my connectivity issue.
At that stage I removed the external WIFI dongle and rebooted. This time the WIFI chip was recognized, the respective module has been loaded, but the wireless interface did NOT find the existing 802.11 network. I've tried to unload the relevant module, than reloaded it, but still the WIFI network isn't recognized.
Below please find all relevant info (terminal outputs).
התעלמו מצתבעים והפורמטים (נוספו ע"י מעבד תמלילים אליו העתקתי את הקטעים הרלונטיים מהמסוף).
I'd appreciate your help!
Thanks up front!
תודה לעונים!
--------relevant segments of #journalctl -b ----------------------------------
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Aug 16 09:11:44 hadarlaptop kernel: Linux version 4.7.0-0-MANJARO (builduser@manjaro) (gcc version 6.1.1 20160707 (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEM
Aug 16 09:11:45 hadarlaptop kernel: Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.7-x86_64 root=UUID=39f1864f-1b10-4fd0-b941-15290e4a3c94 r
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Bluetooth: Core ver 2.21
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 31
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: atkbd serio0: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x7c on isa0060/serio0).
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes 7c <keycode>' to make it known.
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: wmi: Mapper loaded
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915])
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20160425 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor
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Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: Bluetooth: HCI UART driver ver 2.3
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol H4 registered
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol BCSP registered
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol LL registered
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol ATH3K registered
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Three-wire (H5) registered
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Intel registered
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol BCM registered
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol QCA registered
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol AG6XX registered
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Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: This Realtek USB WiFi dongle (0x0bda:0xb720) is untested!
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: Please report results to Jes.Sorensen@gmail.com
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: Vendor: Realtek
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: Product: 802.11n WLAN Adapter
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: rtl8723bu_parse_efuse: dumping efuse (0x200 bytes):
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 00: 29 81 03 7c 01 08 21 00
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 08: 40 07 05 35 10 00 00 00
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 10: 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 18: 2d 2d 2d 02 ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 20: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 28: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 30: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 38: ff ff 32 32 32 32 31 31
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 40: 31 31 31 31 30 e0 ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 48: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 50: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 58: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 60: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 68: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 70: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 78: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 80: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 88: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 90: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 98: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: a0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: a8: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: b0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: b8: 20 2d 1f 00 00 00 ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: c0: ff 28 20 11 00 00 00 ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: c8: 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: d0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: d8: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: e0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: e8: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: f0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: f8: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 100: da 0b 20 b7 e7 47 03 cc
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 108: 79 cf 0b a6 8e 09 03 52
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 110: 65 61 6c 74 65 6b 16 03
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 118: 38 30 32 2e 31 31 6e 20
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 120: 57 4c 41 4e 20 41 64 61
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 128: 70 74 65 72 00 ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 130: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 138: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 140: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 0f
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 148: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 150: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 158: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 160: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 168: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 170: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 178: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 180: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 188: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 190: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 198: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 1a0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 1a8: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 1b0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 1b8: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 1c0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 1c8: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 1d0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 1d8: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 1e0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 1e8: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 1f0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: 1f8: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: RTL8723BU rev E (SMIC) 1T1R, TX queues 3, WiFi=1, BT=1, GPS=0, HI PA=0
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: RTL8723BU MAC: cc:79:cf:0b:a6:8e
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: rtl8xxxu: Loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8723bu_nic.bin
Aug 16 09:11:50 hadarlaptop kernel: usb 1-4: Firmware revision 35.0 (signature 0x5301)
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Aug 16 09:11:52 hadarlaptop kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8xxxu
Aug 16 09:11:52 hadarlaptop kernel: rtl8xxxu 1-4:1.2 wlp0s20u4i2: renamed from wlan0
Aug 16 09:11:48 hadarlaptop mtp-probe[284]: checking bus 1, device 3: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-4"
Aug 16 09:11:49 hadarlaptop systemd-udevd[206]: Process '/usr/bin/set-wireless-regdom' failed with exit code 1.
Aug 16 09:11:48 hadarlaptop mtp-probe[270]: bus: 1, device: 4 was not an MTP device
Aug 16 09:11:51 hadarlaptop systemd[1]: Starting Flush Journal to Persistent Storage...
Aug 16 09:11:48 hadarlaptop mtp-probe[285]: bus: 1, device: 2 was not an MTP device
Aug 16 09:11:52 hadarlaptop systemd[1]: Started Flush Journal to Persistent Storage.
Aug 16 09:11:48 hadarlaptop mtp-probe[284]: bus: 1, device: 3 was not an MTP device
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Aug 16 09:11:55 hadarlaptop systemd[1]: Started Bluetooth service.
Aug 16 09:11:55 hadarlaptop systemd[1]: Reached target Bluetooth.
Aug 16 09:11:55 hadarlaptop systemd[1]: Starting Network Manager...
Aug 16 09:11:55 hadarlaptop systemd[1]: Started Save/Restore Sound Card State.
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Aug 16 09:11:56 hadarlaptop NetworkManager[468]: <info> [1471327916.0584] NetworkManager (version 1.2.2) is starting...
Aug 16 09:11:56 hadarlaptop NetworkManager[468]: <info> [1471327916.0812] Read config: /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
Aug 16 09:11:56 hadarlaptop NetworkManager[468]: <info> [1471327916.1119] manager[0x1234260]: monitoring kernel firmware directory '/
Aug 16 09:11:56 hadarlaptop NetworkManager[468]: <info> [1471327916.1245] dns-mgr[0x12458a0]: set resolv-conf-mode: default
Aug 16 09:11:56 hadarlaptop NetworkManager[468]: <info> [1471327916.1246] dns-mgr[0x12458a0]: using resolv.conf manager 'resolvconf'
Aug 16 09:11:56 hadarlaptop NetworkManager[468]: <info> [1471327916.1528] rfkill1: found WiFi radio killswitch (at /sys/devices/pci00
Aug 16 09:11:56 hadarlaptop NetworkManager[468]: <info> [1471327916.1531] WiFi hardware radio set enabled
Aug 16 09:11:56 hadarlaptop NetworkManager[468]: <info> [1471327916.1532] WWAN hardware radio set enabled
Aug 16 09:11:56 hadarlaptop systemd[1]: Started Network Manager.
Aug 16 09:11:56 hadarlaptop systemd[1]: Reached target Network.
Aug 16 09:11:56 hadarlaptop systemd[1]: Starting Permit User Sessions...
Aug 16 09:11:56 hadarlaptop dbus[462]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' unit='dbus-org.fr
Aug 16 09:11:56 hadarlaptop systemd[1]: Starting Network Time Service…
Aug 16 09:11:56 hadarlaptop systemd[1]: Starting Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service...
Aug 16 09:11:56 hadarlaptop systemd[1]: Started Permit User Sessions.
Aug 16 09:11:56 hadarlaptop systemd[1]: Starting Wait for Plymouth Boot Screen to Quit...
Aug 16 09:11:56 hadarlaptop systemd[1]: Starting Light Display Manager...
Aug 16 09:11:56 hadarlaptop dbus[462]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher'
Aug 16 09:11:56 hadarlaptop systemd[1]: Started Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service.
Aug 16 09:11:56 hadarlaptop NetworkManager[468]: <info> [1471327916.4768] settings: loaded plugin keyfile: (c) 2007 - 2015 Red Hat, I
Aug 16 09:11:56 hadarlaptop systemd[1]: Received SIGRTMIN+21 from PID 128 (plymouthd).
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# ip link
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: wlp0s20u4i2: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000
link/ether cc:79:cf:0b:a6:8e brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
# ip link set wlp0s20u4i2 up
[root@hadarlaptop hadar]# ip link
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: wlp0s20u4i2: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000
link/ether cc:79:cf:0b:a6:8e brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
# dmesg | grep firmware
[ 12.521491] psmouse serio4: elantech: assuming hardware version 4 (with firmware version 0x495f00)
[ 16.102043] usb 1-4: rtl8xxxu: Loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8723bu_nic.bin
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----------------no connection status-----------------------
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# iw dev wlp0s20u4i2 link
Not connected.
iw dev wlp0s20u4i2 scan | less
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At this stage I plugged in again the external USB dongle, just to verify that it finds and connects to the existing wifi network
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# iw dev
phy#2
Interface wlp0s20u3
ifindex 4
wdev 0x200000001
addr 94:0c:6d:87:c0:e1
type managed
channel 6 (2437 MHz), width: 40 MHz, center1: 2427 MHz
txpower 20.00 dBm
phy#0
Interface wlp0s20u4i2
ifindex 2
wdev 0x1
addr cc:79:cf:0b:a6:8e
type managed
txpower 20.00 dBm
iw dev wlp0s20u3 scan | less
BSS e4:d3:32:5b:b6:ca(on wlp0s20u3) -- associated
TSF: 45706301954 usec (0d, 12:41:46)
freq: 2437
beacon interval: 100 TUs
capability: ESS Privacy ShortPreamble ShortSlotTime (0x0431)
signal: -51.00 dBm
last seen: 200 ms ago
Information elements from Probe Response frame:
SSID: BADT2
Supported rates: 1.0* 2.0* 5.5* 11.0* 6.0 9.0 12.0 18.0
DS Parameter set: channel 6
Country: CN Environment: Indoor/Outdoor
Channels [1 - 13] @ 32 dBm
ERP: <no flags>
RSN: * Version: 1
* Group cipher: CCMP
* Pairwise ciphers: CCMP
* Authentication suites: PSK
* Capabilities: 1-PTKSA-RC 1-GTKSA-RC (0x0000)
Extended supported rates: 24.0 36.0 48.0 54.0
HT capabilities:
Capabilities: 0x106e
HT20/HT40
SM Power Save disabled
RX HT20 SGI
RX HT40 SGI
No RX STBC
Max AMSDU length: 3839 bytes
DSSS/CCK HT40
Maximum RX AMPDU length 65535 bytes (exponent: 0x003)
Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: 8 usec (0x06)
HT RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-23
HT TX MCS rate indexes are undefined
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