7:57 p.m.
Well I was finally able to get the right cli option into the cli to
activate the wifi and I got no wifi found. Wifi was showing up with the
rest of the connections, I tried another command and got this,
STATE CONNECTIVITY WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN
disconnected none missing enabled missing enabled
Something is not right, I have no idea what to do. Is this a systemd
issue? What does this mean?
B
4:08 p.m.
On Feb 19, 2023, at 20:58, Bill Cunningham <bill.cu1234(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Well I was finally able to get the right cli option into the cli to activate the wifi
and I got no wifi found. Wifi was showing up with the rest of the connections, I tried
another command and got this,
STATE CONNECTIVITY WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN
disconnected none missing enabled missing enabled
Something is not right, I have no idea what to do. Is this a systemd issue? What does
this mean?
Most likely missing the firmware if you were able to find the kmod. Check the kernel logs
(dmesg) after loading the kmod for errors.
Try looking at the output of ‘rfkill’ to see if it detects it.
--
Jonathan Billings
7:15 p.m.
On 2/20/2023 5:08 PM, Jonathan Billings wrote:
On Feb 19, 2023, at 20:58, Bill Cunningham
<bill.cu1234(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Well I was finally able to get the right cli option into the cli to activate the
wifi and I got no wifi found. Wifi was showing up with the rest of the connections, I
tried another command and got this,
>
> STATE CONNECTIVITY WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN
> disconnected none missing enabled missing enabled
>
> Something is not right, I have no idea what to do. Is this a systemd issue? What does
this mean?
Most likely missing the firmware if you were able to find the kmod. Check the kernel logs
(dmesg) after loading the kmod for errors.
Try looking at the output of ‘rfkill’ to see if it detects it.
...
Rfkill says this, idk what it means, but looks like something not found,
ID TYPE DEVICE SOFT HARD
0 wlan phy0 unblocked unblocked
4:29 p.m.
On Sun, Feb 19, 2023 at 9:58 PM Bill Cunningham <bill.cu1234(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Well I was finally able to get the right cli option into the cli to
activate the wifi and I got no wifi found. Wifi was showing up with the
rest of the connections, I tried another command and got this,
STATE CONNECTIVITY WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN
disconnected none missing enabled missing enabled
Something is not right, I have no idea what to do. Is this a systemd
issue? What does this mean?
It would be helpful to know details of your wifi hardware, fedora version,
and
current kernel. A number of Fedora users were caught out because they
missed
updates to wifi modules required for 6.x kernels. For people whose only
access
to internet is via wifi, sorting this can be tricky.
--
George N. White III
6:46 p.m.
The kernel is 6.1 with the F37 version the driver should be a ralink. Rt28
or so..
On Mon, Feb 20, 2023, 5:29 PM George N. White III <gnwiii(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, Feb 19, 2023 at 9:58 PM Bill Cunningham
<bill.cu1234(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Well I was finally able to get the right cli option into the cli to
> activate the wifi and I got no wifi found. Wifi was showing up with the
> rest of the connections, I tried another command and got this,
>
> STATE CONNECTIVITY WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN
> disconnected none missing enabled missing enabled
>
> Something is not right, I have no idea what to do. Is this a systemd
> issue? What does this mean?
>
It would be helpful to know details of your wifi hardware, fedora version,
and
current kernel. A number of Fedora users were caught out because they
missed
updates to wifi modules required for 6.x kernels. For people whose only
access
to internet is via wifi, sorting this can be tricky.
--
George N. White III
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9:40 p.m.
On 2/20/2023 5:29 PM, George N. White III wrote:
On Sun, Feb 19, 2023 at 9:58 PM Bill Cunningham
<bill.cu1234(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Well I was finally able to get the right cli option into the cli to
activate the wifi and I got no wifi found. Wifi was showing up
with the
rest of the connections, I tried another command and got this,
STATE CONNECTIVITY WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN
disconnected none missing enabled missing enabled
Something is not right, I have no idea what to do. Is this a systemd
issue? What does this mean?
It would be helpful to know details of your wifi hardware, fedora
version, and
current kernel. A number of Fedora users were caught out because they
missed
updates to wifi modules required for 6.x kernels. For people whose
only access
to internet is via wifi, sorting this can be tricky.
--
George N. White III
The thing I don't get is the net install I used installed, so there was
something there at one point, that connected. Now, it's evidently not
there. No I don't have ethernet access right now so wifi is all I have.
B
6:20 a.m.
On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 4:47 AM Barry <barry(a)barrys-emacs.org> wrote:
On 21 Feb 2023, at 03:42, Bill Cunningham <bill.cu1234(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 2/20/2023 5:29 PM, George N. White III wrote:
[...]
The thing I don't get is the net install I used installed, so there was
something ther
at one point, that connected. Now, it's evidently not there. No I don't
have ethernet
access right now so wifi is all I have.
A USB installer for some linux distro may still work, although it is also
possible
that your
wifi hardware died.
Can you obtain a usb ethernet adapter to help get connected to sort out
installs for wifi?
You should also consider swapping the wifi card or a USB wifi dongle. There
are also wifi to
ethernet boxes that will allow any system with ethernet to use wifi. Some
are sold as "wifi
externders" but include an ethernet port:
Linksys AC1900 Plug In Range Extender with MU-MIMO (Max Stream RE7000-CA)
NETGEAR WiFi Range Extender EX6120
--
George N. White III
10:56 a.m.
This thing is an antenna that plugs into the USB port
On Tue, Feb 21, 2023, 7:20 AM George N. White III <gnwiii(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 4:47 AM Barry <barry(a)barrys-emacs.org>
wrote:
>
>
> On 21 Feb 2023, at 03:42, Bill Cunningham <bill.cu1234(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 2/20/2023 5:29 PM, George N. White III wrote:
> [...]
>
> The thing I don't get is the net install I used installed, so there was
> something ther
>
> at one point, that connected. Now, it's evidently not there. No I don't
> have ethernet
>
> access right now so wifi is all I have.
>
> A USB installer for some linux distro may still work, although it is also
possible that your
wifi hardware died.
Can you obtain a usb ethernet adapter to help get connected to sort out
> installs for wifi?
>
You should also consider swapping the wifi card or a USB wifi dongle.
There are also wifi to
ethernet boxes that will allow any system with ethernet to use wifi. Some
are sold as "wifi
externders" but include an ethernet port:
Linksys AC1900 Plug In Range Extender with MU-MIMO (Max Stream RE7000-CA)
NETGEAR WiFi Range Extender EX6120
--
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12:25 p.m.
On 2/21/23 08:56, Bill C wrote:
This thing is an antenna that plugs into the USB port
On Tue, Feb 21, 2023, 7:20 AM George N. White III <gnwiii(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 4:47 AM Barry <barry(a)barrys-emacs.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 21 Feb 2023, at 03:42, Bill Cunningham <bill.cu1234(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 2/20/2023 5:29 PM, George N. White III wrote:
>> [...]
>>
>> The thing I don't get is the net install I used installed, so there was
>> something ther
>>
>> at one point, that connected. Now, it's evidently not there. No I don't
>> have ethernet
>>
>> access right now so wifi is all I have.
>>
>> A USB installer for some linux distro may still work, although it is also
> possible that your
> wifi hardware died.
>
> Can you obtain a usb ethernet adapter to help get connected to sort out
>> installs for wifi?
>>
>
> You should also consider swapping the wifi card or a USB wifi dongle.
> There are also wifi to
> ethernet boxes that will allow any system with ethernet to use wifi. Some
> are sold as "wifi
> externders" but include an ethernet port:
>
> Linksys AC1900 Plug In Range Extender with MU-MIMO (Max Stream RE7000-CA)
> NETGEAR WiFi Range Extender EX6120
Here are a couple of low-level things to
try.
lspci enumerates all the slots on the bus. There may be a hint there.
Some stuff is motherboard generic but others are device specific.
lsmod shows all the kernel modules that have been loaded. ( lspci | sort
may make it easier to look through ).
4:01 p.m.
On 2/21/2023 1:25 PM, Mike Wright wrote:
On 2/21/23 08:56, Bill C wrote:
> This thing is an antenna that plugs into the USB port
>
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2023, 7:20 AM George N. White III <gnwiii(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 4:47 AM Barry <barry(a)barrys-emacs.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 21 Feb 2023, at 03:42, Bill Cunningham <bill.cu1234(a)gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 2/20/2023 5:29 PM, George N. White III wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> The thing I don't get is the net install I used installed, so there
>>> was
>>> something ther
>>>
>>> at one point, that connected. Now, it's evidently not there. No I
>>> don't
>>> have ethernet
>>>
>>> access right now so wifi is all I have.
>>>
>>> A USB installer for some linux distro may still work, although it
>>> is also
>> possible that your
>> wifi hardware died.
>>
>> Can you obtain a usb ethernet adapter to help get connected to sort out
>>> installs for wifi?
>>>
>>
>> You should also consider swapping the wifi card or a USB wifi dongle.
>> There are also wifi to
>> ethernet boxes that will allow any system with ethernet to use
>> wifi. Some
>> are sold as "wifi
>> externders" but include an ethernet port:
>>
>> Linksys AC1900 Plug In Range Extender with MU-MIMO (Max Stream
>> RE7000-CA)
>> NETGEAR WiFi Range Extender EX6120
Here are a couple of low-level things to try.
lspci enumerates all the slots on the bus. There may be a hint there.
Some stuff is motherboard generic but others are device specific.
lsmod shows all the kernel modules that have been loaded. ( lspci |
sort may make it easier to look through ).
There are kernel drivers that are source that need to be compiled yes.
The usb adapter came with no instructions on how to do that and I have
no idea how too. THere must be a utility or two also that needs to be
compiled with the actualt drivers, there's a lot of code there. The
drivers is supposed to be called RT2870.ko.
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 148f:7601 Ralink Technology, Corp. MT7601U
Wireless Adapter
Is what the USB bus says is the USB adapter.
B
5:06 p.m.
On 2/21/23 14:01, Bill Cunningham wrote:
On 2/21/2023 1:25 PM, Mike Wright wrote:
> On 2/21/23 08:56, Bill C wrote:
>> This thing is an antenna that plugs into the USB port
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 21, 2023, 7:20 AM George N. White III <gnwiii(a)gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 4:47 AM Barry <barry(a)barrys-emacs.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 21 Feb 2023, at 03:42, Bill Cunningham <bill.cu1234(a)gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 2/20/2023 5:29 PM, George N. White III wrote:
>>>> [...]
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 148f:7601 Ralink Technology, Corp. MT7601U
Wireless Adapter
Is what the USB bus says is the USB adapter.
That's Mediatek. The driver is mt7601u.ko. It's been a looong time
since I had to muck around with drivers but I think you want to:
modprobe mt7601u
5:36 p.m.
On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 6:02 PM Bill Cunningham <bill.cu1234(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
On 2/21/2023 1:25 PM, Mike Wright wrote:
> On 2/21/23 08:56, Bill C wrote:
[...]
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 148f:7601 Ralink Technology, Corp. MT7601U
Wireless Adapter
Is what the USB bus says is the USB adapter.
Ralink was a California company that was acquired by Mediatek, a Taiwan
company in 2011, which
explains the MT in MT7601U.
That was a popular model, with 1696 linux-hardware.org reports. Early
reports say it works, recent reports
only say "detected". http://linux-hardware.org/?id=usb:148f-7601 mentions
3 drivers, one shipped with
kernels that have it enabled. All 3 Fedora kernels here have it configured
as a module.
% grep CONFIG_MT7601U /boot/config*
/boot/config-6.1.11-200.fc37.x86_64:CONFIG_MT7601U=m
/boot/config-6.1.12-200.fc37.x86_64:CONFIG_MT7601U=m
/boot/config-6.2.0-0.rc5.20230125git948ef7bb70c4.40.fc38.x86_64:CONFIG_MT7601U=m
Check the kernels on your system. Boot one that has the module and see if
"mt7601u" is being used:
% lsmod | grep mt7601u
If it isn't listed, try running "modprobe -v --show mt7601u". Wikipedia has
a list of drivers that flags the models
that need non-free firmware. Yours does. I have:
% ls -l /usr/lib/firmware/mediatek/mt7610u*
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 39928 Feb 12 16:50
/usr/lib/firmware/mediatek/mt7610u.bin.xz
It appears that yours should work in Fedora. You may need to rid your
system of old manually installed drivers and/or
find a way to update the non-free firmware:
% dnf whatprovides /usr/lib/firmware/mediatek
Last metadata expiration check: 2 days, 8:04:41 ago on Sat 18 Feb 2023
04:05:52 PM.
linux-firmware-20220913-140.fc37.noarch : Firmware files used by the Linux
kernel
Repo : fedora
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib/firmware/mediatek
linux-firmware-20230210-147.fc37.noarch : Firmware files used by the Linux
kernel
Repo : @System
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib/firmware/mediatek
linux-firmware-20230210-147.fc37.noarch : Firmware files used by the Linux
kernel
Repo : updates
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib/firmware/mediatek
--
George N. White III
12:52 p.m.
On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 12:56 PM Bill C <bill.cu1234(a)gmail.com> wrote:
This thing is an antenna that plugs into the USB port
It also includes a radio. These units may need to load vendor firmware for
use, and do require a specific driver, which may come from the vendor or
some open-source project. If you post details of your device someone
may be able to tell you how to use it with current Fedora.
Use "lsusb"to find the device name and bus location. For example (showing
only the wifi device):
Bus 001 Device 017: ID 0bda:8176 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188CUS
802.11n WLAN Adapter
Also run `lshw --wlan`. The entry for the above device is:
22: USB 00.0: 0282 WLAN controller
[Created at usb.122]
Unique ID: i1H1.x9IMWGGtcg8
Parent ID: cLrx.8T3QcmdDop7
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-2/1-2.3/1-2.3:1.0
SysFS BusID: 1-2.3:1.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Realtek RTL8188CUS 802.11n WLAN Adapter"
Hotplug: USB
Vendor: usb 0x0bda "Realtek Semiconductor Corp."
Device: usb 0x8176 "RTL8188CUS 802.11n WLAN Adapter"
Revision: "2.00"
Serial ID: "00e04c000001"
Driver: "rtl8192cu"
Driver Modules: "rtl8192cu"
Device File: wlp0s20u2u3
Features: WLAN
Speed: 12 Mbps
HW Address: aa:fe:01:c4:37:fa
Permanent HW Address: 8c:ae:4c:f8:01:56
Link detected: no
WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452
2.457 2.462
WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
Module Alias: "usb:v0BDAp8176d0200dc00dsc00dp00icFFiscFFipFFin00"
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: rtl8192cu is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe rtl8192cu"
Driver Info #1:
Driver Status: rtl8xxxu is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe rtl8xxxu"
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #21 (Hub)
Look for the "Link detected" and "Driver" entries. Run `ls mod |
grep
<driver_name>`, e.g.,
% ls mod | grep rtl8192c
rtl8192cu 94208 0
rtl_usb 28672 1 rtl8192cu
rtl8192c_common 69632 1 rtl8192cu
rtlwifi 110592 3 rtl8192c_common,rtl_usb,rtl8192cu
mac80211 1298432 4 rtl_usb,rtl8192cu,rtlwifi,rtl8xxxu
You also look in journalctl for messages related to these modules.
--
George N. White III
1:50 p.m.
Oh yes it comes with its own driver. The thing is how was I able to install
over WiFi if there wasn't a fedora driver available. I have a gut feeling
it's my lack of knowledge of how the cli tools work. Can fedora scan for an
appropriate driver and install?
On Tue, Feb 21, 2023, 1:53 PM George N. White III <gnwiii(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 12:56 PM Bill C <bill.cu1234(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> This thing is an antenna that plugs into the USB port
>
It also includes a radio. These units may need to load vendor firmware for
use, and do require a specific driver, which may come from the vendor or
some open-source project. If you post details of your device someone
may be able to tell you how to use it with current Fedora.
Use "lsusb"to find the device name and bus location. For example (showing
only the wifi device):
Bus 001 Device 017: ID 0bda:8176 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188CUS
802.11n WLAN Adapter
Also run `lshw --wlan`. The entry for the above device is:
22: USB 00.0: 0282 WLAN controller
[Created at usb.122]
Unique ID: i1H1.x9IMWGGtcg8
Parent ID: cLrx.8T3QcmdDop7
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-2/1-2.3/1-2.3:1.0
SysFS BusID: 1-2.3:1.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Realtek RTL8188CUS 802.11n WLAN Adapter"
Hotplug: USB
Vendor: usb 0x0bda "Realtek Semiconductor Corp."
Device: usb 0x8176 "RTL8188CUS 802.11n WLAN Adapter"
Revision: "2.00"
Serial ID: "00e04c000001"
Driver: "rtl8192cu"
Driver Modules: "rtl8192cu"
Device File: wlp0s20u2u3
Features: WLAN
Speed: 12 Mbps
HW Address: aa:fe:01:c4:37:fa
Permanent HW Address: 8c:ae:4c:f8:01:56
Link detected: no
WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452
2.457 2.462
WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
Module Alias: "usb:v0BDAp8176d0200dc00dsc00dp00icFFiscFFipFFin00"
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: rtl8192cu is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe rtl8192cu"
Driver Info #1:
Driver Status: rtl8xxxu is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe rtl8xxxu"
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #21 (Hub)
Look for the "Link detected" and "Driver" entries. Run `ls mod |
grep
<driver_name>`, e.g.,
% ls mod | grep rtl8192c
rtl8192cu 94208 0
rtl_usb 28672 1 rtl8192cu
rtl8192c_common 69632 1 rtl8192cu
rtlwifi 110592 3 rtl8192c_common,rtl_usb,rtl8192cu
mac80211 1298432 4 rtl_usb,rtl8192cu,rtlwifi,rtl8xxxu
You also look in journalctl for messages related to these modules.
--
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4:52 p.m.
On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 3:50 PM Bill C <bill.cu1234(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Oh yes it comes with its own driver. The thing is how was I able to
install over WiFi if there wasn't a fedora driver available. I have a gut
feeling it's my lack of knowledge of how the cli tools work. Can fedora
scan for an appropriate driver and install?
Bundled drivers usually don't work for newer linux versions. If you have
popular hardware,
supported drivers will be added by linux.org and you should switch so
things don't break
with newer kernels.
--
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