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baldignoramus
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 Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 11:10 am Post subject: Network Manager intermittently not reading WiFi PSK |
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Hi Forum. Gentoo Newbie here. My NetworkManager is behaving strangely. Upon logging in and using
| Code: | $ nmcli c up My-Primary-SSID-2.4G
Passwords or encryption keys are required to access the wireless network 'My-Primary-SSID-2.4G'.
Warning: password for '802-11-wireless-security.psk' not given in 'passwd-file' and nmcli cannot ask without '--ask' option.
Error: Connection activation failed: Secrets were required, but not provided
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However, upon checking /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/My-Primary-SSID-2.4G, the psk is available!
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[wifi-security]
key-mgmt=wpa-psk
psk=Primary24GPSKPassword
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The same command works if I
Try it a few times. Sometimes, it works after about 6-7 times --OR--
If I first connect to another SSID and then connect back to My-Primary-SSID-2.4G , it works.
I also tried turning off 802-11-wireless.mac-address-randomization after reading the Arch Wiki. That did not seem to make any difference. Switching from NetworkManager back to dhcpcd+wpa_suppilcant seems to work without any hitches. I did make sure to turn off dhcpcd before turning on NetworkManager again.
I think I have reached limits of my knowledge. Please can someone help me ? |
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alamahant
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| Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 11:37 am Post subject: |
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Please try this
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nmcli con show
nmcli con del <delete-all-connections>
nmcli con add autoconnect yes type wifi con-name <your-ssid> ifname wlan0(or the particular name you have) ssid <your-ssid> ip4 192.168.1.56/24 gw4 192.168.1.1
nmcli con mod <your-ssid> ipv4.dns <your-dns> ipv4.method manual
nmcli con mod <your-ssid> wifi-sec.key-mgmt wpa-psk
nmcli con mod <your-ssid> wifi-sec.psk <your-passwd>
nmcli con up <your-ssid>
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It goes without saying that if you are using NM you do not need to use netifrc.Better if you didnt.
If you are then delete all net.<iface> symlinks in /etc/init.d and disable them with rc-update.Or AT LEAST disable them.
BUT is it maybe a driver issue?a firmware issue?One can never be too certain.....
Please post the output of
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lspci -v
equery u networkmanager
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and....
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baldignoramus
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| Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks alamahant! So far I like what I am seeing with Gentoo -- apart from build times for large applications like firefox and libreoffice  , but they are quite large code-bases.
I have deleted all the other connections as you suggested. When connecting the same error occurs i.e.
| Code: | $ nmcli c up My-Primary-SSID-2.4G
Passwords or encryption keys are required to access the wireless network 'My-Primary-SSID-2.4G'.
Warning: password for '802-11-wireless-security.psk' not given in 'passwd-file' and nmcli cannot ask without '--ask' option.
Error: Connection activation failed: Secrets were required, but not provided
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As far as I am aware, netifrc is not enabled. However, I believe openRC is built with USE=netifrc by default.
The extract from the lspci command is:
| Code: | $ lspci -vk
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 0e)
Subsystem: Lenovo RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 38, IOMMU group 11
I/O ports at 2400 [size=256]
Memory at fd714000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Memory at fd700000 (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: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (rev 1a)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX200
Physical Slot: 0
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 98, IOMMU group 12
Memory at fd600000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [40] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [80] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=16 Masked-
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [14c] Latency Tolerance Reporting
Capabilities: [154] L1 PM Substates
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
Kernel modules: iwlwifi
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NetworkManger has been compiled with USE flags
| Code: | $ equery u net-misc/networkmanager
[ Legend : U - final flag setting for installation]
[ : I - package is installed with flag ]
[ Colors : set, unset ]
* Found these USE flags for net-misc/networkmanager-1.30.4:
U I
- - abi_x86_32 : 32-bit (x86) libraries
- - audit : Enable support for Linux audit subsystem using sys-process/audit
+ + bluetooth : Enable Bluetooth Support
- - connection-sharing : Use net-dns/dnsmasq and net-firewall/iptables for connection sharing
- - dhclient : Use dhclient from net-misc/dhcp for getting ip
- - dhcpcd : Use net-misc/dhcpcd for getting ip
+ + elogind : Use sys-auth/elogind for session tracking
- - gnutls : Prefer net-libs/gnutls as SSL/TLS provider (ineffective with USE=-ssl)
+ + introspection : Add support for GObject based introspection
- - iwd : Use net-wireless/iwd instead of net-wireless/wpa_supplicant for wifi support by default
+ + modemmanager : Enable support for mobile broadband devices using net-misc/modemmanager
+ + ncurses : Add ncurses support (console display library)
+ + nss : Use dev-libs/nss for cryptography
- - ofono : Use net-misc/ofono for telephony support.
- - ovs : Enable OpenVSwitch support
+ + ppp : Enable support for mobile broadband and PPPoE connections using net-dialup/ppp
- - resolvconf : Use net-dns/openresolv for managing DNS information in /etc/resolv.conf. Generally, a
symlink to /run/NetworkManager/resolv.conf is simpler. On systems running
systemd-resolved, disable this flag and create a symlink to
/run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf.
- - systemd : Enable use of systemd-specific libraries and features like socket activation or session
tracking
- - teamd : Enable Teamd control support
- - test : Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by
FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently)
- - vala : Enable bindings for dev-lang/vala
+ + wext : Enable support for the deprecated Wext (Wireless Extensions) API; needed for some older
drivers (e.g. ipw2200, ndiswrapper)
+ + wifi : Enable support for wifi and 802.1x security
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alamahant
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| Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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Do you have these in your .config
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CONFIG_IWLWIFI=m
CONFIG_IWLWIFI_LEDS=y
CONFIG_IWLWIFI_OPMODE_MODULAR=y
# CONFIG_IWLWIFI_BCAST_FILTERING is not set
CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS=y
CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING=y
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Make sure
CONFIG_IWLWIFI
is configured as module =m not =y
Also plz
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emerge -av linux-firmware
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PROBABLY THESE ARE NOT THE ISSUE HERE but just check just in case.
Does restarting NM 2-3 times solve the issue maybe?
I am afraid NM is looking for these
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[ebuild N ] gnome-base/gnome-keyring-40.0::gentoo USE="caps filecaps pam ssh-agent (-selinux) -test" 0 KiB
[ebuild N ] app-crypt/libsecret-0.20.4::gentoo USE="crypt introspection vala -gtk-doc -test" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 518 KiB
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Jaglover
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| Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS=y
CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING=y |
This will enlarge the driver and is useful only if you really work on debugging the driver. As all other CONFIG_DEBUG options in kernel it should be turned off.
| Code: | CONFIG_IWLDVM
CONFIG_IWLMVM |
One of these should be turned on, depending on what kind of firmware is needed. It is safe to have both.
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baldignoramus
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| Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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| alamahant wrote: | Do you have these in your .config
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CONFIG_IWLWIFI=m
CONFIG_IWLWIFI_LEDS=y
CONFIG_IWLWIFI_OPMODE_MODULAR=y
# CONFIG_IWLWIFI_BCAST_FILTERING is not set
CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS=y
CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING=y
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Make sure
CONFIG_IWLWIFI
is configured as module =m not =y
Also plz
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emerge -av linux-firmware
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PROBABLY THESE ARE NOT THE ISSUE HERE but just check just in case.
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All these options (apart from CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING) are turned on. CONFIG_IWLWIFI is configured as a module. I chickened out for building the kernel and let genkernel do the kernel configuration rather than do it myself. genkernel seems to have defaulted to making DEBUG available. also linux-firmware had already been emerge'd.
| alamahant wrote: | | Does restarting NM 2-3 times solve the issue maybe? |
Not satisfactorily. After a few times (~ 6-7), it seems to be able to connect. However, the connection sometimes gets dropped after a while.
| alamahant wrote: |
I am afraid NM is looking for these
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[ebuild N ] gnome-base/gnome-keyring-40.0::gentoo USE="caps filecaps pam ssh-agent (-selinux) -test" 0 KiB
[ebuild N ] app-crypt/libsecret-0.20.4::gentoo USE="crypt introspection vala -gtk-doc -test" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 518 KiB
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I had the KDE profile (default/linux/amd64/17.1/desktop/plasma (stable)) selected, so these two have not been merged into the system.
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CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS=y
CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING=y
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This will enlarge the driver and is useful only if you really work on debugging the driver. As all other CONFIG_DEBUG options in kernel it should be turned off.
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CONFIG_IWLDVM
CONFIG_IWLMVM
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One of these should be turned on, depending on what kind of firmware is needed. It is safe to have both.
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Both CONFIG_IWLDVM and CONFIG_IWLMVM are turned on as modules in my kernel config.
| Code: | CONFIG_IWLWIFI=m
CONFIG_IWLWIFI_LEDS=y
CONFIG_IWLDVM=m
CONFIG_IWLMVM=m
CONFIG_IWLWIFI_OPMODE_MODULAR=y
# CONFIG_IWLWIFI_BCAST_FILTERING is not set
#
# Debugging Options
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CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS=y
# CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING is not set
# end of Debugging Options
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The Intel AX200 chipset that I have, seems to have loaded iwlmvm
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$ lsmod | grep -i iwl
iwlmvm 479232 0
mac80211 1097728 1 iwlmvm
iwlwifi 344064 1 iwlmvm
cfg80211 974848 3 iwlmvm,iwlwifi,mac80211
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baldignoramus
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| Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 12:41 pm Post subject: |
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I think I have solved the issue. I had added 'wpa_supplicant' to openRC to help make the install process smoother over multiple reboot sessions. After I installed and added NetworkManager to openRC, I forgot to remove wpa_supplicant. 
This was causing two wpa_supplicant sessions to run :
- One which I had manually added to openRC
- The wpa_supplicant instance loaded as a dependency of Network Manager
Thanks for all the pointers and help! |
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