Mageia recognises the wifi adapter and has a dedicated driver for it. The problem is that - although not blocked - the device usually can't see any wireless networks. On the rare occasions where it has detected my router (about 6 metres away) it fails to connect. I have found information about weak signal with this adapter and some solutions relating to Ubuntu (http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/ubun ... altek.html and http://www.linuxlinx.com/2016/05/instal ... xmint.html) but I don't have the knowledge to judge whether the solutions could work in Mageia. For the moment, I'm connecting to the wifi via my mobile phone using USB tethering. But it would be great to get this to work.
Here is the output requested in the networking wiki:
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[root@localhost dennis]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
wlo1 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
enp3s0 no wireless extensions.
enp0s16u2 no wireless extensions.
I think this shows that the wifi adapter is there.
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[root@localhost dennis]# rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
... and not blocked.
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[root@localhost dennis]# lspcidrake | grep -i net
r8169 : Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.|RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller [NETWORK_ETHERNET] (rev: 07)
rtl8723be : Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.|RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [NETWORK_OTHER]
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[root@localhost dennis]# rpm -qa|grep rtl
rtlwifi-firmware-20160914-1.mga5.nonfree
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[root@localhost dennis]# lspcidrake -v
r8169 : Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.|RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller [NETWORK_ETHERNET] (vendor:10ec device:8136 subv:103c subd:81f5) (rev: 07)
rtl8723be : Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.|RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [NETWORK_OTHER] (vendor:10ec device:b723 subv:103c subd:81c1)
unknown : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]|Device 1585 [BRIDGE_HOST] (vendor:1022 device:1585)
fam15h_power : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]|Device 1584 [BRIDGE_HOST] (vendor:1022 device:1584)
k10temp : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]|Device 1583 [BRIDGE_HOST] (vendor:1022 device:1583)
amd64_edac_mod : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]|Device 1582 [BRIDGE_HOST] (vendor:1022 device:1582)
unknown : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]|Device 1581 [BRIDGE_HOST] (vendor:1022 device:1581)
unknown : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]|Device 1580 [BRIDGE_HOST] (vendor:1022 device:1580)
sdhci_pci : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]|FCH SD Flash Controller (vendor:1022 device:7813 subv:103c subd:81f5) (rev: 01)
unknown : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]|FCH LPC Bridge [BRIDGE_ISA] (vendor:1022 device:780e subv:103c subd:81f5) (rev: 11)
snd_hda_intel : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]|FCH Azalia Controller [MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO_DEV] (vendor:1022 device:780d subv:103c subd:81f5) (rev: 02)
i2c_piix4 : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]|FCH SMBus Controller [SERIAL_SMBUS] (vendor:1022 device:780b subv:103c subd:81f5) (rev: 42)
ehci_pci : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]|FCH USB EHCI Controller [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:1022 device:7808 subv:103c subd:81f5) (rev: 39)
ehci_pci : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]|FCH USB EHCI Controller [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:1022 device:7808 subv:103c subd:81f5) (rev: 39)
unknown : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]|FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [STORAGE_SATA] (vendor:1022 device:7804 subv:103c subd:81f5) (rev: 39)
xhci_pci : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]|FCH USB XHCI Controller [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:1022 device:7814 subv:103c subd:81f5) (rev: 11)
ccp : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]|Device 1537 [CRYPT_OTHER] (vendor:1022 device:1537)
shpchp : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]|Family 16h Processor Functions 5:1 [BRIDGE_PCI] (vendor:1022 device:1439)
shpchp : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]|Family 16h Processor Functions 5:1 [BRIDGE_PCI] (vendor:1022 device:1439)
shpchp : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]|Family 16h Processor Functions 5:1 [BRIDGE_PCI] (vendor:1022 device:1439)
unknown : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]|Device 156b [BRIDGE_HOST] (vendor:1022 device:156b)
snd_hda_intel : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]|Kabini HDMI/DP Audio [MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO_DEV] (vendor:1002 device:9840 subv:103c subd:81f5)
Card:ATI Radeon HD 5000 to HD 6300 (radeon/fglrx): Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]|Mullins [Radeon R4/R5 Graphics] [DISPLAY_VGA] (vendor:1002 device:9851 subv:103c subd:81f5) (rev: 45)
unknown : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]|Device 1566 [BRIDGE_HOST] (vendor:1022 device:1566 subv:103c subd:81f5)
hub : Linux 4.4.39-desktop-1.mga5 xhci-hcd|xHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub] (vendor:1d6b device:0003)
hub : Linux 4.4.39-desktop-1.mga5 xhci-hcd|xHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub] (vendor:1d6b device:0002)
rndis_host : SAMSUNG|SAMSUNG_Android [Wireless|Radio Frequency|RNDIS] (vendor:04e8 device:6863)
hub : Linux 4.4.39-desktop-1.mga5 ehci_hcd|EHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub] (vendor:1d6b device:0002)
hub : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.|Unknown [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub] (vendor:0438 device:7900)
uvcvideo : Generic|HP TrueVision HD [Video|Video Control] (vendor:04f2 device:b56c)
hub : Linux 4.4.39-desktop-1.mga5 ehci_hcd|EHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub] (vendor:1d6b device:0002)
hub : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.|Unknown [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub] (vendor:0438 device:7900)
btusb : Realtek |Bluetooth Radio [Wireless|Radio Frequency|Bluetooth] (vendor:0bda device:b008)
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[root@localhost dennis]# journalctl -ab | grep -iE "fw|firmware|iwl|wifi|wire|80211"
Jan 30 09:08:37 localhost.localdomain kernel: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
Jan 30 09:08:37 localhost.localdomain kernel: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: No _BQC method, cannot determine initial brightness
Jan 30 09:08:37 localhost.localdomain kernel: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: No _BQC method, cannot determine initial brightness
Jan 30 09:08:37 localhost.localdomain kernel: acpi PNP0A08:00: [Firmware Info]: MMCONFIG for domain 0000 [bus 00-3f] only partially covers this bridge
Jan 30 09:08:40 localhost.localdomain kernel: input: HP Wireless hotkeys as /devices/virtual/input/input5
Jan 30 09:08:40 localhost.localdomain kernel: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: No _BQC method, cannot determine initial brightness
Jan 30 09:08:41 localhost.localdomain kernel: rtl8723be: Using firmware rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin
Jan 30 09:08:42 localhost.localdomain kernel: ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'rtl_rc'
Jan 30 09:08:42 localhost.localdomain kernel: rtlwifi: rtlwifi: wireless switch is on
Jan 30 09:08:42 localhost.localdomain kernel: psmouse serio1: synaptics: Touchpad model: 1, fw: 8.1, id: 0x1e2b1, caps: 0xf00123/0x840300/0x2e800/0x0, board id: 3127, fw id: 8526786
Jan 30 09:08:42 localhost.localdomain kernel: cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
Jan 30 09:08:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: cfg80211: DFS Master region: unset
Jan 30 09:08:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp), (dfs_cac_time)
Jan 30 09:08:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
Jan 30 09:08:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz, 92000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
Jan 30 09:08:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
Jan 30 09:08:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
Jan 30 09:08:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s)
Jan 30 09:08:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: cfg80211: (5490000 KHz - 5730000 KHz @ 160000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s)
Jan 30 09:08:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 80000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
Jan 30 09:08:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: cfg80211: (57240000 KHz - 63720000 KHz @ 2160000 KHz), (N/A, 0 mBm), (N/A)
Jan 30 09:08:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: GB
Jan 30 09:08:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: cfg80211: DFS Master region: ETSI
Jan 30 09:08:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp), (dfs_cac_time)
Jan 30 09:08:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
Jan 30 09:08:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
Jan 30 09:08:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s)
Jan 30 09:08:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: cfg80211: (5490000 KHz - 5710000 KHz @ 160000 KHz), (N/A, 2700 mBm), (0 s)
Jan 30 09:08:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: cfg80211: (57000000 KHz - 66000000 KHz @ 2160000 KHz), (N/A, 4000 mBm), (N/A)
Jan 30 09:08:44 localhost.localdomain kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: rtl: loading rtl_bt/rtl8723b_fw.bin
Jan 30 09:08:54 localhost.localdomain network[1229]: Configuring wireless regulatory domain [ OK ]
Jan 30 09:08:56 localhost.localdomain network[1229]: Bringing up interface wlo1: Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
Jan 30 09:09:07 localhost.localdomain kernel: IFWLOG: register target
The output for this command alters between "device busy" and "no scan results":
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[root@localhost dennis]# iwlist wlo1 scan
wlo1 Interface doesn't support scanning : Device or resource busy
[root@localhost dennis]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
wlo1 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
enp3s0 no wireless extensions.
enp0s16u2 no wireless extensions.
[root@localhost dennis]# iwlist wlo1 scan
wlo1 No scan results
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[dennis@localhost ~]$ ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep -i net
root 23 2 0 09:08 ? 00:00:00 [netns]
systemd+ 1189 1 0 09:08 ? 00:00:00 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-networkd
dennis 2882 2630 0 09:09 ? 00:00:09 /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/net_applet
And this is the output when I try to connect to my router using drakconnect, entering only my network name and password and leaving other settings as per default:
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[root@localhost dennis]# drakconnect
Ignore the following Glib::Object::Introspection & Gtk3 warnings
Too late to run INIT block at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.20.1/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/Glib/Object/Introspection.pm line 257.
Subroutine Gtk3::main redefined at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.20.1/Gtk3.pm line 296.
Selected interface 'wlo1'
OK
Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
SET failed on device wlo1 ; Invalid argument.
Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument
I hope this is the information you need in order to help. Perhaps some settings can be changed to make this work. If I understand those Ubuntu-related postings correctly, the problem may have something to do with the power management of the combined wifi/Bluetooth adapter. I know that my router is sending a strong enough signal because all other devices (mobile phone, tablet, desktop PC, old laptop) can connect to it.
Thank you!