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[SOLVED] Wifi networks not seen in Mageia 7

PostPosted: Jul 22nd, '20, 22:21
by meinsta
Hi,
I work on Mageia 7 and I am quite new to the system. Until some time ago I could connect both, wifi and wired networks but now it doesn't see any wifi network. Can you please help me?
Thanks in advance!

Re: Wifi networks not seen in Mageia 7

PostPosted: Jul 22nd, '20, 22:48
by doktor5000
Which desktop environment do you use currently? And please provide the output of the following commands:

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lspcidrake -v|grep -iE "wlan|wifi|wireless|net"
ps -ef|grep -v grep|grep -iE "net|wpa"


and, as root:
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ifconfig -a
rfkill list all
systemctl status network.service -a
journalctl -ab | grep -iE "fw|firmware|iwl|wifi|wire|80211"

Re: Wifi networks not seen in Mageia 7

PostPosted: Jul 22nd, '20, 23:20
by meinsta
Thank you for your fast answer!
I use Plasma.
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$ lspcidrake -v|grep -iE "wlan|wifi|wireless|net"
r8169           : Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.|RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [NETWORK_ETHERNET] (vendor:10ec device:8168 subv:1043 subd:200f) (rev: 12)
iwlwifi         : Intel Corporation|Wireless 8260 [NETWORK_OTHER] (vendor:8086 device:24f3 subv:8086 subd:0010) (rev: 3a)
btusb           : Intel Corp.|Unknown [Wireless|Radio Frequency|Bluetooth] (vendor:8087 device:0a2b)
$ ps -ef|grep -v grep|grep -iE "net|wpa"
root        58     2  0 23:51 ?        00:00:00 [netns]
root      1577     1  0 23:51 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -B -i wlp2s0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -D wext
root      1825     1  0 23:51 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-bridge -s 6 -d /var/run/vmnet-bridge-0.pid -n 0
root      2465     1  0 23:51 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-netifup -s 6 -d /var/run/vmnet-netifup-vmnet1.pid /dev/vmnet1 vmnet1
root      3490     1  0 23:51 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-dhcpd -s 6 -cf /etc/vmware/vmnet1/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf -lf /etc/vmware/vmnet1/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases -pf /var/run/vmnet-dhcpd-vmnet1.pid vmnet1
root      3703     1  0 23:51 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-natd -s 6 -m /etc/vmware/vmnet8/nat.mac -c /etc/vmware/vmnet8/nat/nat.conf
root      3975     1  0 23:51 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-netifup -s 6 -d /var/run/vmnet-netifup-vmnet8.pid /dev/vmnet8 vmnet8
root      4464     1  0 23:51 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-dhcpd -s 6 -cf /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf -lf /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases -pf /var/run/vmnet-dhcpd-vmnet8.pid vmnet8
radix    15723     1  1 23:53 ?        00:00:02 /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/net_applet
root     18420 15685  0 23:53 ?        00:00:00 /usr/libexec/webkit2gtk-4.0/WebKitNetworkProcess 8 14
# ifconfig -a
enp3s0f1: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether 70:4d:7b:b9:8c:06  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
        loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 32  bytes 2864 (2.7 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 32  bytes 2864 (2.7 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

vmnet1: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 172.16.83.1  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 172.16.83.255
        inet6 fe80::250:56ff:fec0:1  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 00:50:56:c0:00:01  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 49  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

vmnet8: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.184.1  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.184.255
        inet6 fe80::250:56ff:fec0:8  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 00:50:56:c0:00:08  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 46  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

wlp2s0: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether b8:8a:60:c5:fc:e2  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

# rfkill list all
0: hci0: Bluetooth
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: yes
        Hard blocked: no

# systemctl status network.service -a
● network.service - LSB: Bring up/down networking
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/network; generated)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2020-07-22 23:51:45 IDT; 5min ago
     Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
  Process: 1260 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/network start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

iul 22 23:51:45 localhost.localdomain network[1260]: Could not set interface wlp2s0 flags (UP): Operation not possible due to RF-kill
iul 22 23:51:45 localhost.localdomain network[1260]: ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument
iul 22 23:51:45 localhost.localdomain ifplugd(wlp2s0)[1579]: ifplugd 0.28 initializing.
iul 22 23:51:45 localhost.localdomain ifplugd(wlp2s0)[1579]: Using interface wlp2s0/B8:8A:60:C5:FC:E2 with driver <iwlwifi> (version: 5.6.14-desktop-2.mga7)
iul 22 23:51:45 localhost.localdomain ifplugd(wlp2s0)[1579]: Using detection mode: SIOCETHTOOL
iul 22 23:51:45 localhost.localdomain ifplugd(wlp2s0)[1579]: Initialization complete, link beat not detected.
iul 22 23:51:45 localhost.localdomain network[1260]: [  OK  ]
iul 22 23:51:45 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: network.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
iul 22 23:51:45 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: network.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
iul 22 23:51:45 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Bring up/down networking.

# journalctl -ab | grep -iE "fw|firmware|iwl|wifi|wire|80211"
iul 22 23:51:23 localhost.localdomain kernel: DMAR: [Firmware Bug]: No firmware reserved region can cover this RMRR [0x0000000078800000-0x000000007affffff], contact BIOS vendor for fixes
iul 22 23:51:23 localhost.localdomain kernel: DMAR: [Firmware Bug]: Your BIOS is broken; bad RMRR [0x0000000078800000-0x000000007affffff]
iul 22 23:51:23 localhost.localdomain kernel: Spectre V2 : Enabling Restricted Speculation for firmware calls
iul 22 23:51:23 localhost.localdomain kernel: ACPI: [Firmware Bug]: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
iul 22 23:51:23 localhost.localdomain kernel: [drm] Finished loading DMC firmware i915/skl_dmc_ver1_27.bin (v1.27)
iul 22 23:51:34 localhost.localdomain kernel: input: Asus Wireless Radio Control as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/ATK4002:00/input/input6
iul 22 23:51:34 localhost.localdomain kernel: tpm_crb MSFT0101:00: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI region does not cover the entire command/response buffer. [mem 0xfed40000-0xfed4087f flags 0x200] vs fed40080 f80
iul 22 23:51:34 localhost.localdomain kernel: tpm_crb MSFT0101:00: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI region does not cover the entire command/response buffer. [mem 0xfed40000-0xfed4087f flags 0x200] vs fed40080 f80
iul 22 23:51:34 localhost.localdomain kernel: cfg80211: Loading compiled-in X.509 certificates for regulatory database
iul 22 23:51:34 localhost.localdomain kernel: cfg80211: Loaded X.509 cert 'sforshee: 00b28ddf47aef9cea7'
iul 22 23:51:34 localhost.localdomain kernel: elan_i2c i2c-ELAN1000:00: Elan Touchpad: Module ID: 0x0005, Firmware: 0x0004, Sample: 0x000d, IAP: 0x000e
iul 22 23:51:34 localhost.localdomain kernel: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux
iul 22 23:51:34 localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Found debug destination: EXTERNAL_DRAM
iul 22 23:51:34 localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Found debug configuration: 0
iul 22 23:51:34 localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: loaded firmware version 36.79ff3ccf.0 8000C-36.ucode op_mode iwlmvm
iul 22 23:51:34 localhost.localdomain kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: Minimum firmware build 1 week 10 2014
iul 22 23:51:34 localhost.localdomain kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: Found device firmware: intel/ibt-11-5.sfi
iul 22 23:51:34 localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 8260, REV=0x208
iul 22 23:51:34 localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Applying debug destination EXTERNAL_DRAM
iul 22 23:51:34 localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Allocated 0x00400000 bytes for firmware monitor.
iul 22 23:51:34 localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: base HW address: b8:8a:60:c5:fc:e2
iul 22 23:51:34 localhost.localdomain kernel: ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-mvm-rs'
iul 22 23:51:34 localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0 wlp2s0: renamed from wlan0
iul 22 23:51:34 localhost.localdomain kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: Waiting for firmware download to complete
iul 22 23:51:34 localhost.localdomain kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: Firmware loaded in 1748207 usecs
iul 22 23:51:34 localhost.localdomain kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: Firmware revision 0.0 build 10 week 41 2018
iul 22 23:51:39 localhost.localdomain service_harddrake[1082]: FIREWIRE_CONTROLLER took:  0:00:00
iul 22 23:51:44 localhost.localdomain network[1260]: Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
iul 22 23:51:45 localhost.localdomain ifplugd(wlp2s0)[1579]: Using interface wlp2s0/B8:8A:60:C5:FC:E2 with driver <iwlwifi> (version: 5.6.14-desktop-2.mga7)
iul 22 23:52:38 localhost.localdomain kernel: IFWLOG: register target

Re: Wifi networks not seen in Mageia 7

PostPosted: Jul 23rd, '20, 17:42
by jeevanism
As per the result you have provided
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1: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: yes


Your wireless driver is soft blocked. You can run below command to unblock all

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rfkill unblock all


for example in my machine - Bluetooh is soft blocked
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[root@jeevanism software]# rfkill list all
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
1: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
2: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
        Soft blocked: yes
        Hard blocked: no
3: hci0: Bluetooth
        Soft blocked: yes
        Hard blocked: no


Now I unblocked all with below command
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[root@jeevanism software]# rfkill unblock all

now if you run the list all command, you can see the result.
Best wishes :)

Re: Wifi networks not seen in Mageia 7

PostPosted: Jul 23rd, '20, 21:25
by meinsta
Great!
Thank you a lot! :)
Now it is working!
Gave a wonderful life!