after fresh install - no knetowkrmanager is running: how to switch beteween ifup & kneworkmanager?

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hello dear linux-experts,

first of all - a happy new year to all of you;)

just have installed opensuse version 13.2 on a Akoya P 6512 15" with AMD Athlon X2 P320, 2,10 GHz, 4 GB
during the installation i skipped the steps of configuring the network. I thougth that i can do this now.

but at the moment the wlan does not work at all.

i runned a script to test the condtions and the confiurations.

cf. http://www.linux-tips-and-tricks.de/de/schnellstart/

btw: have found some issues with the network configuration—…

i allways struggle with ifup and knetowkrmanager … At the moment i only can run the notebook with the ethernet wire connected. No wlan is possible

what can i do now;

see some issues that i found out!

!!! CND0120E: the Netzwerkinterface wlp4s0 has got no IP Adress
!!! CND0290E: no networkconfiguration for Interface wlp4s0 found
!!! CND0490E: no Accesspoint with the SSID on the Interface wlp4s0 found
!!! CND0380E: no WLANs at Interface wlp4s0 found. the hardware and drivers are not well configured
what do you suggest

here the newest output of the above mentioned script collectDATA - :wink:
cf. http://www.linux-tips-and-tricks.de/de/schnellstart/




collectNWData.sh V0.6.13a (Rev: 1.370, Build: 2013/09/06 20:58:18 UTC)

--- Which type of your network connection should be tested?
--- (1) Wireless connection (WLAN)

--- What's the type of networktopology?
--- (1) WLAN access point <---> LinuxClient

--- On which host is the script executed?
--- (1) LinuxClient
--- WLAN SSID to connect to: §§§§§§§§1

--- NWEliza is analyzing the system for common network configuration errors ...

!!! CND0110E: For the selected connection type there was no active network interface found on your system
!!! CND0230I: IPV6 enabled
!!! CND0310W: Classic network configuration with ifup was detected. Configuration with networkmanager is easier
!!! CND0450W: WLAN key masquerading is not fully tested on this distribution. Please check output file collectNWData.txt for visible WLAN keys and masquerade them manually
--- Go to http://www.linux-tips-and-tricks.de/CND to get more detailed instructions
--- about the error/warning messages and how to fix the problems on your own.

--- If you are unsuccessful then place the contents of file collectNWData.txt in the net
--- (see http://www.linux-tips-and-tricks.de/CND_UPL for links)
--- and then paste the nopaste link on your favorite Linux forum.

==================================================================================================================
===== cat /etc/*-_]release || cat /etc/*-_]version =============================================================
/etc/os-release
/etc/SuSE-release
NAME=openSUSE
VERSION="13.2 (Harlequin)"
VERSION_ID="13.2"
PRETTY_NAME="openSUSE 13.2 (Harlequin) (x86_64)"
ID=opensuse
ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.opensuse.org"
HOME_URL="https://opensuse.org/"
ID_LIKE="suse"
openSUSE 13.2 (x86_64)
VERSION = 13.2
CODENAME = Harlequin
# /etc/SuSE-release is deprecated and will be removed in the future, use /etc/os-release instead
===== uname -a ===================================================================================================
Linux linux-a9sq.site 3.16.6-2-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Oct 20 13:47:22 UTC 2014 (feb42ea) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
===== cat /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-[earwd]* | grep -v "^#|^$" | grep -v "=''" ================================
No config files found
===== ping tests =================================================================================================
Ping of 173.194.35.180 failed
ping: unknown host www.google.com
Ping of www.google.com failed
===== cat /etc/resolv | grep -i "nameserver" =====================================================================
===== cat /etc/hosts =============================================================================================
127.0.0.1   localhost
===== (route -n && route -A inet6 -n) | egrep "(eth|ath|ra|wlan|dsl|ppp)" ========================================
===== ifconfig (filtered for eth|wlan|ra|ath|dsl|ppp) ============================================================
===== lspci ======================================================================================================
04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8172] (rev 10)
   Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8172]
   Kernel driver in use: rtl8192se
--
05:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 06)
   Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:106c]
   Kernel driver in use: r8169
===== lsusb | grep -v "root hub" =================================================================================
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c05a Logitech, Inc. M90/M100 Optical Mouse
===== hwinfo (filtered) ==========================================================================================
36: PCI 400.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  Model: "Realtek RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
  Device: pci 0x8172 "RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller"
  SubVendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
  SubDevice: pci 0x8172
  Driver: "rtl8192se"
  Driver Modules: "rtl8192se"
  Device File: wlp4s0
  Link detected: no
    Driver Status: rtl8192se is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe rtl8192se"
37: PCI 500.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  Model: "Realtek RTL8111/8168 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
  Device: pci 0x8168 "RTL8111/8168 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1462 "Micro-Star International Co., Ltd."
  SubDevice: pci 0x106c
  Driver: "r8169"
  Driver Modules: "r8169"
  Device File: enp5s0
  Link detected: no
    Driver Status: r8169 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe r8169"
===== lsmod (filtered) ===========================================================================================
| 6lowpan_iphc    | ac              | af_packet       | arc4            | bnep             |
| cfg80211        | drm             | drm_kms_helper  | edac_core       | edac_mce_amd     |
| i2c_algo_bit    | i2c_piix4       | ip_tables       | jmb38x_ms       | k10temp          |
| kvm             | kvm_amd         | mac80211        | memstick        | mii              |
| mmc_core        | msi_wmi         | ohci_pci        | r8169           | rfkill           |
| rtl8192se       | rtl_pci         | rtlwifi         | sdhci           | sdhci_pci        |
| serio_raw       | sg              | shpchp          | sp5100_tco      | sparse_keymap    |
| sr_mod          | ttm             | wmi             |
===== iwconfig ===================================================================================================
===== ls /lib/firmware/*.{fw,ucode,bin} ==========================================================================
| agere_ap_fw.bin         | agere_sta_fw.bin        | ar5523.bin              | ar7010.fw                |
| ar7010_1_1.fw           | ar9170-1.fw             | ar9170-2.fw             | ar9271.fw                |
| ast_dp501_fw.bin        | ath3k-1.fw              | bnx2x-e1-4.8.53.0.fw    | bnx2x-e1-5.2.13.0.fw     |
| bnx2x-e1-5.2.7.0.fw     | bnx2x-e1h-4.8.53.0.fw   | bnx2x-e1h-5.2.13.0.fw   | bnx2x-e1h-5.2.7.0.fw     |
| carl9170-1.fw           | cbfw-3.2.1.1.bin        | cbfw-3.2.3.0.bin        | ct2fw-3.2.1.1.bin        |
| ct2fw-3.2.3.0.bin       | ctfw-3.2.1.1.bin        | ctfw-3.2.3.0.bin        | dvb-fe-xc4000-1.4.1.fw   |
| dvb-fe-xc5000-1.6.114.fw| dvb-fe-xc5000c-4.1.30.7.fw| dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw | dvb-usb-it9135-01.fw     |
| dvb-usb-it9135-02.fw    | dvb-usb-terratec-h5-drxk.fw| f2255usb.bin            | htc_7010.fw              |
| htc_9271.fw             | intelliport2.bin        | iwlwifi-100-5.ucode     | iwlwifi-1000-3.ucode     |
| iwlwifi-1000-5.ucode    | iwlwifi-105-6.ucode     | iwlwifi-135-6.ucode     | iwlwifi-2000-6.ucode     |
| iwlwifi-2030-6.ucode    | iwlwifi-3160-7.ucode    | iwlwifi-3160-8.ucode    | iwlwifi-3160-9.ucode     |
| iwlwifi-3945-2.ucode    | iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode    | iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode    | iwlwifi-5000-2.ucode     |
| iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode    | iwlwifi-5150-2.ucode    | iwlwifi-6000-4.ucode    | iwlwifi-6000g2a-5.ucode  |
| iwlwifi-6000g2a-6.ucode | iwlwifi-6000g2b-5.ucode | iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode | iwlwifi-6050-4.ucode     |
| iwlwifi-6050-5.ucode    | iwlwifi-7260-7.ucode    | iwlwifi-7260-8.ucode    | iwlwifi-7260-9.ucode     |
| iwlwifi-7265-8.ucode    | iwlwifi-7265-9.ucode    | lbtf_usb.bin            | lgs8g75.fw               |
| mt7650.bin              | mts_mt9234mu.fw         | mts_mt9234zba.fw        | phanfw.bin               |
| qat_895xcc.bin          | ql2100_fw.bin           | ql2200_fw.bin           | ql2300_fw.bin            |
| ql2322_fw.bin           | ql2400_fw.bin           | ql2500_fw.bin           | rp2.fw                   |
| rsi_91x.fw              | rt2561.bin              | rt2561s.bin             | rt2661.bin               |
| rt2860.bin              | rt2870.bin              | rt3070.bin              | rt3071.bin               |
| rt3090.bin              | rt3290.bin              | rt73.bin                | s2250.fw                 |
| s2250_loader.fw         | s5p-mfc-v6-v2.fw        | s5p-mfc-v6.fw           | s5p-mfc-v7.fw            |
| s5p-mfc-v8.fw           | s5p-mfc.fw              | sdd_sagrad_1091_1098.bin| tlg2300_firmware.bin     |
| tr_smctr.bin            | usbdux_firmware.bin     | usbduxfast_firmware.bin | usbduxsigma_firmware.bin |
| v4l-cx231xx-avcore-01.fw| v4l-cx23418-apu.fw      | v4l-cx23418-cpu.fw      | v4l-cx23418-dig.fw       |
| v4l-cx23885-avcore-01.fw| v4l-cx25840.fw          | vntwusb.fw              | wsm_22.bin               |
===== iwlist scanning (filtered) =================================================================================
No WLANs found
===== ndiswrapper -l =============================================================================================
No ndiswrapper module loaded
===== Active processes ===========================================================================================
wpa_supplicant:YES networkmanager:YES nm-applet:NO
===== ===== egrep -i "^^#].*(persistent|networkmanager)" /etc/sysconfig/network/config ==========================
===== Actual date for bias of following greps ====================================================================
10:49:05 2015-01-01
===== grep -i radio /var/log/syslog* | tail -n 5 =================================================================
/usr/bin/grep: /var/log/syslog*: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
===== dmesg | grep -i radio | tail -n 5 ==========================================================================
===== tail -n 300 /var/log/syslog* | /usr/bin/grep -i firmware | tail -n 10 ======================================
tail: „/var/log/syslog*“ kann nicht zum Lesen geöffnet werden: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
===== egrep 'eth|ath|wlan|ra|ppp' /etc/udev/rules.d/*net_persistent* /etc/udev/rules.d/*persistent-net* ==========
===== egrep -r 'eth[0-10]|ath[0-10]|wlan[0-10]|ra[0-10]' /etc/modprobe.*|egrep -v -i '#|blacklist' ===============
==================================================================================================================
*** NWElizaStates V0.6.13a
DI:0 AP:0 FALON:1 NI:1 cNI:1 NDIS:0 CM:0 IP6:1 KM:0 WLW:0 RTDT:SuSE GUI:0 UID:0

questions that come up to my mind:

what can i do now.

a. what do i have to change & choose with ifup and the knetworkmanager?
b. how can i setup the knetworkmanager and subesquently
c. what needs to be done with the both chips the wlanchips?

many thanks for any and all help

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The same as always: run YaST->Network Devices->Network Settings->Global Options.
But on 13.2 you can only choose between wicked service and NetworkManager (or no network at all).

b. how can i setup the knetworkmanager and subesquently

knetworkmanager is a KDE3 application and basically dead since years.
KDE4’s networkmanagement plasmoid should be part of the system tray by default, especially on a fresh installation.
If not, check that “plasma-nm” is installed. And try to right-click on the small up-arrow, choose “System Tray Settings” and enable it there.

And it would have been a good idea to state which desktop environment you are using. As you mention knetworkmanager I’m guessing that it is KDE4. Is this correct?

c. what needs to be done with the both chips the wlanchips?

AFAICT a driver is loaded for your WLAN device, so it should work.
Please post the output of “iwconfig” and “rfkill list” (you might have to install the latter first though).

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hello dear Wolfi,

KDE is correct
and the plasma-things can ge seen in the ssytem tray - they are visible!
even the one for the networkmanagement…

first of all many many thanks for the quick reply. Great to hear from you.

i just have read your posting - there were many many tipps in it - and i think i have to read it five times to get all the hints.

here just the output for the two commands


linux-a9sq:/home/martin # iwconfig
wlp4s0    IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=off   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:on
          
enp5s0    no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

linux-a9sq:/home/martin # rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: yes
        Hard blocked: no
linux-a9sq:/home/martin #

hope they may help.

and now i am going to read carefully through the ideas and hints that you have posted.

i come back later the evening.

greetings

dilbert

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Looks like it’s working.

linux-a9sq:/home/martin # rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: yes
        Hard blocked: no
linux-a9sq:/home/martin #

But it is soft-blocked, i.e. disabled.
Try to run “rfkill unblock 0” and you should be able to connect.

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hello again

well we have the following information:

04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8172] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8172]
Kernel driver in use: rtl8192se

This is the wireless device and the correct kernel driver is being loaded.
if we are looking at the entries under ===== ls /lib/firmware/*.{fw,ucode,bin} in the listing, i suppose that we need to get a separate package that includes the non-free firmware for my device.

There is an old post that may help here: http://codeverge.com/opensuse.org.help.install/need-to-install-support-for-realtek/1908114

the following thread: **Need to install support for Realtek RTL8191SE Wireless NIC without Linux network connectivity
**with the link: http://codeverge.com/opensuse.org.help.install/need-to-install-support-for-realtek/1908114

On the forums I found this post from someone else who also has a
‘Realtek RLT8191SE wireless card’ (http://tinyurl.com/4g9b7ys). I could
not follow the same procedure because wireless is the only connectivity
I have from Linux. I looked into the 11.3 repository specified in the
first “zypper” command he was told to use, then I looked at the
corresponding repository for 11.4. In other words, I looked for the
rpm’s I needed in ‘Index of
/repositories/driver:/wireless/openSUSE_11.4/x86_64’
(http://tinyurl.com/4ys9vjq). I decided that the two rpm’s I needed are
:

  • rtl8192se-0019.1207.2010-1.1.x86_64.rpm
  • rtl8192se-kmp-desktop-0019.1207.2010_k2.6.37.1_1.2-1.1.x86_64.rpm

That seemed to me to be the pattern used for all the different wireless
NICs in these repositories.

So, from Windows, I downloaded both of them and then rebooted into my
new openSuSE 11.4 Desktop. An “rpm -qip” on the first one suggested that
it did somehow include the firmware which was specified as the second
argument in the zypper command. The rpm install for it worked. But the
second one failed with a dependency check looking for
rtl8192se-firmware. So, there is some trick or missing command here
that “zypper” knows about but I don’t. Of course, maybe “zypper” would
of needed connectivity to resolve it too. That is where I need help.

In the following cut&paste, my-docs is a symbolic link to the “My
Documents folder” on Windows.
_/windows/C/Documents_and_Settings/…. Yes, I’m lazy. :wink:

Code:

don@mylaptop:~> sudo /sbin/lspci | grep ireless
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller (rev 10)

don@mylaptop:~> rpm -qip my-docs/SuSE11.4/rtl8192se-0019.1207.2010-1.1.x86_64.rpm
warning: my-docs/SuSE11.4/rtl8192se-0019.1207.2010-1.1.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 4073bdbe: NOKEY
Name : rtl8192se Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 0019.1207.2010 Vendor: obs://build.opensuse.org/driver:wireless
Release : 1.1 Build Date: Sat 19 Mar 2011 01:36:48 AM PDT
Install Date: (not installed) Build Host: build27
Group : System/Kernel Source RPM: rtl8192se-0019.1207.2010-1.1.src.rpm
Size : 39797 License: GPL
Signature : DSA/SHA1, Sat 19 Mar 2011 01:37:23 AM PDT, Key ID 5308b44c4073bdbe
Summary : RealTek RTL8192SE Wireless LAN NIC driver
Description :
This package contains a kernel module, firmware, some scripts and documentation for Realtek RTL8192SE PCI “draft-N” WiFi cards.

The driver will be called “r8192se_pci.ko”, the follwong PCI-IDs are supported:

10ec:8171
10ec:8172
10ec:8173
10ec:8174
10ec:8192
Distribution: driver:wireless / openSUSE_11.4

don@mylaptop:~> sudo rpm -Uvf my-docs/SuSE11.4/rtl8192se-0019.1207.2010-1.1.x86_64.rpm
don’s password:
warning: my-docs/SuSE11.4/rtl8192se-0019.1207.2010-1.1.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 4073bdbe: NOKEY
Preparing packages for installation…
rtl8192se-0019.1207.2010-1.1

don@mylaptop:~> rpm -qip my-docs/SuSE11.4/rtl8192se-kmp-desktop-0019.1207.2010_k2.6.37.1_1.2-1.1.x86_64.rpm
warning: my-docs/SuSE11.4/rtl8192se-kmp-desktop-0019.1207.2010_k2.6.37.1_1.2-1.1.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 4073bdbe: NOKEY
Name : rtl8192se-kmp-desktop Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 0019.1207.2010_k2.6.37.1_1.2 Vendor: obs://build.opensuse.org/driver:wireless
Release : 1.1 Build Date: Sat 19 Mar 2011 01:36:48 AM PDT
Install Date: (not installed) Build Host: build27
Group : System/Kernel Source RPM: rtl8192se-0019.1207.2010-1.1.src.rpm
Size : 781688 License: GPL
Signature : DSA/SHA1, Sat 19 Mar 2011 01:37:23 AM PDT, Key ID 5308b44c4073bdbe
Summary : Linux driver for Realtek RTL8192SE PCI WiFi cards
Description :
This package contains a kernel module for Realtek RTL8192SE PCI “draft-N” WiFi cards.

The driver will be called “r8192se_pci.ko”, the follwong PCI-IDs are supported:

10ec:8171
10ec:8172
10ec:8173
10ec:8174
10ec:8192
Distribution: driver:wireless / openSUSE_11.4

don@mylaptop:~> sudo rpm -Uvf my-docs/SuSE11.4/rtl8192se-kmp-desktop-0019.1207.2010_k2.6.37.1_1.2-1.1.x86_64.rpm
warning: my-docs/SuSE11.4/rtl8192se-kmp-desktop-0019.1207.2010_k2.6.37.1_1.2-1.1.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 4073bdbe: NOKEY
error: Failed dependencies:
rtl8192se-firmware = 0019.1207.2010 is needed by rtl8192se-kmp-desktop-0019.1207.2010_k2.6.37.1_1.2-1.1.x86_64

don@mylaptop:~> rpm -qa | grep rtl
rtl8192se-0019.1207.2010-1.1.x86_64

don@mylaptop:~> rpm -qi rpm -qa | grep rtl
Name : rtl8192se Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 0019.1207.2010 Vendor: obs://build.opensuse.org/driver:wireless
Release : 1.1 Build Date: Sat 19 Mar 2011 01:36:48 AM PDT
Install Date: Sun 22 May 2011 10:50:36 AM PDT Build Host: build27
Group : System/Kernel Source RPM: rtl8192se-0019.1207.2010-1.1.src.rpm
Size : 39797 License: GPL
Signature : DSA/SHA1, Sat 19 Mar 2011 01:37:23 AM PDT, Key ID 5308b44c4073bdbe
Summary : RealTek RTL8192SE Wireless LAN NIC driver
Description :
This package contains a kernel module, firmware, some scripts and documentation for Realtek RTL8192SE PCI “draft-N” WiFi cards.

The driver will be called “r8192se_pci.ko”, the follwong PCI-IDs are supported:

10ec:8171
10ec:8172
10ec:8173
10ec:8174
10ec:8192
Distribution: driver:wireless / openSUSE_11.4
don@mylaptop:~>

Thanks
-Don

what do you think after all… !?:wink:

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hello wolfi

many many thanks

now it runs very well

you helped me so lot

thread is solved!!

many greetings

dilbertone